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I Cried Because I Could Not Sujud, Until I Met a Man Who Had No Feet
This last Ramadan I had an experience that changed the way I view my status as a Veteran, my beliefs in the Prophet Muhammad , and society as a whole for the rest of my life. I had cause to be at the...
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My Brother Is In Solitary Confinement As Are 80,000 People in American Prisons
Oped By Mariam Abu-Ali Today, my brother Ahmed turns 35. He could have graduated from college. He could have started a career. He could have met a woman and fallen in love. He could have started a...
View ArticleEight FAQs About The Rise of Trump
Oped by Raja AbdulHaq Who is responsible for the rise of Trump? It's imperative to acknowledge that Trump didn't come from a vacuum; he is an outcome of decades-long American exceptionalism,...
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Reflections on Thanksgiving and a Trump led America
Tuesday, my son filled my heart with joy during his first-grade “What I am Grateful For” presentation. He began his speech with, “I am grateful for God, because He created everything.” As a Muslim I...
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Rutgers vs Ohio State: The Difference In Coverage is Black and White
by John Robbins By now, everyone has learned the details of how Abdul Razak Ali Artan carried out a violent attack against seemingly random passersby on the campus of Ohio State University. But a...
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Time for Resilience
On Tuesday November 8th, 2016, many of us were frozen with anxiety as we awaited the results of an unprecedented presidential race with the two frontrunners, Hillary Clinton running as the...
View ArticleFrom Frames to Familiar: Concerning Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and RIS 2016
Written by Dr. Abdullah bin Hamid Ali and originally published on http://www.lamppostproductions.com/. Republished with author's permission. If you find yourself wounded at sea, there is a high...
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Everyday Trump is Signing off on an American Spring
Our reality just set in Donald John Trump took an oath of office, on a bible, for the Presidency of The United States of America, Friday January 20, 2017. His campaign, positioned as the calvary for...
View ArticleThe Trouble with CVE Cash for Muslim Groups
Navigating the murky waters of CVE funding and establishing transparency in the American Muslim community In the closing days of the Obama Administration, several nonprofits were awarded grants under...
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Apology without Apologetics | Jonathan Brown
So I’ve learned a few things over the last couple of days. First, I want to apologize to those hurt by how I addressed the topic of slavery in Islam. I should listen to my wife more. She always tells...
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NoBan NoWall NoRaids Is My Muslim Issue
“…then he (Moses) went back to the shade and said, “My Lord, indeed I am, for whatever good You would send down to me, in need.” [28:24] My name is Hazel Gomez. I am a Mexican and Puerto Rican woman...
View ArticleWhy Pakistan Must Not Side With the Saudi bloc Against Qatar
As is often the case during regional conflicts, outside players with strong ties to the region, may feel compelled to toe the line to one of the parties. Thus, in the latest conflict between Qatar and...
View ArticleBernie Sanders And The Mirage of Religious Freedom
Is the view that only Christians can go to Heaven an expression of islamophobia? Or is it just a basic tenet of (many denominations of) Christianity? Or is it both? Last week, Bernie Sanders opposed...
View ArticleHow To Neutralize the Violent Jihadist Pull
By: Yaya J. Fanusie. Yaya is a former CIA counterterrorism analyst. He is the director of analysis at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance. He tweets at...
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Reflections on Thanksgiving and a Trump led America
Tuesday, my son filled my heart with joy during his first-grade “What I am Grateful For” presentation. He began his speech with, “I am grateful for God, because He created everything.” As a Muslim I...
View ArticleTop 5 Reasons Why Qatar Should Stand its Ground
As the intra-GCC conflict digs its heels in deeper, it is important to acknowledge that no single party is one hundred percent correct, that not every issue is black and white, and that there exists...
View ArticleHow the Progressive Left Wants to Change Islam in America
By Ismail Royer Last year, Christian conservatives were outraged when Wikileaks released documents revealing that a foundation linked to billionaire George Soros had invested hundreds of thousands of...
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Destroying Movements From Within: From Unveiling Algeria to Identity Politics
By Raja AbdulHaq At the peak of the Algerian resistance against French colonialism, colonial officials started adopting a new strategy to destroy the Algerian resistance from within, dubbed as...
View ArticleA Statement Regarding Br. Nouman Ali Khan
Disclaimer: MuslimMatters Inc. does not have an official position on this matter – we have published the statement below as submitted with comments closed as requested by the signatories of the...
View ArticleDr. Akram Nadwi Updated Letter: The Sin of Feasting on the Misfortune of a...
Disclaimer: MuslimMatters Inc. does not have an official position on this matter – we have published the open letter with clarification from Dr. Nadwi himself and with the comments section closed. —–...
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