In 2016, First Lady Michelle Obama’s quote, ‘When they go low, we go high’, was first invoked in response to growing anti-black and racist sentiments hurled...
The Prophet ๏ทบ helped the Arabs overcome their asabiya (tribalism) and enter a new defining bond of Islam. The criterion for right and wrong was no...
Note to the reader:ย Some Muslims debate which term we should use for someone who has chosen to accept Islam. Is it supposed to be โconvertโ...
At the party she stood near the front door, as if she might attempt escape. No one talked to her, though she saw plenty of glances...
I was raised in the Darul Islam movement; my father Shaykh Abdu-Karim Ahmad, was one of their Imams for a time in Philly. So was my...
Q.ย As Muslims, what should our stance be on racism or racial discrimination, and should we be supporting social justice movements likeย Black Lives Matterย (BLM)? And isnโt all...
The events of the past two weeks have highlighted the disastrous outcomes that emerge when racism and white supremacy interplay with police brutality. The unbridled aggression...
When tracing the political genealogy of modern India after its partition in 1947, historians identify the two defining principles used by the state as secularism and...
Beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for there is no barrier between it and Allah (Sahih al Bukhari 4090) “Mama!” “I can’t breathe.” A gut-punch...
Your Black Muslim friends are not okay. Your Black Muslim relatives are not okay. Your Black Muslim coworkers are not okay. Your Black Muslim congregants are...
