Ever since the Boston marathon bombings, my mind has been swarming with thoughts and emotions. I have been glued to the internet, digesting article after article, and comment after comment. I am sure I am not alone. The American Muslim emotional roller-coaster response to terrorism isn't fresh reading. It starts ... Read More »
I feel like this message is far too important to me and far too sensitive for all of us for me to leave it unexplained. —– Where were you when it happened? For me, it was the classroom. I was in 5th grade when the Twin Towers were attacked. The ... Read More »
Written by Spencer Ackerman at Wired.com An internal FBI investigation into its counterterrorism training has purged hundreds of bureau documents of instructional material about Muslims, some of which characterized them as prone to violence or terrorism. The bureau disclosed initial findings from its months-long review during a meeting at FBI headquarters on ... Read More »
Having the opportunity to learn about the off-camera personalities of the likes of Muhammad Ali ingrained in my mind the human side of celebrities. From young, I understood the difference between the media-manufactured image of a person and the “real” person. This wasn’t due only to my father having worked with certain celebrities: my family itself lived that reality. Read More »
She must have been glowing and happy when she boarded that American Flight 11; she was going to attend a friend’s wedding in Los Angeles. Rahma would not have wanted to be remembered as a victim; she was a positive, powerful woman. She used her talents to make her adopted country a better place to live. Her friends still miss her and mourn her, and many gathered together last weekend at the college campus where Rahma spent 4 years of her life. The lesson I learned from 9/11: never take a day for granted, for life is very fragile and very short. Read More »
We must realize that what we say and how we define ourselves are the only parts of the conversation about Islam and Muslims that we can actually control. Read More »
What took me a couple of years to figure out was that Islam and culture are not one and the same! The guy who came up and yelled at me for wearing shorts was actually practicing his culture and not his faith. So how do you tell the difference? I’m not sure, but one tip is that if you want to stop getting bothered, marry into one of these cultures like I did (go desis!). Read More »
Guest Submission: By Br. Ryan. As my third year as a Muslim has come and gone I wanted to take some time to reflect on a couple of issues I have seen throughout my new community. In my community I'm constantly reminded that it is a “new” Muslim community that ... Read More »
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