Black History Month should be of interest to every Muslim, especially in America. It is estimated that upwards to 20 percent of the Africans enslaved in the Americas were Muslim. …
Ten Years of Gitmo: An Open Letter to President Obama
As the former U.S. Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanamo Bay, I’ve often been asked what I would say to the President if given the opportunity to share my views about …
Islam and the African American Experience
Much has been written on the impact of 9/11 on American Muslims. The experience of African-American Muslims in dealing with the anti-Muslim feeling that followed in the aftermath of the …
Prince Among Slaves
Prince Among Slaves is a nationally broadcast documentary, which is now a part of a major humanities outreach project. The documentary is a production of Unity Productions Foundation (UPF) in …
Honoring the Champions of Freedom
Black History Month should symbolize for all of us the universal and timeless struggle for social justice. God Almighty has sanctified this struggle, providing humanity with the criterion for its …
The Tea Party’s Dangerous Agenda
From 1831 until 1840, French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville traveled throughout the United States recording his observations of the religious, social, and political life of the American people. His …
Understanding Shariah Law
In the past year, a group of conservative pundits and analysts have identified Shariah, or Islamic religious law, as a growing threat to the United States. These pundits and analysts …
Muslims In America: 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Last year, during a raging controversy over the building of an Islamic center in Lower Manhattan, Time Magazine ran a cover story titled, “Is America Islamophobic?” Shortly thereafter, a poll …
The Impact of 9/11 on the Muslim Community
The September 11th terror attack had a complex emotional, social, and economic impact on the Muslim American community, and especially upon the extensive immigrant Arab, South Asian, and African Muslim …
Reform and Objectives of Shariah
Reform, in Arabic, islah, does not specifically appear in the list of maqasid (objectives of Shariah) in the writings of early scholars. The possible reason for this is that early …