Following Tea Party victories in 2010, anti-Sharia legislation hit state legislature committees constantly, with more than 70 bill proposals in 2011 and 2012 alone. However, 2013 through 2016 saw significantly less proposals, making the 2017 session (a 320% increase) even more significant. Read more
While it is important to condemn these abuses of faith, condemnation is not enough. As laity, we must demand more from our political and religious leaders. Faith belongs to each individual, not to morality police or appointed councils, and abusive behavior and bigotry cannot hide behind the words of any religion. Read more
If there is a silver lining to the Trump era, it is the call to arms of Americans from all walks of life to stand up and run for office, at all levels of government. Zahra Suratwala is one of the many women who have answered that call. Read more
To be moderate means to reject the false alternative that one must either give up life by degrees if they want to practice their religion, or give up religion by default, if they want to “have a life.” Read more
No strange man came to hound us into lengths of polyester. It was sometimes an aunt or a grandmother. But usually, it was our own mothers who thrust us into a battle we were never prepared to fight. Read more
The Quran says that God made us into nations and tribes so that we may know one another. God didn't give us differences so we can prove each other wrong and thereby prove ourselves to be solely right. Read more
Zainab was Imam Hussain’s sister, the daughter of Fatima and Ali, and the granddaughter of the Prophet of Islam (pbuh). It was she who took on the mantle of leadership when her beloved brother was beheaded. Read more
As our beloved teacher Usama Canon navigates through his recent diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, it’s important to hold onto hope and gratitude and draw from his teachings on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Read more
We don’t want to turn it completely off because some of it can be constructive and positive, two ingredients for self-growth. It’s the debilitating noise, the voices that cause us to miss opportunities. These need to go. Read more
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It’s Time to Stop Acting Like Women are the Reason Islamophobia Exists
In this selective fight against oppression, women matter only when our rights, our security, our dignity, our humanity come as part and parcel of men's rights, security, dignity, and humanity. Read more