Anniversaries of the foundation of the Israeli state in May 1948 are usually marked with grief over the loss of Palestine and the slaughter and displacement...
My sister died from healthcare negligence. Here’s what I learned. My sister had died due to negligence in a hospital in the US. In her full...
[Note from the author: “I was asked to speak to students at Georgetown, as well as at the encampment at George Washington University. This post is...
Since the first Gaza solidarity encampment launched at Columbia University on April 17, 2024, college students around the county have adopted this form of peaceful protest...
by Dima Shamaly [Connie Charles, mentor] March 19, 2024 When we see the crescent moon    As you know, every year we are aware that Ramadan...
The Witnesses Of We Are Not Numbers Introduction by Ruth Nasrallah Survivors of genocide have traditionally borne witness only after the atrocities end. In the...
It has been a half-century since one of the most remarkable struggles for autonomy by a Muslim minority began, in what is now the Philippines’ southwestern...
This Ramadan, MuslimMatters reached out to our regular (and not-so-regular) crew of writers asking them to share their reflections on various ayahs/surahs of the Quran, ideally...
As a society, we like to believe we have made strides in equality. We celebrate the diversity of our country, we have cultural sensitivity training workshops,...
Why should Muslims fight for human rights? Isn’t it all a rigged game and pointless? Hena Zuberi, human rights activist, talks to Zainab bint Younus about...