The tragic events in Oslo this week brought to mind a long held concern I have about the Muslim Ummah in the United States and around the world. Granted, the perpetrator in Oslo was not Muslim, but he was reacting to Muslim’s migrating into Western Europe. Recently I have heard that liberal members of the Danish government have been speaking… read more »
I found this argument by Munawar Hassan of the political party Jamaat-i-Islami to be unbelievably disgusting and fundamentally blasphemous in the way he invokes the Qur’an to justify blatant misogyny:
Here is the most disturbing part of Hassan’s comments:
“Oh yes! I got the scholarship! I’ll be going to USA for a leadership program,” I said while jumping with happiness after reading the email with news of my approval. I was sure that I had passed the most difficult step in my journey to the USA. But something in the back of my mind kept me reminding that it… read more »
Talk about hijacking the limelight. Every time a Twenty20 issue crops up that involves Indian cricket, not surprisingly Lalit Modi makes himself an integral member in the mix of things. Sri Lanka’s woes have been overshadowed by the drama that has been Modi’s relationship with the BCCI. However, the critical issues remain.
When the BCCI married Modi into the Indian Premier… read more »
Muslims are violent, terrorists and/or extremists.
This is by far the biggest misconception of Islam, given unfairly by stereotyping and the public image that the media gives. Has anyone else noticed how when a specific group of people attack another group of people it is labeled as a ‘hate crime’, but when a Muslim opens fire on anybody it is quickly… read more »
Nadine Abu-Jubara is a Civil Engineer by day and a health and fitness guru by night. Nadine is from Orlando, FL and is the Executive Director of a non-profit health and fitness organization,... Continue reading
