The recent Executive Order by President Trump banning non-immigrants and immigrants from seven Muslim majority nations has ensued predictable chaos and uncertainty within the Muslim community and the rest of the world. This situation is rightfully upsetting and frightening, more so because of the lack of clarity regarding how the Order plays out legally. Therefore,…
On Friday, January 13th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the names of various organizations to which it had awarded a sum total of $10 million in grants for their participation in DHS’s Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program. Featuring a combination of law enforcement agencies and NGOs, the list also includes organizations such as…
Saudi Arabia and Iran, as many people know, do not like each other. Saudi Arabia claims to be the voice of all Muslims by the nature of holding Mecca and Medina, while Iran disagrees vehemently because no one voted for Saudi Arabia to be the voice of Muslims. The two regularly clash in the region…
Just a thought… For the longest time, we have lived with a tranquil awareness that the defining moments of society were behind us. We looked back at history in order to glorify our progressive present, and to live with the assertion that society has drawn its lessons from its reflective past. We studied…
That’s part of the game of course. Following Trump soundbites is slightly more interesting than new referendums. Media coverage has gotten us hyped on the presidential campaign because it is sexier than talking about the mundane politics that hold more relevance to our everyday lives. Rock the vote only seems to apply to the President…
Please be sure to join us on campus in the Broad Art Center 2100A this Wednesday, March 30th for a presentation and discussion by formerly incarcerated Br. Jesse Maroney, currently working in prison outreach through the Islamic Institute of Orange County’s Link Outside. This article is meant to provide some important food for thought and…
Last week, three black Sudanese Americans were killed “execution-style” in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Their names were Mohamedtaha Omar (23), Adam Mekki (20), and Muhannad Tairab (17). All of them were members of a diaspora community from East Africa. Regardless of their shared affiliations, Omar and Tairab were Muslim, while Mekki was Christian. According to Fort…
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…