By Musa Furber for The Washington Post. See original post here. The horrific and heartbreaking news from India is tragic enough on its own: two alleged victims of gang rape have died, one a 23-year-old woman who succumbed to her wounds and a 17-year-old girl who took her own life after being pressured to marry ... Read More »
What will be the fate of this young boy, and many others like him that have had to witness the death of a parent, relative, sibling, or friend? What affect will the fragile social climate have on his upbringing, where poverty, injustice, severe depravation are widespread, in one of the most volatile regions on earth? Read More »
RIS has become the spring of the Muslims; it is more than an event, it’s a phenomenon. It has begun to define what the ‘Holiday Season’ means for Muslim families across North America. The convention has personally allowed me to grow and mature as a Muslim; it has by all accounts revived my spirit. If you haven’t attended it already, RIS is a wonder that needs to be experienced. It will rejuvenate your soul, revitalize your spirit and renew your inspiration. Read More »
Written and Narrated by Ammar Alshukry. Produced, Kinetic Typography Designed and Edited by Belal Khan. Sound Scored by Cyrus Hira. Read More »
It is thus by His rahmah that Allah introduces Himself repeatedly throughout the Qurʾān, so much so that after His tawhid (Oneness), the Qurʾān uses no other quality to describe Allah more than rahmah. Read More »
Once, while in class at college, an Arab girl I was sitting next to said quite loudly to another, “Hey, give this paper to the 'abdah” referring to a black girl in the class. I wondered if she was even aware of what she was saying in English. Did she ... Read More »
Asma was always one to focus on what was missing: the sun on a cloudy day, the tiny smudge on her otherwise beautiful painting, the single wrong answer on a test. She feared imperfection like it was a debilitating disease. And it showed. Read More »
HibaKidz: Life with the Ahmad Family| ”The Big Test” In this episode, Baba and Mama find out that when you give instructions to Jamal, you should be ready for anything! Read More »
...the Qurʾānic verse is an endorsement of the fundamental principle of libertarianism, the Nonaggression Principle. This principle is articulated in the Maryland Libertarian Party Constitution (of which I am co-author): “No person or group has the right to initiate force or fraud against any other person or group to seek to attain their values.” This common sense principle is accepted by everyone in their daily lives, except for murderers, thieves, and con artists. Read More »
HibaKidz: Life with the Ahmad Family| ”A Valuable Souvenir” In this episode, Jamal find's something truly wonderful to bring back from his vacation in Pakistan Read More »
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