Interfaith Guide: How to Host a Muslim Guest

If you're inviting a Muslim guest to a wedding, celebration, special event, or other types of gatherings, you may be wondering how to accommodate them and make them feel comfortable -- just like you'd wonder about a vegan guest, for example. Muslims vary in how they practice their faith from individual to individual, just as you'd expect from any other spiritual tradition. The best thing you can do to is to have a conversation with your Muslim guests beforehand to make your specific guests comfortable. Here is a short primer on specific restrictions and practices (according to a normative, orthodox, mainstream understanding of Islam) that you may ask or talk about when planning your gathering.