Earlier this month, the Markfield Institute, where I teach undergraduate Islamic studies, was host to a lecture by Dr Shuruq Naguib of Lancaster University. Dr Naguib...
Non-Profits are vital to the communal fabric of the American Muslim community. Most Muslim non-profits are masajid. Others have specific other roles, such as legal services,...
By Abu O’baydah b. Ali Many people will look at the passing of AaronHernandez, former New England Patriots tight end, and say look “someone who had it...
By Nuriddeen Knight I’m not sure if I ever interacted with Ibn Ali, I just noticed him, and later his wife and kids, among those sitting...
As we stood in line to ride our next roller coaster, Ahmad and I didn’t realize that someone was listening in on our conversation. We stood...
In my last article on the American Muslim campaign against established knowledge, scholarship, and academia, I attempted to bring to the forefront of Muslim discourse the...
I wrote the above entry in my journal because alone at home with a pen and paper is one of the few places I feel safe...
By Naureen Aqueel I let out an exhausted sigh as I sat down in the Masjid al-Haram after Asr prayers. My toddler had fallen asleep on...
The players fell to their knees. The fans jeered. The press and everyone else laughed. The mighty Barcelona Football club had just been totally and utterly...
Throughout my life, I’ve had several encounters with Muslim immigrants to America, and many of these experiences were not positive. I had an Arab high school...
