An organized minority can act and appear like a majority. This is part of our high school civics knowledge. One of our founding fathers—Benjamin Franklin—also reminded us about it. That …
Syria: The Iron Hand of Injustice
When Kofi Annan, the former Secretary General of the United Nations and Special Envoy to Syria, recently embarked on his peacemaking mission to Syria, most Syria watchers dubbed his task …
Spiritual Awakening: Beautifying the Heart and Life
We, human beings, of past, present and future, are in absolute need of Divine grace and the opportunity to earn His pleasure. Our human power — no matter how great …
Editorial: Race Against Racism and Injustice
Speaking out against racism and injustice is easy, but keeping oneself free from their poisons is not as simple. Too often people denounce racism not because they abhor it as …
African American Muslims and the Social Justice Movement
The Quran and Sunnah (authentic traditions of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him) are clear in articulating the purpose of revelation as being the liberation of human beings from the …
Social Media: A Tool for the Common Good
The concept of social media has undergone defining and evolutionary expansion over the past ten years, in ways that have reached the farthest corners of the earth and the most …
Understanding Shariah and Defending Our Religious Freedom
“Sharia is a threat to America,” “mosques are Trojan horses,” “radical Islam has infiltrated mainstream Muslim organizations,” “there is no such thing as moderate Islam — traditional Islam is radical,” …
BP: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
The April 20, 2010 explosion of BP’s Deepwater Horizon Offshore Rig in the Gulf of Mexico will be indelibly etched into the collective global psyche as the symbol of corporate …
The Case for the “Fiqh of Muslim Minorities”
Can a Muslim live a pious or just life in a society where Muslims are a minority? Some Muslims wonder. Some non-Muslims (especially some agenda-driven pundits and Islamophobes) also raise …
Hunger: Our Responsibility and Ultimate Reality!
For the first time in human history, the number of people suffering from chronic hunger has reached one billion! Today, one out of every six persons in the world is …