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February 2014

February 14, 2014

Being Black and Muslim

This week, those of you on Twitter may have noticed your Muslim friends using the...

February 03, 2014

America, the Beautiful

In my entire life, I have never watched an American football game (my friends make...

January 2014

January 01, 2014

2013’s 13 Most Talked About Mosque Photos

In 2013, the photo blog I curate on women's prayer spaces in mosques around the...

December 2013

December 04, 2013

Somewhere In America: My Thinksies & Some Linksies

By now, the Muslim blogosphere has erupted with congratulations and condemnations, excitement and judgement, mud...

December 02, 2013

Does Religion Still Matter?

Last month I had the pleasure of moderating a panel discussion among Haroon Moghul, Wajahat...

November 2013

November 06, 2013

Living at the Intersection of Race, Religion & the Remote Control

Those of us who find ourselves living at the intersection of race and popular culture...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Immigration, Interfaith and the Autobahn

I recently participated in an interfaith panel with some of Chicago's most distinguished religious leaders....

September 04, 2013

Femen Unveiled

A recent documentary has outed the breast-baring, Ukrainian "sextremist" group Femen as being founded and...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Building Bridges:Telling the American Muslim Story

Orland Park is a well-to-do suburb of Chicago that is coming to terms with its...

August 19, 2013

Glamjabis in Paris – religion and haute couture in hypersecular France

Earlier this summer, riots broke out in suburban Paris, sparked by a police check on...

August 04, 2013

On Side Entrances and the Adab of Clicktivism

We slip the note in under the imam's closed door and run away from his...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

Ramadan Roundup

Some Muslims are fasting from social media this Ramadan, but many others are not. Here's...

July 16, 2013

Muslim Devotional Music From Around the World

Muslims around the world sing songs of devotion to God and celebrate our Prophet (PBUH)...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

“Joining our hearts in love” – Building Sunni-Shia Unity this Ramadan

The authors of this piece, Shereen Yousuf and Hind Makki, first met in 2007 while...

June 21, 2013

This Week in Misogyny

The conversation on gender, women, self-esteem and representation is an ongoing one and one which...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Danish Supermarket Chain Reverses Hijab Ban Policy

3 weeks ago, Danish Muslim activists Inaam Abou-Khadra and Alaa Abdol-Hamid started a campaign to...

May 28, 2013

Linksies: Woolwich Attack Edition

A round-up of news, views, and videos of last week's brutal, fatal attack on British...

May 01, 2013

Your pal, Itedal

Last night I attended an engaging discussion on intercultural collaboration by Maria Pesqueira, the President...

April 2013

April 28, 2013

Linksies: Boston Bombings Edition

Time has afforded us some emotional distance from the terror attacks and subsequent manhunt in...

April 26, 2013

Oh my Lord, undo the knot in my tongue

"My Lord, I ask you to expand my breast, make my task easy, undo the...

April 20, 2013

On tragedy, human nature and hope

Last week was a difficult one for America. There was the terrorist bombing of the...

April 09, 2013

Of hijab, stereotypes and popular culture

This weekend, I gave a talk at a local church, on the misconceptions people have...

April 03, 2013

I am a Muslim Because…

Patheos has asked it's writers to finish this sentence Why I Am A... in...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

Millennial Muslims and Social Media Activism

Trawling through the Muslim internets in recent days, I noticed a lot of heavy issues...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

Blackface in Amsterdam

A few years ago, I came across David Sedaris's essay 6 to 8 Black Men,...

November 2012

November 15, 2012

Linksies 11/15/2012

Longtime readers of Hindtrospectives are familiar with my "Linksies" posts. Twice a week I offer...

November 05, 2012

On sacrifice and getting out the red, blue and green votes

I've voted in every election I could since I was 18, but I'm not voting...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

A community in Ramadan, a family for Eid

Last Sunday, an estimated 15,000-20,000 people piled into Toyota Park, the home of our local...

August 07, 2012

Linksies 8/7/12

In These United States Hate crimes always have a logic Army veteran identified as WI...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Linksies 7/30/12

In These United States Bachmann's blatant Muslim fear-mongering Orwellian word of the day: pre-violent Half...