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On Secret Marriages | Dr Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi
Some brothers and sisters have asked me to comment on a practice that is increasingly reported of travelling Muslim scholars and teachers of Islam in the West, and those who travel to the West as...
View ArticleWho is Anila Daulatzai? Students Urge Boycott of Southwest Demanding Justice...
A video of Professor Anila Daulatzai being forcefully removed from her flight by law enforcement personnel, who were called in by Southwest Airlines employees, recently went viral. Professor Daulatzai,...
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Non-Black Muslims Will Need To Do More Than Post Hashtags And Attend Rallies...
The events of the past two weeks have highlighted the disastrous outcomes that emerge when racism and white supremacy interplay with police brutality. The unbridled aggression by the police results...
View ArticleOped: The Treachery Of Spreading Bosnia Genocide Denial In The Muslim Community
The expanding train of the Srebrenica genocide deniers includes the Nobel laureate Peter Handke, an academic Noam Chomsky, the Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, as well as almost all Serbian...
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Palestine And The Millennial Muslim Consciousness
{Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al- Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.} (Qur’an...
View ArticleA Tide Is Turning: The Capitol Consensus On Israel Is Crumbling
Over the past few weeks, violence has ravaged Palestinians in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. The violence began with Israeli settlers, protected by the Israeli military, attempting to forcibly...
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In My Own Words: The Way Forward On Interfaith Collaboration
Throughout my career as a Muslim civil rights attorney, I have worked on areas of common concern with my Jewish neighbors. Together, we have advocated for human rights here and abroad. We have stood up...
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Freedom Of Speech And Protest In Islam: The Distorted Saudi View
A Protest in the Prophet’s Mosque A powerful event of peaceful protest happened two weeks ago (April 28) in Saudi Arabia at the Prophet’s mosque – something not seen in Medina for over fourteen hundred...
View ArticleWhy American Muslims Should Celebrate A SCOTUS Victory For Christian Private...
When the Supreme Court overturned a Maine law that barred students from using state tuition assistance to attend private religious schools, critics of the decision cried foul. The 6-3 majority was...
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Should Britain’s Muslims Welcome A Visit From Ali al-Jifri?
Ali al-Jifri, the UAE-based preacher has long been a vocal supporter of Egypt’s military dictatorship, despite its mass atrocities. In the last few days, a Muslim preacher from Yemen who heads up an...
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Moving Beyond The Left-Right Culture Wars: A Dilemma For Muslim Communities...
The Muslim community in the West has to carve out its distinctiveness beyond the narrow social and political debates in society. Speaking at the annual US conservative conference (CPAC) in early...
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A Messy Game: The Qatar World Cup In Review
“Why did they put that on him? I don’t like it….Ugghh….Why?”, grumbled my collaborator during an academic meeting about our research project last week. He was expressing his utter dissatisfaction with...
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From Cairo To Dhaka: Exploring The Impact Of The Arab Spring On Bangladesh
The Arab Spring of 2011 was a pivotal moment that shook the foundations of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Egyptian Revolution, in particular, was a seismic event that marked a turning...
View ArticleA Response To Wajahat Ali: American Muslims And The LGBTQ Political Project
The Muslim social commentator, Wajahat Ali, recently (June 23, 2023) penned an op-ed in the New York Times entitled, We Muslims Used to Be the Culture War Scapegoats. Why Are Some of Us Joining the...
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Are Western Muslims Becoming Right-Wing? The Emergence Of A Politically...
Are Muslims dangerously flirting with the conservative right? This is the question Wajahat Ali asks – and answers in the affirmative – in his recent New York Times op-ed. Ali observes, with an air of...
View Article“What Did You Just Say?” : Introducing The New MM Open Letter Series I Dear...
[“What Did You Just Say?“, MuslimMatters’ new column, is a space for people to respond to corporate media and its shills. Our voices are often muzzled and views on their coverage are not published....
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Over Five Decades On: Bangladesh’s Crisis Of Islam, Politics, And Justice
As Bangladesh reflects on passing another Victory Day on December 16, the nation stands at a critical juncture, confronting some of the most challenging moments in its 52-year history. It is no...
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A Response to the “Spider-Man Protest” At Mt. Sinai Hospital In Toronto
As a society, we like to believe we have made strides in equality. We celebrate the diversity of our country, we have cultural sensitivity training workshops, anti-racism panels, and summits. In media...
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A Wooden Defense Of Genocide: A Response To Graeme Wood
Written by Safeer Raza and Mohammad Saad The West, as Hamid Dabashi says, stands morally bankrupt. Its politics, philosophy, academia, and media are the proponents of the occupation and oppression...
View Article“What Did You Just Say?”: A MuslimMatters Open Letter Series I Dear Avi Benlolo
The Abraham Global Peace Initiative masquerades as an organization promoting peace but in its stated mission, seeks to ‘counter anti-Semitism, combat Holocaust denial, advance The Abraham Accords,...
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