By: Habeeba Husain How Islam Promoted Equality and Anti-Racism The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was born in Arabia at a time of intense tribalism and classism. Groups were very much divided and showed loyalty to their own clans and class, even if that meant overlooking great faults in [...]
By: Habeeba Husain The Overlooked Legacy Contrary to popular belief, Muslims have been in America from its very beginning. Founding father Thomas Jefferson even had his own copy of the Quran! Many of the Africans forcibly brought to the United States through the Atlantic slave [...]
The Qur'an's Message Of Equality And Diversity The Qur'ān was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him at a time when racism was rampant. The Arabs considered themselves to be superior to the non-Arabs. The wealthy considered themselves superior to the poor, and the masters considered themselves [...]
By: Habeeba Husain The Forgotten History of Muslims in the United States Lately, it feels as though the Western world paints Islam as this new phenomenon that came to the United States only recently. Immigrants from Muslim majority countries started showing their face on American soil in the last few [...]
By: Dr. Khalil Abdur-Rashid American Muslims Have A Moral Duty To Be Anti-Racist Racism is generally defined as the belief that race is the primary factor that determines human abilities and that such factors produce inherent superiorities of one particular group over another.1 Racism is a part of an ideology [...]
By: Habeeba Husain Navigating Islamophobia In our current state of affairs in this country, outwardly practicing Islam can be a frightening endeavor for some. You never know if the person walking alongside you on the footpath or the driver in the car behind you is a person who reviles [...]
By: C. Islaah Abd’al-Rahim The Transformative Journey of Black Women in The Pursuit of Freedom And Justice I am a Muslim. I am also a black woman. In the 1970s, I was one of the many black people who converted to Islam and embraced the sunnah (traditional path) of [...]
The Aftermath of 9/11: Innocent American Muslims and the Chaotic Legacy of the Afghanistan War It has been nearly two decades since Americans watched the dreadful attacks of 9/11. Every American who is old enough to recall that day remembers exactly where they were when they heard of the [...]
By: Maheen Ahmad Teacher's Ramadan Tradition Every year when Ramadan rolls around, I ask my principal if I can be exempt from meetings for the next 30 days. He laughs his way out of a response, not realizing how genuine my request is. One day, I know he’ll [...]
