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I remember my father telling me that Christianity did well because they gave the Bible with one hand and bread with the other. You show humanity when you feed people, you show that you care for people – and if you can show that you care for people you can influence their perception of what you are and what you believe, and maybe that is one of the ways we can bring people to Islam. ~ Mohammed Yaseen (Director of Youth Services, Karimia Institute) Read More »

Surprise, surprise! Indeed, you read the title right. Māshā'Allāh, with such amazing poems that you all send us at poetry@muslimmatters.org, how can we not want to publish them all? And yet, to serve justice to each poem, we'd like to publish three or four at a time and not more. ... Read More »

Welcome, it's our monthly Poetry day again! If you want to share your verses with everyone here, kindly email us at poetry[@]muslimmatters[.]org stating your name, along with your poem.  As soon as your poem is selected for publishing, we'll let you know so that you can keep an eye out for ... Read More »

By Reem Shaikh Reem is a 10th grade student at Al-Arqam Academy in Doha. A couple of months ago, several Palestinian prisoners were released in exchange for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier. While everyone seems to know every detail of Gilad's life and his freedom, few talk about the Palestinian ... Read More »

Welcome, it's our monthly Poetry day again! If you want to share your verses with everyone here, kindly email us at poetry[@]muslimmatters[.]org stating your name, along with your poem.  As soon as your poem is selected for publishing, we'll let you know so that you can keep an eye out for ... Read More »

Nation's Largest Muslim Student Group Calls For End to “Religious & Racial Profiling” (February 21, 2012) The Muslim Students Association of the United States and Canada (MSA National) officially expressed its concern today over new allegations that certain elements of the New York Police Department (NYPD) have been spying on ... Read More »

This exclusive report, Illume investigates the SFPD operations and how civil rights and community groups are fighting back. Read More »

Welcome, it's our monthly Poetry day again! If you want to share your verses with everyone here, kindly email us at poetry[@]muslimmatters[.]org stating your name, along with your poem.  As soon as your poem is selected for publishing, we'll let you know so that you can keep an eye out for ... Read More »

The UN says at least 5,400 people have been killed in the government crackdown since March, and the turmoil has intensified as dissident soldiers have joined the ranks of the anti-Assad protesters and carried out attacks on regime forces. Read More »

An AlJazeera documentary on the history of Muslims in France Read More »