by Mehdia Tariq The story of God has always intrigued people from all different faiths, times, and places. It has been a question that nearly everyone has pondered over and a journey that all take at some point in their life. Morgan Freeman takes us on this journey in the new National Geographic documentary, The Story of God. The first episode tackles the question— what happens after we die? In the episode Freeman discusses the beliefs of the life after... Read more
by Amer Aziz So far in 2016, terrorism continues to be perpetrated in Pakistan, the Middle East and the West. Death tolls have mounted in Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Ankara and now in Brussels and Lahore. The attacks come as a grim reminder that while such acts are perpetrated by a handful of extremists, they have grave repercussions for the rest of us. Defeating terrorism is, ultimately, a battle of hearts and minds. And, that likely requires us to ask... Read more
by Saima Sheikh Last weekend Turkey was rocked by terror attacks and then on Tuesday, Belgium was attacked by a terrorist group, ISIS. My heart bleeds for the victims of these terror attacks. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. As soon as I heard the news of the Belgium attacks, I knew that the Muslim bashing would start and soon enough Twitter was filled with hatred for Muslims and Islam. #StopIslam was trending in... Read more
By Qasim Rashid This week’s Brussels and Lahore attacks—like those in Ankara over the weekend, Parisin November and Kenya last April—are a scourge on humanity. They also represent the greatest possible misrepresentation of true Islam. ISIS extremists and anti-Islam activists fundamentally ignore and misrepresent the Qur’an. It should come as no surprise that after suffering beatings for nearly a year as a ISIS hostage, freed French journalist Didier Francois reported: There was never really discussion about texts or — it was... Read more
by Seidu Malik A year ago, in my own neighborhood of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, three Muslims students lost their lives to a hate crime. I feel the pain and anguish of anyone who has lost a dear one to murder, however the circumstances under which my fellow community members lost their lives have been amplified several fold within the last couple of months; we ought to deliberate and separate fact from fiction to prevent future occurrences. I am the first... Read more
by Hina Latif “Muslim men are allowed to rape non-Muslim women to ‘humiliate’ them.” Professor Saud Saleh, from the prestigious Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt made this demoralizing statement during an interview on Al-Hayat TV while stating that rape is allowed, in Islam, and “legitimate” during a war. The history of rape within war zones is one of the most heinous war crimes used as a source weapon. While referencing the devastating crisis of the Yazidi people trapped in war... Read more
by Syed Muhammad Saleh Nasser & Syed Muhammad Tahir Nasser Economic inequality is bad news for both rich and poor, as economists are slowly realising. House of Debt, acclaimed by the Financial Times as the “most important economics book” of 2015, by Princeton’s Professors of Economics, Atif Mian and Amir Sufi, demonstrated this well. They showed that the main cause of the 2008 U.S-led global recession was that indebted households pulled back on spending more during an economic downturn than the less indebted, driving... Read more
by Seidu Malik Muslims in America, according to Pew research Center constitute just about 1% (3.3 million) of the entire US population. Unfortunately, this tiny community dominates the news media headlines for all the wrongs reasons. The recent San Bernardino and Paris attacks by ISIS inspired terrorists have created a culture of fear and have resulted in mosque attacks and backlash in the community. Whiles ISIS and other terror groups are hiding behind Islam or perverting the true teachings of Islam for... Read more
Editor’s Note: The following is a conversation Qasim Rashid had over social media/email from a stranger, who obviously had a bone to pick with Muslims. He get these messages via email, Facebook and Twitter all the time. When possible, he tries to dialogue, even though social media is not the best method of interfaith dialogue. Still, you never know what we can learn from each other through these interactions. Some go surprisingly well, others not so much. Here’s one example:... Read more
by Seidu Malik Human civilization has progressed from the primitive ages of hunting and gathering food in the wild with no laws to a sophisticated modern-day society with a civilized code of conduct. One may argue that primitive life necessitated the need for religious laws and injunctions, and thus these are no longer needed in today’s advanced world where knowledge and technology reign supreme. We assume the human intellect is so advanced that we are more than capable of devising... Read more
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