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November 2023

November 25, 2023

Over $100K Raised for the Children of Gaza

Alhamdullilah, so far we have collected six figures, well over $100K in donations from the...

September 2023

September 10, 2023

A Look Back at the Aftermath of 9/11 – 22 years later!

In the summer of 2001, my friend Javaid Malik and I were working on an...

August 2021

August 02, 2021

3 Of The Most Pervasive Internet Surveillance Programs Ran By GCHQ And The NSA

After the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington during September 2001, Western security organizations...

March 2021

March 17, 2021

Making the Unclean Clean: God’s Redemption in a Toilet Bowl

With the push of a button or the pull of a handle, our faces and...

February 2021

February 20, 2021

Remembering Dr. Agha Saeed

The late Dr. Agha Saeed was the founder of the American Muslim Alliance and he...

January 2020

January 24, 2020

About Burgers and Boycotts: BurgerIM

There has been a lot of controversy recently about the BurgerIM franchise, since the original...

June 2017

June 07, 2017

The 1st Ramadan Interfaith Iftaar (In the Bay Area)

Continuing our series on the history of Muslim Media Activism in the Bay Area from...

May 2017

May 13, 2017

Muslim Media Activism, Circa 1998

In 1998, I had been out of college (UC Berkeley) for 1 year and was...

October 2016

October 07, 2016

The Birth of a Nation: Film Review

Recently my friend, Nizar Ahmed and I had a discussion on facebook about the new...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

7 Reasons Why I Support Colin Kaepernick

Counting down to the number one reason why I support Colin Kaepernick and his right...

March 2016

March 19, 2016

ISF – Abdul Sattar Rydhan Media Scholarship

Dear Friends and Family, My family and I recently initiated a scholarship through the Islamic...

November 2015

November 21, 2015

VIDEO: Avoid Common Mistakes on Mosque Projects (ISNA CHICAGO 2015)

Special Thanks to ISNA for providing us with the raw (unedited) video footage from our...

October 2015

October 18, 2015

Avoid Common Mistakes on Mosque Projects – Part II

Christopher McCoy and I were invited to do another Mosque panel discussion at ISNA’s 52nd...

December 2014

December 24, 2014

Interview with Writer/Producer Kamran Pasha

Recently, I watched the Showtime Series “Sleeper Cell” which aired for 2 seasons from 2005...

September 2014

September 19, 2014

How to Avoid Common Mistakes on Mosque Projects

On Saturday August 30th, I was invited by ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) to...

August 2014

August 23, 2014

The Silicon Valley Mosque of the (Near) Future

Recently, The Islamic Monthly Magazine had a contest for people to describe what a Mosque,...

July 2014

July 26, 2014

Ramadan 2014 – White House Iftaar & Learning to Play the Game

As many of us heard via social media, President Obama made a statement at the...

March 2014

March 19, 2014

A Letter to my Father

March 19th, 2014 – It’s been 6 years since you passed away. A lot has...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

NCIS: A Case Study on US Military Propaganda

Usually I don’t watch the CBS program “NCIS” (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) because I don’t...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Halal Fest: One Month Later

Recently, I conducted an interview with ILLUME Magazine about the Halal Fest event, which was...

September 11, 2013

The Aftermath: 12 years later

12 years ago, my friend Javaid Malik and I started on this documentary video called,...

May 2013

May 18, 2013

Umar Lee: Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish

For those who don’t know, former Muslim convert Umar Lee, is (or should I saywas)...

October 2012

October 10, 2012

Why I Plan to Vote for President Obama Again…as an American Muslim

There have been a lot of discussions going on lately online among Americans, including American...

July 2012

July 14, 2012

The New McCarthyism: Islamophobia, American Muslims, and the Progressive Response

The New McCarthyism: Islamophobia, American Muslims, and the Progressive Response is a three part online...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

New Book “All American: 45 Men on Being Muslim – An Anthology of American Muslim Voices

Salaams All I was lucky enough to be one of the 45 Men to be...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

FBI Love (Sung to Tune of Drake’s “Crew Love”)

FBI Love (Sung to the tune of Drake's "Crew Love") [Verse 1] Get your nose...

March 2012

March 27, 2012

Interview about Muslim Media on the “What’s Up Wit’ That Show?”

Here is an interview I did about Muslim Media on the "What's Up Wit' That...

December 2011

December 19, 2011

OUTSOURCED vs. LOWES

Originally Posted on ILLUME magazine. Everyone has been talking about the controversy surrounding Lowe’s Hardware...

December 08, 2011

Zaki Hasan: The Grandmaster of Geekdom

Originally Posted on ILLUME Magazine. Zaki Hasan has been a geek all his life, though...

August 2010

August 15, 2010

Moon Wars: Should Muslims Adopt Moon Sighting to Establish Ramadan?

In the ongoing, never-ending debate about moon sighting versus caculations to determine the start (and...