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 »
Amidst the Presidential elections, Operation Pillar of Cloud, Palestinian bid at the UN, unrest in Egypt and a host of other issues, the Syrian conflict has been relegated to the back pages of our papers. Despite all this, the brutality of the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate. The ... Read More »
Every single conference. Every single lecture. Every single guest speaker. Every single gathering of friends… …Every single time, a halal meat discussion. Is it halal? Is it zabihah? Why should you pick one or the other? For the last 20 years, the level of discourse on this subject has stayed ... Read More »
The manner in which some Muslim personalities have politicized the “Batman Shooter” tragedy by questioning if it should have been labeled “terrorism” brings to the surface some deeply internalized self-image issues. It is a public display of the level of some Muslims' insecurity as well as a lack of compassion for our neighbors. Read More »
UPDATE: VERDICT AND SENTENCE The jury has found the 10 Muslim students tried GUILTY on both counts. The judge has ruled a sentence which includes: a 3 year informal probation, 56 hours of community service with a non-profit organization for each defendant, and $200 in fines. The sentence will most ... Read More »
Mohamed Elibiary, Advisor to the Homeland Security Enterprise advises the Muslim community about Wired Magazine's, Spenser Ackerman’ s expose on FBI Counter-Terrorism training at Quantico. "As a liaison between the FBI and the Muslim community, I can attest that there is nothing new in Spenser’s reporting and could add volumes more to it of FBI wrongdoings; none the less, it has been disquieting and demoralizing for someone in my position to watch the ripple effects upon our community’s psyche." Read More »
On the eve of his film's nationwide release, we talk to Ash-har Quraishi about being a producer, the challenges in making a documentary with an Islamic theme, and the integral role fate played along the way. Read More »
The Irvine 11 trial has started this week. Here are the updates you need to get caught up with what has been happening in the pre-trial hearings. Read More »
You forget you are in the US when you enter the urine-drenched, graffiti covered streets of the homeless capital of the world... Sister Taswiyah Mutazz is the director of food programs for ILM. "A lot of us are a paycheck away from being on the other side of that line;" tears in her compassionate eyes, she recounts countless stories of challenges women and children face on these streets. This was the first year, I heard so many reports of homeless Muslims, men and women, too ashamed to walk into a masjid, without access to a place where their faith can help them recover. Read More »
Examining how Muslims see ourselves and how we challenge anti-Muslim defamation Read More »
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