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December 2015

December 08, 2015

VIDEO: Discussing Faith in Times of Fear on Al Jazeera’s “The Stream”

Most days I get the kids up, make their lunches, drop them at the bus...

December 07, 2015

World Disability Day – A Blip On Our Screen as We Get On with Our Autism Living

It seems like every day is a "Designated Day," marked so as to draw awareness...

November 2015

November 23, 2015

Rabia Chaudry Writes a Book about Adnan Syed’s (of “Serial”) Captivating Case

This was the logical next step. Rabia Chaudry, the most vocal and dedicated advocate for...

November 19, 2015

Lead with Love

The whole week's been a rather downward spiral, starting with the horrible attacks in Paris...

November 14, 2015

Terrorism Has No Religion

There really is nothing one can write that will adequately express what we are feeling....

November 13, 2015

Virginia’s Former First Lady Argues Basement Entrance for Disabled People

Over in the great state of Virginia where I live, I was angered to read...

November 10, 2015

Maryland School Board Designates Muslim Holiday a Day off from School

Almost a year ago to the day, the "Grinch" decided to remove Chrismas, Easter and...

November 06, 2015

One Year Later, Adnan Syed (of “Serial”) is Granted A New Hearing

I think that noise you heard was the collective mic being dropped. Adnan Syed, who's...

October 2015

October 14, 2015

Why We ‘Shared What We Shared’

So get this – many of Halloween’s cultural practices stem from Christianity, not Paganism. And,...

October 08, 2015

We are Better than the Hate

Here’s how today went thus far: Got up, overslept. Bleary-eyed, stumbled into the bathroom, then...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

A Muslim #PrayerforEveryone – Prayer Backed with Action to Achieve Global Goals

There is this: "It is He who produces gardens with trellises and without, and dates...

September 24, 2015

Eid Mubarak and the Blessings of Family

Don’t ever take your family for granted. Ever. ********** The alarm on my phone beeped...

September 16, 2015

#IStandWithAhmed – Parenting Black Kids, Parenting Brown Kids, Parenting Muslim Kids

Counting to ten isn’t going to help today. Maybe counting to ten thousand. I’m not...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

ISNA Disability Narratives: A Purpose to Why God Created You As You Are

This post is part of a short series of disability narratives shared by the speakers...

August 25, 2015

Engaging v. Disengaging: When Working With ISNA Means the Push for Women-Friendly Mosques

It’s a debate I’ve watched from the sidelines for several years within the American Muslim...

August 20, 2015

Standing Up for Victims: the Institute for Islamic Ed. Sex Abuse Case

Why I chose to share our story: I want to tell our community that we...

August 12, 2015

Strength of Conviction – A Dynamic Future for Islam

This post is part of Patheos' Future of Religion Summer Series, focusing this week on...

July 2015

July 11, 2015

The Srebrenica Genocide and the Bosnian War – Never Forget

To God we belong and to God we return. Please take the time to say...

May 2015

May 28, 2015

Book Review: “undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace

My life had changed. My Christian daughter became a Muslim. And my life and every...

May 19, 2015

Mommy, Can I Draw the Prophet Muhammad?

Wendy Thomas Russell over on the Patheos Atheist channel has a blog called Natural Wonderers,...

May 05, 2015

When Anti-Muslim Bigots and Muslim Extremists Follow the Same Playbook – on Pamela Geller and Garland, Tx

Alia Salem, Executive Director at CAIR-Texas Dallas Fort Worth, knew it was going to be...

March 2015

March 04, 2015

New York City to Add Muslim Holidays to Public School Schedule

"We no longer have to choose between our education and our faith!" -- tweet I...

February 2015

February 17, 2015

Poem – If I Die

This poem is a guest post by Tahera Rahman. If I Die If I die,...

February 12, 2015

Turning the Focus Back on Deah, Yusor and Razan – What We Hold Onto

Inna lilahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon. Surely we belong to God and to Him we...

January 2015

January 20, 2015

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of a Muslim Prisoner’s Beard

You know, those darn Muslims. Making trouble when they should be quiet, asking for stuff...

January 15, 2015

UPDATE: Duke University Cancels Decision for Weekly Adhan to be Called on Campus

Scroll below for additional information and photos Congratulations Franklin Graham. Guess you've succeeded. In about...

January 07, 2015

#JeSuisCharlie – When Will Clemency and Kindness Prevail over Extremism?

I’m wagering that when many of us (speaking to Muslims now, or people who have...

December 2014

December 22, 2014

The Non-Negotiables

As the kids grow, especially with A entering in her tween-coming-into-teen-middle-school-years, our stories, struggles, challenges...

December 15, 2014

#IllRideWithYou – The World I Want to Raise My Children In

Perhaps – no, I’m certain – that these are the images and these are the...

November 2014

November 22, 2014

I Plan, God Laughs

“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.” -- Corrie ten...