‘Bilal: A New Breed of Hero’– The Reviews are In and Muslims are Pretty Divided
Most any Muslim child who has been taught even a small bit of Islamic history has heard of Bilal ibn Rabah, a Black man who was born into slavery who became one of the most trusted and loyal sahabah...
View ArticleWhat Does Being “Unapologetically Muslim” Mean?
What does it mean to be “unapologetically Muslim?” Does it mean to be a loud and proud Muslim in every aspect of one’s life? Does it mean to be publicly Muslim – touting one’s Muslim-ness in every...
View ArticleAre We Making “Punish a Muslim” Day Bigger Than it Deserves to Be?
On the agenda for today are doctor’s appointments for my daughter and I, another bi-annual assessment of my son’s autism medical and support needs with my eldest son’s nursing care coordinator (because...
View ArticleThat Perceived Bias Against Suspected Muslim Perpetrators of Violence in...
First came the news of serial package bombings happening across the Austin, Texas, which had terrified the city and its surrounding suburbs for nearly three weeks in March of 2018, leaving two people...
View ArticleThe Parental Intimacy of Autism
There comes a time, probably many times, when you ask yourself – what do you want. What do you really want. And, if you’re lucky to figure that out, even for a small amount of time before things change...
View ArticleSupreme Court Ruling Upholds #MuslimBan, but for Muslims, #NoMuslimBanEver...
Among the many campaign promises and bigoted viewpoints and rallying cries that President Donald J. Trump campaigned on, one that was loudly and definitively supported by his base was his proposed ban...
View Article31 Times Trump Made Clear the #MuslimBan was Motivated by Anti-Muslim Bias
Chief Justice John Roberts declared that the majority of the Supreme Court saw no anti-Muslim bias in President Trump’s Muslim Ban (aka the travel ban) and thus the executive order was not violating...
View ArticleImam Siraj Wahhaj Addresses the Arrest of His Son – What We Can Do
If you’ve attended any sort of Muslim fundraiser of any sort — at an Islamic school, masjid, Muslim organization — chances are you’ve heard Imam Siraj Wahhaj speak. Chances are the twinkle in his warm...
View ArticleCatholic Sex Abuse Report – Universal Pain, Sorrow, Questioning, Sympathy and...
Sexual abuse, abuse of power, it’s all awful and terrible and nauseating in any form. But if you’re a person of faith or with even a tenuous connection to any faith, it feels exponentially more awful...
View Article#MeToo, Muslim Youth & Masajid – Protecting Children from Sexual Assault
Editorial note – this is an edited guest post from Umar Lee regarding the recent events and khutba at the Islamic Center of Irving in Irving, Texas. Since this video aired and Imam Nick Pelletier was...
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