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2016-08-23T16:07:04-04:00

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As a Muslim American Mom – Fighting for My Country, My Children

Last updated on: August 23, 2016 at 4:07 pm By Guest Contributor

Embed from Getty Images By Sofia Ali-Khan 1982, I began fasting half-days during Ramadan for the first time, my hands painted with henna in celebration. I was in Mrs. Campbell’s third grade class; the only Muslim in a school of more than three hundred children. She growled my name “So-fee-AAH! We do not write on our hands with magic marker. That is disgusting. Go to the bathroom and wash your hands with soap right now!” It wasn’t magic marker. There... Read more

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2016-08-16T18:59:04-04:00

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Danger Games: An Analysis of Trump’s “Radical Islam” Foreign Policy Speech

Last updated on: August 16, 2016 at 6:59 pm By Guest Contributor

Embed from Getty Images By Alan Howard Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump laid out his plan, or rather thoughts, to combat “radical Islam” in a “much-heralded” foreign policy/terrorism policy speech given in Youngstown, Ohio this week. While Trump is often reduced to ridiculous soundbites, I decided to watch and breakdown his speech, point-by-point, so we can really gain an understanding into what we may be facing with a possible Trump presidency. I won’t insult anyone by repeating the elementary... Read more

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2017-11-13T18:46:12-04:00

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My Hijab Doesn’t Define Me

Last updated on: November 13, 2017 at 6:46 pm By Guest Contributor

What if I told you that the way I dress is not a state of being? That who I am fluctuates, and what I wear is not a sign of strengthened or weakened faith in God? Hijab is not my identity. Read more

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2016-08-05T13:31:24-04:00

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Abdul Sattar Edhi: ‘The greatest thing Islam teaches is humanity’

Last updated on: August 5, 2016 at 1:31 pm By Guest Contributor

Embed from Getty Images By Salman Hasan Ali Adul Sattar Edhi, arguably the world’s greatest and perhaps least known humanitarian, passed away last month; he was 88 years old. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un (“We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return”). Some people called Edhi a saint, others called him maulana (Islamic scholar); but the children he cared for – the thousands of abandoned, orphaned, destitute children in Edhi centers around Pakistan — simply called him Abbuji (respected father).... Read more

2016-07-27T17:21:31-04:00

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Accepting & Welcoming Marginalized and So-Called “Bad Muslims” – A Tool Against Extremism

Last updated on: July 27, 2016 at 5:21 pm By Guest Contributor

Embed from Getty Images By Ali Asadullah Close your eyes for a minute. Now picture in your mind’s eye the image of “good” Muslim. Visualize how that person dresses, how they walk, talk and behave. Think of their daily habits as well as those things that they avoid as they walk through their lives. Now open your eyes. Did you picture a drunk? Probably not. After all, drunks engage in all sorts of behavior that one would likely recognize as... Read more

2016-07-24T14:38:55-04:00

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On Shariah Law: Tolerance is the Law of the Land

Last updated on: July 24, 2016 at 2:38 pm By Guest Contributor

By Fatina Abdrabboh I teach a course at a law school on Islamic Law, familiar to some as sharia. Yes, I teach sharia to American law students. In fact, the country’s leading law schools are increasingly offering this course alongside others meant to equip American law students with the cultural skills of a global world. In my class, we spent almost the first half of the semester unpacking what Islamic Law is not. Many students came into the class with assumptions absorbed from our... Read more

2016-07-22T12:36:39-04:00

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Thoughts from the RNC: We have Become a Nation of Fear

Last updated on: July 22, 2016 at 12:36 pm By Guest Contributor

Embed from Getty Images By Alan Howard The 2016 Republican Party National Convention has been consigned to history. And what a convention it was. It seemed like the overarching theme was one word: Fear. Fear of lost jobs, of immigrants and refugees, loss of Christian identity, fear of terrorism and Muslims, fear of black people, fear of LGBTQ communities (though yes, Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump did awkwardly vow to protect the LGBTQ communities) – you name it... Read more

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2016-07-20T16:40:39-04:00

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5 Life Lessons from Humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi

Last updated on: July 20, 2016 at 4:40 pm By Guest Contributor

Embed from Getty Images By Saud Inam It’s been a difficult year for Muslims. We lost two great giants of change: Muhammad Ali and Abdul Sattar Edhi. These two figures were shining lights and beacons of hope, and we all have much to learn from them. They were change makers and Muslim heroes. Our children and our youth should know Abdul Sattar Edhi, his life, his work and his impact he had on the world. I first learned of Edhi three... Read more

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2016-07-18T16:25:44-04:00

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Being Black and Muslim in the Post-9/11, Post-Ferguson Era

Last updated on: July 18, 2016 at 4:25 pm By Guest Contributor

By Kameelah Rashad, MS, MRP, MEd “The dead won’t let me sleep The living won’t let me die in peace My heart filled with the yesterday that never happened My hands filled with my face My long breaths bleeding between my fingers” — Amir Sulaiman, Come To The Hills (We Must Win) On the last day of our holiest month, breaking news about a murder of a 37-year-old Black man in Baton Rouge begin to slowly bleed through the litany... Read more

2016-07-15T16:25:43-04:00

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Ten Self-Care Tips for Faith-Based Activists

Last updated on: July 15, 2016 at 4:25 pm By Guest Contributor

By Saud Inam First and foremost Eid Mubarak to my Muslim brothers and sisters. I pray every one of us had an amazing and spiritually fulfilling Ramadan and may Allah accept all of our fasting, prayer, and supplications. Ameen. I know for myself and maybe the world and the Muslim community in particular had a very challenging and testing Ramadan. The weeks following have been no less difficult, challenging and hurtful. We began our Ramadan with the loss of one... Read more

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