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Previous: Part 1, Part 2; Next: Final The Earth's Complaint (Part 3) Window Into A Worldview Having broached the subject of politics, let us conclude this paper by re-affirming some of the main tenets that inform Islam's vision of man and society; its worldview, so to speak: 1. DIGNITY The ... Read More »

While we should be mourning a tragedy, helping families cope, and seeing what led a crazed man to commit such a horrific act of indiscriminate violence, some have pounced on this situation like rabid wolves, opportunistically using this tragedy to further propagate an anti-Islam and anti-Muslim agenda. Were it not ... Read More »

On an 11-0 vote Monday, Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) members voted to crack down on drivers refusing service, making Minnesota the first place in the country to decide how to treat Muslim cabbies who decline to transport alcohol-toting riders on religious grounds. Drivers who refuse riders will face 30-day to ... Read More »

Previous: Part 1; Next: Part 3, Final The Earth's Complaint (Part 2) Essential Truths But why, it may be asked, will the earth be inspired to tell all? Typically, the Muslim response is to explain that this accountability forms part of the wisdom for which man was created. For in ... Read More »

Next: Part 2, Part 3, Final In H.G. Wells's, “The Sleeper Awakes”, Graham, a troubled insomniac in 1890s England, falls into a sleep-like trance from which he does not awaken for over two-hundred years. When he comes out of his centuries of slumber, he awakens to a world with wondrous ... Read More »

This is a post I have been thinking about writing for quite some time because I have a lot of thoughts on this issue (the reasons why may be obvious from the rest of this post) and I wanted to get them down and get some feedback from other Muslims. ... Read More »

I want to encourage everyone to support this scholarship fund in memory of Sharifa AlKhateeb (May Allāh have mercy upon her) who was a fine example of an American Muslim contributing to our society. More information is below In recognition of Sharifa Alkhateeb's service to Fairfax County, Virginia, S.I.S.T.E.R.S Read More »

This is a video of Ayan Hirsi Ali on the Colbert Report. There was already a good discussion regarding her and her book here, so I won't reinvent the wheel. A few things about this video struck me though. Read More »

The New York Times published a rather lengthy article today on the interactions between African-American (AA) Muslims and Immigrants Muslims. The story revolves around the situation in New York City between the affluent Mosque on Long Island and the less-affluent AA Mosque in Harlem. I am inclined to say that ... Read More »

No surprise here. Power always breeds contempt; contempt for laws, for liberties and for rights. And in this case the script was followed, exactly as many expected. The Patriot Act, enacted in haste after 9/11 (many congressmen admitted to not even reading the entire law before endorsing it), was going ... Read More »