By: Dawud Israel I believe we overestimate and underestimate mentally by about 50%. We underestimate time spent driving, like it's a chase scene in a film. We overestimate how much we can eat. We underestimate how much we covet. We underestimate how one habit influences another habit. We overestimate the ... Read More »
This post was originally posted here. Muslims pray in direction of the Kaaba located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. This direction is called the Qibla. On Tuesday, the May 28th, the sun will be right above the Kaaba. Qibla. Everyone knows that, for each ritual celebration, Muslims around the world turn towards ... Read More »
Why the world needs to act: Beginning last summer a series of riots broke out in Rakhine State, in western Burma. While these clashes were reported as “sectarian violence” by most news outlets, the truth of the matter was that the Rohingya, whom were stripped of their citizenship in 1982, ... Read More »
By Dawud Walid Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, was viciously murdered last Thursday in Mexico. Two men thus far have been arrested, yet there are many unanswered questions regarding his tragic demise. Much to do has been made in the media of the troubles that Shabazz went through ... Read More »
Disclaimer- this post is meant for a mature audience only as it contains sexually explicit material. Many men and women in our communities live under the illusion that only men feel desire or have an interest in being sexual, and that women should not or cannot feel attraction, do not ... Read More »
Shaykh Waleed's Shared Thoughts on the Tragedy in Boston. Dr. Yasir Qadhi Reflects on Boston Bombings – An Excerpt from the Friday Sermon. imām Safi on Prophetic Example of Kindness in Lieu of Violent and Extremist Attacks in Boston. Read More »
Ask how people all around the world can help Syrians define the word freedom. Ask how a revolutionist gave up his life, what we think is so dear, for the one thing we all should know is most dear, freedom. Ask how the world has let the number rise to 77,777. Read More »
By Zana Alattar Five hundred and twenty-one and the number is still rising. Today, the Syrian people have faced one of the most gruesome massacres of the last three years of Revolution. In the suburbs of Damascus, in Jdaydet Al-Fadel, the regime government mercilessly massacred its own people. Dignity and ... Read More »
But now Davis was sitting in a Lahore police station, having shot two young men who approached his car on a black motorcycle, their guns drawn, at an intersection congested with cars, bicycles and rickshaws. Read More »
Crossposted from AltMuslim By Davi Barker The billboard wars continue on, the latest clash recently being in San Francisco. Every so often Anti-Muslim demagogue, Pam Geller blows a wad of cash on an ad (hominem) campaign against Islam, or at least critical of the boogeyman Muslims she imagines under her bed. I call this “the billboard ... Read More »
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