Then there is Miriam Celeste Colo’n, far right second row, who, after converting in 2002, started her own clothing line, Dignity Apparel  “where modesty meets the fashion industry.” Her line combines her urban-Latin style with traditional Islamic dress. And Muslimah Rodriguez, who decided in 2009 to start wearing the veil known as a niqab, and is shown, at right, at an Islamic convention, where she recited a poem on being a Muslim woman.

These photographs were taken by Eirini Vourloumis, who was raised in Athens and baptized Greek Orthodox, but whose mother’s family is Muslim. After 9/11, she grew increasingly interested in Muslim culture, and while at an Indonesian mosque in Long Island City, Queens, for an Akika, or blessing, ceremony for a new baby, met some women affiliated with the North Hudson center. Spending time in Union City, she found many converts who remained immersed in their ethnic food and music but were building a dual identity as Muslims through devotion, dress and fasting.