February is Black History Month – a time that is often overlooked, both in the Muslim community and wider society. While there may be some token...
How does one live with the knowledge of recent events and still celebrate Ramadan? How does one connect with her or his spirituality, let go of...
I wasn’t going to write this. When three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali passed away on June 3 at the age of 74, surrounded by...
The Muslim ummah and the world at large has lost a beloved hero. Muhammad Ali touched the lives of so many in the US and around...
Somewhere between the eulogies, the obituaries, the tweets, the memes and the acres of press coverage on the passing of Muhammad Ali… lies a set of...
More than a year and a half ago, when Donald Sterling was the most vilified man in American media and Donald Trump was relatively low on...
It’s interesting how a catchy nickname and a strong hit of nostalgia can override conventional wisdom. While basketball fans spend this week and the next (and...
It was hate, not religion, that motivated the horrible acts of September 11… Nothing could be more unAmerican than to respond to mindless hatred with blind...