Is Islam Compatible with Our Modern Way of Life?

October 20, 2015 By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Seidu Malik Experience has shown that many natural phenomenon or processes are initially discovered with limited understanding or benefit to society. However, with pain staking effort and unbiased approach to the phenomenon, many of the unknown qualities that were initially observed as bad turn out to be good upon further examination. A case in point is the annotation of human genome sequence. Many of the genes with seemly-unknown functions decades ago were classified as “junk” but recent studies have proved... Read more

The 5 Ways American Muslims Can Respond to Anti-Muslim Protests

October 6, 2015 By Muslims Writers Guild of America

This October, anti-Islam extremists are planning roughly twenty anti-Muslim protests in front of mosques in America. Some of those protests will be armed with loaded and deadly weapons. Those supporting these armed protests claim they do so in the name of “free speech” to maintain justice and the Constitution. I’ve seen this excuse before. As an Ahmadi Muslim, my family, friends, and community have experienced this hate for decades in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Indonesia. The people protesting our mosques, homes, and... Read more

Ben Carson slanders Islam: Here’s exactly why his claims about Muslims are dead wrong

October 6, 2015 By Muslims Writers Guild of America

In his recent anti-Muslim crusade, Ben Carson promoted a disturbing form of religious segregation, claiming that a Muslim should only be president if he or she “renounces the tenets of Islam. Sadly, just as racial segregationists long garnered votes by promoting fear of black Americans, religious segregationists such as Carson today garner votes by promoting fear of Muslim Americans. In fact, Carson’s anti-Muslim intolerance has advanced his polling numbers and dramatically increased his campaign fundraising. In the process, Dr. Carson has helped promote and sustain frighteningly... Read more

Let’s Extend Our Generosity and Hospitality to Syrian Refugees

October 5, 2015 By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Seidu Malik Never before in the history of mankind has the world witnessed such a mass migration of refugees. They come seeking shelter and safe haven from the barbaric onslaught of ISIS and President Assad’s regime. As the world watches in horror the untold sufferings of thousands of refugees in the Middle East and Europe (Hungary and Greece) on TV, one cannot help but empathize with them in their quest for a second chance in life. The war in... Read more

The Ahmed Mohamed Case

September 19, 2015 By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Saima Sheikh A 14 year old ninth grader was pulled from his class by police officers and school principal and interrogated for about 1 ½ hours. His crime: He brought a homemade digital clock to school to show his engineering teacher. He is a Muslim and his name is Ahmed Mohamed. This happened this past Monday at MacArthur High School in Irving, TX (suburb of Dallas). According to Ahmed’s initial interview with Dallas Morning News, the events during his interrogation... Read more

The Myth of Muslim Unity

September 7, 2015 By Muslims Writers Guild of America

It happened 41 years ago today, September 7, 1974: Muslim unity. And then it disappeared. And despite the sectarian violence, fatwas of infidelity, and state sanctioned terrorism, the myth of Muslim unity pervades the Muslim “Ummah.” I call it a myth because in every spectrum where it truly matters, Muslim unity seems to disappear. For example, it disappears when we ask why Muslim leaders aren’t uniting to alleviate the suffering of Palestine? It disappears when various Arab states in the... Read more

The Discovery of Earth 2.O: A Vindication for God

August 17, 2015 By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Seidu Malik The recent discovery of the planet dubbed Kepler-452b or Earth 2.0 by NASA within the habitable region of the Milky Way galaxy has created a lot of excitement and, of course, being touted as headache for religion. According to Dr. Jeff Schweitzer recent article, if God is All-Knowing then somewhere in the book of nature there should be unambiguous proof or hint about His knowledge relating to Earth 2.0 and many more future discoveries. He raises very important arguments or... Read more

Racism and hate in society: are they due to ignorance or what?

July 30, 2015 By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Seidu Malik The late Lucky Dube, a famous reggae musician from South Africa once said, “when I see a black man, I see the image of God. When a see a white man, I see the image of God. And that’s the way it should be. We belong together.” Unfortunately however, this is not the reality in many situations such as with the cold-blooded killing of black Christian worshippers in Charleston South Carolina, xenophobic attacks by indigenous South African’s on foreigners, the raging... Read more

Does a Belief in God Eliminate Pain and Suffering From Among Us?

July 28, 2015 By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Seidu Malik Easy and comfortable living is what everyone wishes for in life but there comes a time the basic means of survival becomes a struggle. Thousands, if not million of people across the globe through no fault of their own, succumb to pain, suffering, and the tragic loss of love ones. Instances of natural disasters like flooding, outbreak of diseases like Ebola and many other sufferings in life makes people wonder if God truly exist or why does God... Read more

Farmersville, TX: Misconceptions about Muslim Burial

July 22, 2015 By Muslims Writers Guild of America

By Saima Sheikh “Take and dump pigs’ blood and [plant] pigs’ heads on a post,” he said sagely, “and they won’t buy the land.” “It’s gonna kill Farmersville,” one man warned darkly. “They’re at war with us,” thundered another, reports Dallas Morning News and “another lady explained, is how “they” will use their own dead to poison the water supply: “Their bodies are generally above the water,” she explained, as if lecturing kids in science class. “We get rain, it’s going... Read more