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In his last known interview, Imam Warith Deen Mohammed speaks about American madhabs, Black American culture, and why Barack Obama should be the next US President. Read more
In his last known interview, Imam Warith Deen Mohammed speaks about American madhabs, Black American culture, and why Barack Obama should be the next US President. Read more
Imam Warith Deen Mohammad spent much of his life keeping a low profile while at the same time leaving a lasting impression on the greater Muslim American landscape. Read more
It is upsetting that speakers at the RNC feel they need to resort to declarations of war to get Republicans elected, and saddening that they are oblivious to the very real damage the cause to decent Muslim American citizens. Read more
Jewel of Medina author Sherry Jones speaks to us about her book, a semi-fictional novel based on the life of Prophet Muhammad's wife Aisha pulled by her publisher Random House, and what led to a firestorm of controversy described by many as the next Satanic Verses. Read more
The time has come for American Muslims to demonstrably show that they can help American politics to be once again based on the universal values of peace, liberty and justice for all. Read more
In one month, we're given the assignment of defrocking the ephemeral world of its authority over us, and to reinstate a spiritual bearing that helps us perceive where permanence lies. Read more
Is the Muslim lead character in Traitor the shining definitive of the moderate Muslim majority, or merely an aberration? Traitor aims for the former but unintentionally delivers the latter. Read more
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who died earlier this month, moved between skies and across borders. Wherever he was, words in his hands were a magic lamp that set free the genie of the Arabic language. Read more
General Pervez Musharraf's 1999 military coup was celebrated on the streets in Pakistan and was seen as a coup against Washington, backed on latent anti-Americanism. Not surprisingly, his resignation as President is being seen the same way. Read more
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Muslim Americans: Between American society and the American story
Despite their positive contributions to society, Muslims remain outside the American story, which is why they seldom enlist empathy when they are jailed, deported or discriminated against. Read more