Sakinah Toure is a native of Houston,Texas where she began her education at Sister Clara Muhammad School at the Houston Masjid of Al Islam (Masjid W D Mohammed). She’s the proprietress of two businesses: “A Righteous Cleanse, Excellent Cleaning Services” and “Purple & Red Purses and Scarves Etc.”
She and her husband, Rashid Mateen, share an 18 year old daughter, Layla, who studies Chemical Engineering in Madrid, Spain with Syracuse University.
She has been committed to interfaith work with the Focolare Friends of Muslims since 2002. Since then, Sakinah has frequently attended Focolare conferences and supported their fundraising efforts. In 2018 she joined a delegation that traveled to the Vatican, Rome, Florence, and Tuscany (where she visited Loppiano and Sofia University). The group went to St.Peter’s Square to hear Pope Francis speak.
In June of 2024, Sakinah returned to the Vatican for an audience with Pope Francis where she was able to greet him personally and thank him for his work. After visiting the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi and praying at The Peace Bell, she’s more committed than ever to Interfaith Dialogue.
