by Seidu Malik For thousands of years, society has held religion in the highest esteem due it impeccable teachings and the moral upbringing of its followers that produced outstanding individuals like Prophet Abraham, Moses, Jesus Christ and Muhammad just to mention a few. Our world as we know it today: its culture, politics, calendar and society in general have been influenced by our past religious affiliations.  It is worthy of note that those claiming to follow religion in the past... Read more

by Tahir Nasser With greater scrutiny on Islamic teachings in the wake of terrorism committed by Muslims, a raft of pundits, not least of the Christian evangelical strain, like Nabeel Qureshi, have emerged. In his latest piece in the Huffington Post, his misrepresentation of Islam follows two steps: Firstly, he argues that when studying Islam, preference should be given to oral traditions, first written down more than two centuries after the death of the Prophet of Islam, rather than the... Read more

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 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