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May 2016

May 09, 2016

Beyond Prayer: Ten Tips to Achieving Mental Health and Wellness

By Saud Inam May is Mental Health Month. We many not think about mental health...

May 04, 2016

Sponsoring an Orphan Not Enough: A Muslim Adoption Agency Pushes for More

By Yusra Gomaa Bare, grey walls tinged with a hint of yellow inside this familiar...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Why Adoption and Fostering Must be Our Muslim Duty

By Yusra Gomaa “H-H-Hello, Asalaamu’alaykum. Umm, my name is Amna and I have two young...

April 25, 2016

The Prophetic Remedy to Islamophobia

By Saud Inam For more than a decade the Muslim community has been in a...

April 20, 2016

How is the 2016 Election Impacting Muslim (and Other) School Children?

By Uzma Mariam Ahmed This election cycle has been difficult to experience, even for adults. ...

April 18, 2016

An Open Letter to Young Muslim Americans – This is Our Time to Struggle

Dear Young Muslim Americans: I am one of you. I write this with a heavy...

April 15, 2016

Pushing Secularism over Democratic Values – France’s PM Supports Hijab Ban in Universities

By Saideh Jamshidi Some Westerners, especially in France, view Muslim women who wear a hijab...

April 13, 2016

#GiveHope1000 – Creating Opportunities for Disabled Entrepreneurs

By Amanda Quraishi The biggest challenge that most disabled people have isn’t learning how to...

April 11, 2016

Dear Trump Supporters – A Peace House Video

Various ethnic, religious and minority groups -- from Muslims to Latinos to African Americans --...

April 08, 2016

Insulting Muslim Fashion and Modest Dressing is as Bad as Forcing the Hijab

By Saideh Jamshidi To cover or not to cover, that’s the problem, but to whom?...

April 06, 2016

Moving Past the Condemnations: Recognizing Muslims’ Contributions to Our Public Safety

By Alejandro J. Beutel, Stephanie Choi, Sarala Prabhu and Erika Swanson Over the past several...

April 01, 2016

Why is Muslim Fashion and Modest Dressing the Story That Never Ends?

By Michael Wolfe Standing ovations at TED Talks are not that common. The last one...

March 2016

March 29, 2016

Why the Quran Protects Against Radicalization: A Rebuttal to USA Today’s Nabeel Qureshi

By Tahir Nasser The dust from the bombs had barely settled in Brussels when...

March 21, 2016

Women’s History Month: Learning from Wise Women in All Stages of Life

By Anisha Ismail Patel Its 1991, I am 18 years old, young and impressionable. My...

March 18, 2016

The Truth About ‘Safe Spaces’ – MPAC Addresses Changes and Criticisms

By Hoda Hawa Prior to 9/11, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) had foreseen the...

March 17, 2016

Dear Fellow Activists: Be Solution Seekers and Look to the Prophets for Inspiration

By Saud Inam In this social media-driven age, with the constant flow of information on...

March 15, 2016

On ABC’s ‘Of Kings and Prophets,’ – Did the Bible Really Say That?

By Ian Werrett Several weeks ago, while teaching a class on the creation stories of...

March 13, 2016

Not My City, Not My Country: On Freedom of Speech and Shutting Down Trump Rally in Chicago

By Suroor Raheemullah Malcolm X said: “We need more light about each other. Light creates...

March 10, 2016

VIDEO: Why Muslims Must be Part of the Political Process

Why should we vote, especially now more than ever? Why should we follow what the...

March 07, 2016

Putting an End to the Hoe-Jabi Shaming

By Nabah Rizvi A couple of months ago, I shared an article on my Facebook...

March 04, 2016

A Muslim Mother’s Worry for the Trump-filled Landscape of Today

By Sabina Khan-Ibarra In the fourth grade, I read Anne Frank’s diary for the first...

March 02, 2016

The Trump Problem: Why This Muslim is Praying for a Christian America

By Charles Turner Most Muslims have engaged with the idea of America being a Christian...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

What Would Malcolm do This Black History Month?

By Tariq Touré “Yo this is the Blackest history month ever!” I told my wife, Imani,...

February 26, 2016

Why Everyone Should Study Islam – A Christian College Student’s Advice for all Americans

Editor's Note - Simran Jeet Singh is an Assisant Professor in the Department of Religion...

February 17, 2016

Raising Confident Children in a Time of Microagressions and Islamophobia

By Lucy El-Sherif Parents today are justifiably concerned about raising their kids in the Islamophobic...

February 10, 2016

#OurThreeWinners: What Muslims Still Need to Learn One Year Later

By Saud Inam I remember three times in my life where I was shaken to...

February 08, 2016

To Know Black History is to Know Islamic History

By Hakeem Muhammed True Black history has been obfuscated and replaced with nefarious Eurocentric myths....

February 04, 2016

Ask A Muslim – A Simple Question that Opened a Floodgate of Humanity

By Sebastian Robins Mid-winter in New England sees about seven hours of daylight, and that's...

January 2016

January 26, 2016

The Hope Initiative: Changing The World One Act of Kindness at a Time

By Reema Kamran “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations...

January 21, 2016

Who Speaks for Islam in America?

By Khurram Dara Who speaks for Islam in America? After tragedies like the ones that...