I am a Lakota. When someone doesn’t understand that, I say I am a Sioux Indian. Everyone understands that expression. We can be referred to as Sioux Indians, Sioux American …
Being Native American and Muslim
I prefer being referred to as Native American. When someone says “Indian,” most people think it refers to a person from India. It’s more accurate to say Native American or …
Themes from the Holy Quran: Seen Through Indian Eyes
Editor’s note: The following is a slightly modified version of an article that first appeared in The Message in 1996. The author finds similarities between Native American beliefs and values …
Ḥadīth 13 — Loving Your Muslim Brother
An Excerpt from Commentary on the Forty Hadith of Imam Al-Nawawi Timeless Prophetic Gems of Guidance and Wisdom – Abū Hamzah Anas bin Mālik (RAA), who was the servant of …
Walking the Red Path in Islam
Anthropologists and archaeologists are generally unified in their view that Native Americans (Red Indians) were the original inhabitants of the Western hemisphere. The ancestors of modern-day Native Americans are uniformly …
TAKING CARE OF THOSE IN NEED
ICNA Relief USA actualizes a core aspect of Islamic work. Born out of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), ICNA Relief is a domestic, faith-based disaster relief and social …
Nothing Worthy of Fear but Allah SWT
Fear is a very interesting emotion — it can motivate or it can paralyze. It can be productive or it can be destructive, depending on who you fear, why you …
Get Busy Building Your Good Works
These days, it is not very difficult to turn on the news or newsfeed and get the feeling that this ummah is just so weak, so behind, so oppressed, so …
Light Within: The Creator and The Created
Many Muslims today strive to make dawah, being available online and offline, but some forget about themselves in the process of sharing Islam and serving humanity. Yes, sometimes we forget …
Hadith 25 — The Concept of Sadaqah
An Excerpt from Commentary on the Forty Hadith of Imam Al-Nawawi Timeless Prophetic Gems of Guidance and Wisdom – Abū Dharr reported that some of the Companions of the Messenger …