The Answer to Disunity Among Muslims

Last updated on: January 21, 2016 at 10:54 am By Muslims Writers Guild of America

by Kwabena Osman For a religion that strictly believes in the unity of God and abhors associating partners with Him, unity among his followers is an ultimate goal. Unfortunately, this could not be further from the situation with Muslims. Sunni’s and Shia’s form the two main divisions in Islam but among these two main sects there are various sects, like the Wahhabis, Salafis, Barelvis etc. Why should there be divisions if they all follow the same Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, and also follow the same book that... Read more

A Call for African-American Empathy towards Muslims

Last updated on: January 18, 2016 at 3:56 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

by Basiyr Rodney Americans have become more worried about terrorism in the face of recent terrorist attacks in Paris, San Bernardino, and, more recently, Istanbul. In recent conversations with relatives and friends in my African-American community, this fear is palpable and real. Hijab wearing African-American Muslim sisters recount how routine visits to a local grocery store has resulted in suspicious looks, verbal harassment and sometimes refusal of service. The perception that Muslims are unstable and that we all somehow belong... Read more

Obesity: An Islamic Solution To A Growing Epidemic

Last updated on: January 13, 2016 at 12:06 am By Muslims Writers Guild of America

by Seidu Malik Many people have ushered in the brand new year with a New Year’s resolution to make things right in their life. One of the most common of these resolutions is to stay healthy. Although everyone’s destiny with respect to their final breath on earth is beyond ones control, there are a few precautions we can put on our basket list of New Year’s resolutions to stay healthy. One of these is the desire not to be a... Read more

Don’t forget about the Muslims who actually follow the teachings of Islam

Last updated on: January 7, 2016 at 12:00 am By Muslims Writers Guild of America

by Iftekhar Ahmad This is a challenging time for all Muslims in America as the despicable actions of a few put Islam in a terrible light. This situation is not made any easier when there is blatant hate being spread by educated members of society. Recently Joe Walsh, a former US Congressman of Illinois, put a video on his Facebook page where he says, “I think Islam has a real freaking problem, alright?” He later says, “There is a cancer... Read more

2015: The year when ‘banning’ a religion went mainstream in the US

Last updated on: December 29, 2015 at 12:11 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

by Rasheed Reno One of the most prominent stories of 2015 has been the circus of the Donald Trump campaign. It seems Donald Trump will say just about anything to be the center of attention and has been more than willing to cross any line when it comes to violating the American ideal of religious freedom. We have seen an escalating pattern of anti-Muslim rhetoric from Trump and one has to wonder where he will finally stop. Last month he... Read more

Muslims: To Stop ISIS and Other Terror Group from Disparaging Islam, We Must Clearly Explain the True Concept of Jihad

Last updated on: December 28, 2015 at 10:01 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

by Seidu Malik The year 2015 can be remembered as the year Daesh (ISIS) dominated the news media in the Western world, from beginning to the end. It began with the merciless attack on the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo that drew worldwide condemnation, enslaving of Yazidi women, burning of a Jordanian pilot and ending with a spectacular attack in France and inspiring mass murder in San Bernardino. How could a religion with a holy book, the Quran, which prides itself as being perfect and as a guidance for... Read more

My Hijab is both Islamic and Unforced

Last updated on: December 26, 2015 at 9:38 am By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Mansura Minhas Richard Dawkins recently called upon Muslim women to shun their Hijabs as a show of solidarity with the victims of Paris attacks. Dawkins is an anti-theist, wholly ignorant to Islam. Thus, his case against the Hijab fits perfectly well in his anti-Islam narrative. However, when Muslim women — who take pride in their ‘feminist’ credentials — cite half-baked and fabricated definitions of ‘Hijab’ and join the club to make a case against a guidance clearly rooted in... Read more

Merry Christmas Professor Hawkins!

Last updated on: December 25, 2015 at 12:07 am By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Ayesha Noor Merely days before Christmas, Professor Layrcia Hawkins received disciplinary action for her very Christ-like actions that others deemed Islamic. She is disciplined for her appearance as a Muslim woman and her statement regarding God. Professor Hawkins is an associate professor at Wheaton College, an Evangelical Christian Institute that claims to follow “biblical doctrine,” and reaffirms “salient features of the historic Christian Creeds,” and identifies itself with the Scriptures. Yet, the very Christian admin suspended Dr. Hawkins, a... Read more

The Philosophy of Hijab

Last updated on: December 28, 2015 at 7:22 pm By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Saima Sheikh I read with disappointment the Washington Post article by Asra Nomani and Hala Arafa. I couldn’t believe that these so called Muslim activists were discouraging non-Muslim women from showing their support for Muslim women. To me their article sounded more like an angry rant. Their rhetoric was no different than those Imams and other clerics in Saudi Arabia or Iran that they cited in their article. At this day and age where there is so much anger and... Read more

Hijab: Oppressive or Islamic

Last updated on: December 23, 2015 at 11:34 am By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Ayesha Noor I went shopping on a hot June afternoon. I wore a cool beige outer garment over my Jeans and top and complimented it with a blue cotton headscarf. As I left one store a sales woman offered me her product. I respectfully refused, but her next question forced me to stop and listen. “Why would you wear so many things and cover your head,on such a hot day?” I replied, “because I revere Mary mother of Jesus,... Read more