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A Terrorist Murdered Three Promising Young Adults in North Carolina
I’m supposed to feel weird stating the truth- that a terrorist murdered three young people in North Carolina. The reason I’m supposed to feel weird is because the three young people were Muslim. And terrorists don’t murder Muslims according to what we are told. We are told that Muslims are the terrorists. All other types […]
The Era of Illusion
“Know that the life of the world is only play, and idle talk, and pageantry, and boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children; as the likeness of vegetation after rain, whereof the growth is pleasing to the husbandman, but afterward it drieth up and thou seest it turning yellow, then it […]
Interfaith Dialogue Matters
Growing up raised by a Muslim father and Catholic mother, I lived interfaith dialogue every day of my life. So it’s natural for me to forge friendships and dialogue with people of all faiths; but, this is not the case with everyone. (Or so I found I out when I grew up and ventured into the […]
Look Whose Inspired Me This Spring
So is it just a Muslim cultural thing that all of the annual banquets and gatherings for our institutions take place in the spring? 🙂 I’ve been blessed to attend a number of different functions in the Chicagoland area recently- each one more inspiring than the last. I can’t allow these feel-good and aha moments […]
Being Happy is Haram
Well, everything is haram. If you are acheiving enjoyment or it’s making you smile. If you are enjoying life while others are suffering in the world, it’s haram. And it’s fitna too. It’s all the bad things you shouldn’t be doing if you’re a good Muslim. Okay- sarcasm is not exactly my greatest Muslim trait. […]
Support Muslim Film Makers. Hollywood Here We Come.
ISF National Film Grant – $20,000 Grant For Muslim Filmmakers As Muslims, it feels lame to be chasing down faux film makers who are pretending to make films showing they care about humanity- when the insidiuous truth and intention is to spread bigotry and hate. (But we will continue to call them out. Every.Single.Time.) That […]
Speaking Up Delivers Justice
Chicago’s Columbia College Professor, Iymen Chehad, had his class reiinstated. Remember, part of his class was cancelled because he showed the Oscar nominated film, 5 Broken Cameras, which documents life under Israeli Occupation. One student in class complained of ‘bias’ and academic freedom was threatened on American soil. The voices of citizens with conscious came […]
Columbia College in Chicago – Threatening Academic Freedom
Respect Academic Freedom! Petition: ://www.change.org/petitions/llove-colum-edu-respect-academic-freedom# I grew up in Chicago; and, I dreamed of attending Columbia College. Known for it’s radio and journalism programs, Columbia was the ideal place for someone like me- with aspirations to become a news anchor or a journalist. (I did neither, instead- spending many amazing years in corporate America and […]
Bigots Behaving Badly
Watching grown ups throw temper tantrums is always awkward. Watching grown ups throw temper tantrums because they are so filled with bigotry and hate is simply pitiful. I wrote about the Murfreesboro, TN mosque last year. It’s a mosque community that has been in the area for decades and had an uphill battle to […]
March is Kidney Cancer Awareness Month – Please Remember Something
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 50,000 people in the United States were diagnosed with kidney cancer last year. Drug treatments are improving each year, but it is still a difficult cancer to treat, particularly if it has metastasized, or spread, to other organs in the body. For resources on this disease, go […]