“The most excellent fast after Ramadan is Allah’s month, Al-Muharram” (Sahih Muslim 1163a) As Muslims welcome a new Islamic year, we also enter the blessed month of Muharram, one of the four sacred months chosen by Allah (God). While many people see the new year as an opportunity to set goals and make changes, Muharram…
“Our food literally comes from immigrants. It comes from Mexican people. So to see us being treated as less and as animals, it’s just dehumanizing,” said Aaliyah Shakoor, a third-year biology student at San Diego Mesa College. Although the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has enforced immigration laws for decades, its practices have…
“The best of you in Islam are those with the best character, if they have religious understanding.” (Sahih, Book 14, Musnad Aḥmad 10066) As history tends to emphasize on eras predominantly influenced by Western ideologies, few regions have been profoundly contested or were culturally transformed by Islamic conquerors and scholars from Syria, Palestine, and Jordan.…