Aisha Asif, Author at The Message International

Recent Articles

Sep 9 Islam, Ikigai, and Intention: Living a Purpose-Driven Life Sep 2 Add Article Title Sep 2 Scribe Tutorial Article Sep 2 Whom Do Our Representatives Serve? Foreign Lobbies and American Loyalty Aug 26 The Gaza Memorial We Owe Our Children Aug 19 Independence of a Nation Jun 24 Transforming Your Reality Jun 17 A History of Muslim Americans’ Political Engagement

August 13, 2014

Dawah Through Caring and Sharing

“Have you ever seen a tornado up close? It’s the most awesome thing I’ve seen in my life. It’s like coming face-to-face with God in a bad mood.” That was what a…
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June 7, 2014

Serving Others: A Beautiful Loan to Allah SWT

Prophetic wisdom: “The highest level of the intellect, after eman, is to be of service to the creation.” On a Sunday morning in March, a group of Muslim volunteers gathered at the…
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January 30, 2014

Strictness and Leniency in Teaching: Finding the Balance

Leniency does not mean giving someone a pass from their responsibilities, but that you excuse them when there’s a valid reason without holding it against them, and that you believe in them…
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January 29, 2014

Nature of Suffering

Too often when we face some difficulties or experience some sort of loss, we feel sorry for ourselves. We wonder why we are suffering, and what we did to deserve this particular…
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November 28, 2012

The Rohingya Muslims: A Tale of Tears

Thirty-four year old Jafar and his family fled to Bangladesh in 1991. He laments his situation, saying “Myanmar is my home and that is where I want to go back to. ..because…
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November 28, 2012

Struggle for Freedom

It started the very last days of 2010 and continues till today, almost two years later. It began in Tunisia when the poor and frustrated street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on…
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April 12, 2012

NYPD’s Surveillance of Muslim Students

“When will it end?” This is the thought going through the minds of Muslim Americans ever since the news first broke last August of the New York City Police Department spying on…
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Dawah Through Caring and Sharing

Serving Others: A Beautiful Loan to Allah SWT

Strictness and Leniency in Teaching: Finding the Balance

Nature of Suffering

The Rohingya Muslims: A Tale of Tears

Struggle for Freedom

NYPD’s Surveillance of Muslim Students