ROCHESTER, Minnesota – Residents of Rochester, Minnesota, will be offered a chance to have a look into the everyday lives of American Muslims thanks to a Muslim woman effort to counter misconceptions surrounding her faith.

“The bulk of the event focuses around 6 skits which are reenactments of events which happened in the lives of American-Muslims within the past year and a half,” Regina Mustafa, a Rochester Muslim resident and the founder of CIDI (Community Interfaith Dialogue on Islam), told KIMT.com on Thursday, March 23.

“It’s not an “Islam 101″ kind of thing at all, it really is just giving a glimpse about what we go through on a day-to-day basis.”

Mustafa is talking about an event planned on Saturday, March 25 at the Rochester Art Center.

Titled, “Being Muslim: A Practical Guide”, the multi-media live performance event will include theatre, visual art, and spoken word poetry to address various themes including; Islamophobia, racism, sexism and the anxieties they create.

“I wanted to create an event that gives a glimpse into what Muslims go through every day, from right here in Minnesota to across the country,” Mustafa told Post Bulletin earlier this month.

One major aspect of Muslim-American lives that will be addressed in two of the skits is how they are impacted in the aftermath of a terrorist attack.

With the most recent attack happening just this week in London, the topics being discussed during this event are even more significant.

“This is part of what being Muslim is like,” she said.

“What is really going on with Muslims everyday in the aftermath of one of these attacks done by somebody who claims to be Muslim.”