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A Request for help from the Brothers and Sisters at UC Irvine
-In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful-
Assalamu alaykum (peace be upon you),
You may have heard of the recent event at UC Irvine with Michael Oren, the ambassador of Israel to the US.
While he was invited by a student organization to speak on US-Israeli relations, the UCI Law School and the Political Science Department [...]
MLK’s Legacy: Non-violent Advocacy Today
History, in my opinion, is useless unless we implement its lessons to our present society. Great leaders, such as Martin Luther King Jr., would have struggled and sacrificed in vain if the proceeding generations fail to draw upon the fundamental principles from such historical movements that managed to pull society from the ugly and dark [...]
Separated By Bars: The Mousavi Family Endures
By Maral Ali
Al-Talib meets with former UCLA graduate student Zeinab Mousavi to talk about the Mousavi family’s experience of having their father be imprisoned in the Terre Haute, Indiana CMU.
Al-Talib: Since his transfer to the Terre Haute CMU, how often has your family been able to visit Mr. Mousavi?
Mousavi: A couple times. My mom [...]
UCLA Alum named “Outstanding Young American”
By Zenith Rahman
A young Muslim man from Southern California was named of the Ten Outstanding Young Americans by the United States Junior Chamber on September 26th.
Atif Moon, a UCLA alumnus, co-founded the Center for Global Understanding (CFGU) when he felt the need to create a public organization which integrated and voiced Muslim [...]
Putting Faith into Practice: Muslim Medical Students Create Free Clinic in South LA
Mayes’ daughter, Lichelle James, gets her blood pressure taken by one of Umma Clinic’s nurses.
Lola Mayes rushed home from work mid-morning because one of her daughters was ill and needed urgent care. Her daughter’s Medi-Cal insurance had recently been cut. Like the other times her family needed medical attention, she took her daughter to [...]
Israeli Blockades
www.guardian.co.uk
by Yousef Farsakh
As the situation in Gaza deteriorates and the world’s superpower endorses the growing violence by not bringing accountability to Israel’s actions, many have forgotten about the humanitarian blockade of the West Bank. While not remotely as deadly and evil as the blockade, siege, and now massacre in Gaza, the world must not forget [...]
Dimensions of Serenity
By Narges Moaddel
faculty.maxwell.syr.edu
Many of us have heard the word Hajj and know that it is the fifth pillar of Islam. Ask people what kind of experience it is and you”ll hear a wide variety of responses such as spiritual, beautiful, difficult, crowded, etc. What does Hajj mean? Hajj literally means “to set out for a [...]
Museum of Tolerance: Intolerant?
by Osma Dossani
flickr.com
The Facts: The Simon Wiesenthal Center, which has built the Museum of Tolerance here in LA, has been issued the permit to build a Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem. There is some tension behind this because many believe that it is on a Muslim cemetery. This issue ought to be judged with knowledge, [...]
A Date for all Ages
by Nader Nasr
Narrated by Ibn “Umar: The Prophet (Peace and Blessings be upon him) said, “Amongst the trees, there is a tree, the leaves of which do not fall and is like a Muslim. Tell me the name of that tree.” Everybody started thinking about the trees of the desert areas. And I thought of [...]
