In the heady year preceding the 2000 Al Gore/George Bush election, Muslims and other (especially young and mostly blue) people...
โBetter, Not Bitterโ by Dr. Yusef Salaam is the autobiography of one of the Exonerated Five: five young men (four of them African American, one of them...
This article has been jointly written by Chaplains Shazeeda Khan and AbdulMalik Negedu. โDo we call ourselves โChaplainsโ or find an Arabic word for a Muslim/ah...
Willy Wonkaโs got nothing on me: a Canadian niqabi who has worked in multiple chocolate shops, deftly maneuvering past racist comments, silly questions, explicit Islamophobia, and...
Today marks 5 years since I first accepted Islam, alhamdulillah. Here are 5 reflections from 5 years as a Muslim: 1) Keeping good company is crucial We...
The most impenetrable systems of institutional racism in the United States of America has been the police, the courts, the criminal justice system, and the prison...
โDid the Prophet ๏ทบ wear glasses?โ I didnโt realize that a question so simple and inane could fill me with so much happiness. To be clear,...
February is Black History Month โ a time that is often overlooked, both in the Muslim community and wider society. While there may be some token...
Seeing the headlines these days, one can hardly imagine that real people live in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Global news has stripped Bosnians of their humanity. Over...
MuslimMatters is thrilled to announce a collaboration with the Institute of Knowledge (IOK) Chaplaincy Initiative: From the Chaplainโs Desk. Join us the last Saturday of every...
The Creator One of Allahโs names is al-Hadi, translated as โThe Guideโ. When people think of guidance, or being guided by God, we think of our...
