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…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has some interesting plans in store for us, and it is pressing that we understand these plans and what serious effects they have on our community. Just a few weeks ago, the White House convened a three day summit on “Countering Violent Extremism”(CVE). CVE is the creation of specific…
This is to all the strong women inhabiting my memory: to mothers who whispered lullabies to their daughters about how they should grow up to be storytellers and tell about lost histories who closed their eyes and held tiny soft hands outstretched and drew geometric lines, solved equations with permanent ink and dreamt about routes…
By Ayesha Khan & Sarah Rahimi On Feb. 12, the Muslim Student Association at UCLA hosted a vigil to commemorate the lives of Yusor Abu-Salha, her husband Deah Barakat and her sister Razan Abu-Salha. These three Muslim students were shot execution-style by their white male anti-theist neighbor in their home in a hate crime.…