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6Mar
2012

In Videos: Muslim Student Responds to NYPD Spying on Muslim Students

in Features, In the News, Opinion 0 Comments

Al-Talib asks a Muslim student in the Muslim Student Association (MSA) at UCLA for their opinion on NYPD spying on Muslim students in New York.

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23Feb
2012

In Videos: Muslim Americans Respond to the Syrian Crisis

in Features, In the News, Opinion 0 Comments

Al-Talib asks Muslim Americans at UCLA for their opinion on the recent crisis in Syria.

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19Jan
2012

The World of Water: Islam and Water-Related Issues

in Columns, Features, myIslam, Opinion 4 Comments

Those of us living in First World countries won’t really ponder too much on where our water comes from or how much there is to go around. We believe that as long as the water bills are paid, our faucets will continue to provide us with this basic necessity at our demand.

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27Dec
2011

The Good and Bad of Islamophobia

in Columns, Features, myIslam, Opinion 2 Comments

Islamophobia quite literally (and linguistically) is a fear of Islam and Muslims; albeit, an intense, irrational fear of Islam and Muslims. Some Muslims hold that Islamophobia is a good thing. Why? How could fear of Islam benefit Islam?

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27Nov
2011

What Muslim Students think of TLC’s “All-American Muslim” show

in Features, Opinion 3 Comments

Al-Talib interviews two Muslim students from UCLA on what they think of TLC’s show “All-American Muslim”.

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16Nov
2011

Reflections from the Hindu-Muslim Mixer

in Columns, Features, myIslam, Opinion 7 Comments

Inspired from my previous experience at the “Lunar-Dharmacakra Mixer,” I was fired up and blazed to attend the Muslim Union’s next event where Muslims met with the Hindu Students Association at the Hindu-Muslim mixer. I took the liberty of dubbing this mixer “Forum of the Falasifa Pandits.” This, like the last Mixer’s name , has a deeper meaning attached to it.

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4Nov
2011

Occupy Movements: Where are the Muslims?

in Closer Look, Columns, Features, Opinion 5 Comments

We were all joking about how conservative Orange County would probably not have as big of a turnout as Los Angeles would have, so we decided that Irvine might need our presence more than Los Angeles. But, some people were missing…

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29Oct
2011

Reflections from the Muslim-Buddhist Mixer

in Features, myIslam, Opinion 7 Comments

I had initially visualized the Mixer as some type of Dharmacakra emitting moonlight, and was looking forward to attending in order to speak about my own faith while learning more about another. However, I had made a near-fatal error…

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28Oct
2011

Criticisms on How We React to a Tyrant’s Death

in Features, Opinion 8 Comments

On October 20th a dictator, a tyrant, an oppressor was defeated, captured, and killed. His death is not a shock to most of the world, it was inevitable–just as it is for us all. However, the presumed manner of his death, along with the supposed occurrences after his death, cast a sliver of disappointment among some of the supporters of the revolution who consider the circumstances of and the reaction to his death as a faux pas. The revolution can, in [...]

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19Oct
2011

Breaking the Cycle: A Closer Look into the Incarceration System

in Al-Murasalah, Closer Look, Columns, Community, Features, Helping the Incarcerated, Opinion, Students in Action 3 Comments

The American incarceration system has made it a point to imprison people, bar them from outside contact, isolate them from society and bunch them together to have “tea-parties”. Meanwhile, they fail to provide them with proper rehabilitation programs and a safe environment to foster development and change.

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