We Are All Responsible: Charlie Hebdo and the Defamation of Islam
By Abdullah bin Hamid Ali In 2007, Professors John J. Donahue and John L. Esposito published the 2nd edition of a work entitled, Islam in
By Abdullah bin Hamid Ali In 2007, Professors John J. Donahue and John L. Esposito published the 2nd edition of a work entitled, Islam in
A Discourse on the Colonized Muslim Subject Today’s events in the Muslim world chaotic and incoherent if we fail to account for the past two
By Abdullah bin Hamid Ali Both the First Amendment of the US Constitution and Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights acknowledge that
“Ferguson Fallout: Normality and Tamir Rice” Imam Zaid Shakir The recent killing of Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Ohio, casts a more brilliant light on many
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah. We seek His aid, His guidance, and His forgiveness. And
Recently, a number of Muslim organizations in the United States were placed on a ‘terrorist list’ by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Why were these
“The ‘Id is tomorrow!! We know that they are on Arafat today!” “How can you possibly be fasting today, I spoke with my brother
“Religion nationalized is religion submitted to the state. The state eats the religion; the religion does not eat the state. Thus the position of
What can we logically expect from ‘Democracy’ or any political arrangement? Can our dreams of a egalitarian society be realized within any political system? Shaykh
Shaykh Abdullah bin Hamid Ali For decades now, Muslims living in the West have debated the start and end of the holy months. The
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