I did not know how long she had been a Muslim. The first time I met her was when we were thinking of starting a soup kitchen to be run by Muslims in Chicago. She came by Sound Vision for a meeting. We were both pleasantly surprised about Aisha's level of knowledge about the food habits of homeless people. But it seems, no one was there to make sandwiches for Aisha when she became homeless herself.
Masjids go up.
Schools get built. World disasters attract donations. But we failed to get that soup kitchen up in Chicago. Masjids were reluctant to give space for this project and the cost of renting a place in downtown, where the homeless are found, was prohibitive. And very few of us were interested.