Jaime Fletcher

Jaime "Mujahid" Fletcher is a Colombian-American filmmaker and member of National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP).

Fletcher was born in Colombia and moved to Houston, Texas at the age of 8, graduating in Multimedia and Film Honors at the Art Institute of Houston. ^[1] A former Roman Catholic, Fletcher studied Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam, and converted to the latter at a Muslim convention in Florida. ^[2]

He is a youth advocate and founder of the Andalucia Media Arts Center. As a public speaker, he has covered topics about Latinos, youth, Islam, film and media at many institutions.^{[ citation needed ]} Fletcher is the founder of IslamInSpanish, a non-profit organization dedicated to producing Spanish multimedia to "educate Latinos about Islam worldwide". ^[3] He has worked as media analyst on Univision, Telemundo and CNN in Spanish, among others. ^[1] He is the owner and CEO of an advertising agency, FocusPoint Studios.

See also

• Hispanic and Latino Americans portal
• Islam portal

• Latino Muslims
• Black Muslims
• Islam in the United States
• Latin American Muslims

References

1. "Leadership". IslamInSpanish. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
2. Wise, Lindsay (2008-06-13). "A new faith changes one man". Chron. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
3. Wendy Diaz (2014-12-30). "Interview: Mujahid Fletcher (Islam in Spanish)". The Message International. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
   - "First Spanish-Speaking Centro Islámico in the U.S." Vivala. 2016-01-29. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
   - Lindsay Wise (2008-06-13). "A new faith changes one man". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
   - Lee, Abby (2010-04-23). "Gang member reforms after converting to Islam". The Daily Cougar. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
   - "Islamic faith finds a fertile home in the Latin American community". Public Radio International. 2013-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-31.