The coronavirus pandemic has exposed and continues to widen the gap between the rich and the poor in the United States. The economic fallout caused by lockdowns, social distancing, and …
Empowering Women – Reinstituting the Divinely Ordained Balance
Most people dream of a world where everyone is afforded dignity and worth, safety and security, aspiration and opportunity for accomplishment. Smack in the center of this challenge is the …
Jerusalem — A City Divided
On December 6, President Donald Trump announced his decision to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and to recognize the city as the capital of Israel. It …
Your Young Child is Being Bullied: What Should You Do?
Bullying happens too often in schools, both in public and Islamic schools, and parents often don’t know what to do to help their child when he or she is a …
Quranic Dictates of Moderation: Dismantling Extremism
A previous article on this subject stated: “Those who founded and direct ISIS, and all those who follow their ideology and participate in their terror campaign, must ignore all the …
The Universal Ethos of Moderation: Dismantling Extremism
Discussion continues among Americans about terrorism, extremism, jihad, and Islam. The discourse has three basic viewpoints. Put in simplistic frames, the anti-Islam perspective sees Islam as the “mother lode of …
Contributing to the Welfare of Others
Altruism is the unselfish concern and caring for the welfare of others. Some behavioral scientists and philosophers have argued that pure altruism doesn’t exist because the person engaging in the …
Offering Goodness in Return for Evil
When terrors attacks take place that put Muslims once again in the spotlight, or when vicious smears are published about the Prophet, peace be upon him, or when media commentators …
Poverty and Protest in Brazil
The Maracana Stadium, which hosted the final match in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, can be seen from the hills of a close-by shantytown or “favela,” in Rio de Janeiro, …
The Common Good: Fairness, Equality of Opportunity, and Helping Those in Need
A student at University of North Carolina School of Law, Justice Warren, wrote in 2012 about a trip he and a group of students took while studying the adverse effects …