Less than two short years ago it seemed inconceivable that anything could rock the established regimes of the Middle East; the phrase Arab Spring meant nothing more than a season. …
Editorial: Repel Evil with What is Better
Once again a depraved and dangerous game is being played, one with the aim of increasing religious tensions across the globe. This time it’s a film that defames the Prophet …
Help the Laborer!
“Help the skilled laborers and serve the disabled” (Bukhari 2382, Muslim 250). From the treasured Prophetic lessons for human society come these important moral instructions concerning public service. The Prophet …
American Perception of Muslims Needs to Change
As a Muslim American, I strongly condemn the atrocious attacks on the diplomatic facility in Benghazi, which resulted in the murder of four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, and the …
Ibn Sina: The Prince of Physicians
In a relatively obscure village in the outskirts of Bukhara, the renowned capital of the Samanid dynasty, a Persian empire in Central Asia, a child was born in 370H/980CE. He …
A Perspective on Free Speech and Common Sense
As protests against the anti-Islam film spread throughout the Muslim world, information has become available about the man behind “Innocence of Muslims.” Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is a convicted criminal, twice …
Changing the Balance of Power
Breaking Free of the Stranglehold Big money has big ambition and a great appetite for power. Evident throughout history, those with colossal wealth have viewed the world as theirs to …
Democracy and Religious Pluralism
“Real pluralism always has an edge of risk especially where the past relations between ethnic groups or between nations in a state have been bad, as is the case in …
Prophet Yusuf (p): From Trials to Triumph
In surah Baqarah, verse 253, as in so many verses in the Qur’an, we are told that Allah (SWT) does what He wills. We observe this principle in everyday life. …
Editorial – Helping Hand in Africa: Let’s Care and Share
People are suffering everywhere in the world today. The suffering of the people of Africa, however, is perhaps the worst, due to both natural and man-made disasters. Poverty, illiteracy, political …