Sheikh Rami Nsour is a traditionally trained instructor of the Islamic sciences, who has spent many years under the tutelage of Mauritanian scholars both abroad and in his native USA. However, a chance encounter with a former prison inmate in 2002 set him on a journey that eventually led to the establishment of Tayba Foundation

Watching the world around us over the past few years has been nothing short of traumatic, as injustice after injustice came to the forefront of our attention.

“To be honest, akhi, I feel like I’m choosing between the deen and my mother,” he told Tabari, a Tayba counsellor.

In this downloadable report you will find Tayba Foundation survey findings regarding the reality of Muslims in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

I began my prison outreach work long before I even realized it.