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...
“Is it then other than Allah’s religion that they seek (to follow), and to Him submits whoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or...
It’s hard for non-Americans to reconcile the perception of our power as the globe’s only real superpower and our public’s political naiveté at times. However, truth...
By Jamila Hanan The plight of the Rohingya, you must have heard about it by now: one million people living in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma,...
Love was in the air at the masjid on Valentine’s Day 2016. As a youth group teacher for our masjid’s Sunday School, I organized a panel...
Everyone in the United States with some basics civics knowledge knows that the Constitution of the United States has a bill of rights with 10 Amendments...
Recent social media conversations amongst American Muslims indicate that American Muslim laity have fallen victim to an anti-intellectual trend which has gripped American culture. Anti-intellectualism is...
Melanie was verbally and physically abused through childhood. But Melanie’s obligation was to love and honor her mother, she told herself. This is what Melanie believed...
A few months ago, shortly after it had become certain who was going to be the next American president, my husband sighed, “Well, there goes the...
“And He taught Adam the names – all of them.” (Qur’an 2:31) Colonial era historians depicted Africans as peoples without a history, while exceptionalizing African Muslim...
