Fourteen people were killed and 22 were injured during the shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino on December 2nd. The two shooters, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, identified as Muslims, which fueled a lot of anti-Muslim hate. Since the shooting, hate crimes against Muslims across America have been rising. Republican presidential…
On November 13, the Un-Islamic State attacks flooded Facebook walls, Twitter pages, and breaking news flashes on television. As if to counter, a second wave of angry Facebook posts then came with news of the attack in Beirut on November the 12th which had not been as popularly shared or discussed on major news centers…
November 13, 2015. 3:15 P.M. When I got home from school that day, I went through my usual routine: open the door, lay all my stuff on the couch, grab a snack, turn on the TV and watch the news. Nowadays, all the news ever talks about is the presidential election, focusing on a few…
We’re always finding ourselves concerned about school, money, careers, safety, happiness, finding the “one”, etc. With true reliance and tawakkul (trust) in Allah, all these concerns are diminished. “And whosoever fears Allah and keeps his duty to him, He will grant them a way out, and will provide for them in ways unimagined. And whoever…
On Thursday November 12, the Afrikan Student Union (ASU) at UCLA organized a walkout and rally to express solidarity with students at Missouri University whose President resigned in the face of protest and strikes for not sufficiently responding to anti-Black terror on Mizzou’s campus. Students walked out of their classes at 12:45pm, and the rally…
By: Cindy Toledo and Ayman Ahmed On Thursday, November 12th, as UCLA students stood in solidarity with the Afrikan students of The University of Missouri, UCLA students themselves were faced with discriminatory posters and images aimed at Muslim students and student groups on campus. These signs specifically targeted Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP)…
The 19th Annual Arab Film Festival (AFF) opened on 16th October, 2015 in the San Francisco Bay Area and is coming to Los Angeles on the 13th of November. Founded in 1996, AFF has consistently showcased a wide range of films from filmmakers of the Muslim world every year. It is the largest independent film…
By: Michelle Schafieh, Mahnoor Saleem, Ayman Ahmed Photography by: Anthony Tran
