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2015-12-29T12:11:44-05:00

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2015: The year when ‘banning’ a religion went mainstream in the US

Last updated on: December 29, 2015 at 12:11 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

by Rasheed Reno One of the most prominent stories of 2015 has been the circus of the Donald Trump campaign. It seems Donald Trump will say just about anything to be the center of attention and has been more than willing to cross any line when it comes to violating the American ideal of religious freedom. We have seen an escalating pattern of anti-Muslim rhetoric from Trump and one has to wonder where he will finally stop. Last month he... Read more

2015-12-28T22:01:22-05:00

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Muslims: To Stop ISIS and Other Terror Group from Disparaging Islam, We Must Clearly Explain the True Concept of Jihad

Last updated on: December 28, 2015 at 10:01 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

by Seidu Malik The year 2015 can be remembered as the year Daesh (ISIS) dominated the news media in the Western world, from beginning to the end. It began with the merciless attack on the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo that drew worldwide condemnation, enslaving of Yazidi women, burning of a Jordanian pilot and ending with a spectacular attack in France and inspiring mass murder in San Bernardino. How could a religion with a holy book, the Quran, which prides itself as being perfect and as a guidance for... Read more

2015-12-26T09:38:45-05:00

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My Hijab is both Islamic and Unforced

Last updated on: December 26, 2015 at 9:38 am By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Mansura Minhas Richard Dawkins recently called upon Muslim women to shun their Hijabs as a show of solidarity with the victims of Paris attacks. Dawkins is an anti-theist, wholly ignorant to Islam. Thus, his case against the Hijab fits perfectly well in his anti-Islam narrative. However, when Muslim women — who take pride in their ‘feminist’ credentials — cite half-baked and fabricated definitions of ‘Hijab’ and join the club to make a case against a guidance clearly rooted in... Read more

2015-12-25T00:07:20-05:00

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Merry Christmas Professor Hawkins!

Last updated on: December 25, 2015 at 12:07 am By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Ayesha Noor Merely days before Christmas, Professor Layrcia Hawkins received disciplinary action for her very Christ-like actions that others deemed Islamic. She is disciplined for her appearance as a Muslim woman and her statement regarding God. Professor Hawkins is an associate professor at Wheaton College, an Evangelical Christian Institute that claims to follow “biblical doctrine,” and reaffirms “salient features of the historic Christian Creeds,” and identifies itself with the Scriptures. Yet, the very Christian admin suspended Dr. Hawkins, a... Read more

2015-12-28T19:22:30-05:00

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The Philosophy of Hijab

Last updated on: December 28, 2015 at 7:22 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Saima Sheikh I read with disappointment the Washington Post article by Asra Nomani and Hala Arafa. I couldn’t believe that these so called Muslim activists were discouraging non-Muslim women from showing their support for Muslim women. To me their article sounded more like an angry rant. Their rhetoric was no different than those Imams and other clerics in Saudi Arabia or Iran that they cited in their article. At this day and age where there is so much anger and... Read more

2015-12-23T11:34:13-05:00

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Hijab: Oppressive or Islamic

Last updated on: December 23, 2015 at 11:34 am By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Ayesha Noor I went shopping on a hot June afternoon. I wore a cool beige outer garment over my Jeans and top and complimented it with a blue cotton headscarf. As I left one store a sales woman offered me her product. I respectfully refused, but her next question forced me to stop and listen. “Why would you wear so many things and cover your head,on such a hot day?” I replied, “because I revere Mary mother of Jesus,... Read more

2015-12-20T23:50:02-05:00

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Persecution of Minorities in Pakistan is Un-Islamic

Last updated on: December 20, 2015 at 11:50 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

by Ijaz Ahmed It has been twenty years since I last visited Pakistan, the country of my ancestry. I can still recall fond memories of riding on a rickshaw, walking down alleyways of Gujranwala, or grabbing some grub from a street vendor. But most of what I know of Pakistan, I have heard from my parents’ stories about their childhood and upbringing. There are numerous beautiful qualities about Pakistan that I would very much enjoy the opportunity to experience. The reason I have not been... Read more

2015-12-18T23:39:06-05:00

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Response to San Bernardino Tragedy

Last updated on: December 18, 2015 at 11:39 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Saima Sheikh I watched with horror the coverage of the San Bernardino massacre. I couldn’t believe it. I used to live in greater Los Angeles area! That was my first home when my family and I migrated to America in 1984 from Pakistan. I went to elementary school and middle school there. I attended the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino which is the largest Mosque in San Bernardino County. We still have family and friends who live in that... Read more

2015-12-18T23:48:34-05:00

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How to Prevent another San Bernardino Shooting

Last updated on: December 18, 2015 at 11:48 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Ayesha Noor To understand why the San Bernardino shooting happened in 2015 America, I have to take you to back to 1920s India. Back in 1920s India appeared a derogatory book shamelessly ridiculing Prophet Muhammad. As a result the Indian Muslim Community responded in two very different ways: Muslim clerics—lacking in vision and unity—considered it to be a deplorable sin and resorted to violence. They instigated young Muslims against the publisher, so much so that one person murdered him.... Read more

2015-12-12T22:33:47-05:00

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San Bernardino: Unless We See Past the Rhetoric, We Do No Justice to the Fallen

Last updated on: December 12, 2015 at 10:33 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

by Amer Aziz The recent slaughter in San Bernardino by a couple who had apparently pledged allegiance to ISIS was a terrible tragedy. In the aftermath, the American Muslim community has condemned the violence whereas voices on the right target the Islamic faith itself, while most Americans grapple to come to terms with the reality behind this ordeal. For us to do real justice to our fallen brothers and sisters, to avoid further tragedies, and to have any likelihood of... Read more

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