SUMMARY This article looks at the hijab and niqab in North America through four lenses:—identity, commerce, media, and politics. It begins with some clarifications around terminology...
As Israel incarcerates Palestinians and India continues to systematically Otherize and disempower Kashmiris—a reflection on the predicament of ethnic, religious and racial bio-minorities. Events since September...
By Najiyah Maxfield March On! After a brief respite to put my feet up and catch my breath after the Women’s March, which I attended with two of...
By Dr Maha Hilal Last week, the Senate Select Committee Intelligence released a report on the detention and interrogations programs that were run by the...
Yesterday my son brought home a school project on 9/11 and he couldn’t understand why I snapped at him—’#NeverForget‘ is not just a slogan. Today I...
I feel like this message is far too important to me and far too sensitive for all of us for me to leave it unexplained. —–...
By YASIR QADHI Published: October 1, 2011 [Note: This Op Ed was also published in the International Herald Tribune] Yasir Qadhi, an American Muslim cleric, is...
We came to the US to study, met our husbands in college, and got married. I wish that was all there was to our love stories...
By Lee Weismann exclusive to MuslimMatters. Lee is a high school teacher in Irvine CA. He tweets inspirational words and reflections at JihadiJew and blogs here under...
Remembering 9/11 as a Muslim American by Amad Shaikh in AlJazeera While most Americans blamed the attacks on al-Qaeda, not Muslims in general, some commentators stoked...