Is Living with Islamophobia the New Normal for Muslims?
By Arzu Kaya-Uranli Honey, don’t get me wrong, but maybe it’s better if you remove these Arabic words from above your door for a while,” my 70-year-old neighbor softly advised me as she was leaving my...
View ArticleSexual Abuse Case in Illinois – Open Letter From Ulema Regarding Rights of...
Editor’s Note: In the nearly two months since the former president of the Institute for Islamic Education in Elgin, Ill, Mohammad Abdullah Saleem, was charged with criminal sexual abuse for an incident...
View ArticleHeartbreak, Detachment and Hope in Ramadan – Foregoing Community for...
This is Day Five of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Margari Hill I came home from a community iftar on Saturday and tweeted this: When asked what happened, I answered, “I’m...
View ArticleA Ramadan of Remembrance – Memories of Dr. Maher Hathout
This is Day 13 of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Ahmed Younis For my community, this is a difficult Ramadan. It is our first without Dr. Maher Hathout. The Man Maher Hathout...
View ArticleA Ramadan in Las Vegas – Allah’s Nur in the City of Lights
By Afsha Bawany On my commute to and from work, I drive by King Arthur’s castle; a pyramid, a giant lion, the Statute of Liberty and sometimes I’ll pass by the roar of dancing waterfalls rising and...
View ArticleNot Because It’s Easy, But Because It’s Hard
This is Day 27 of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Zainab Chaudary “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because...
View ArticleThe Truth About ‘Safe Spaces’– MPAC Addresses Changes and Criticisms
By Hoda Hawa Prior to 9/11, the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) had foreseen the problems arising out of extremist views taking hold in some quarters of the Middle East and had issued policy...
View ArticleA Muslim Sexual Abuse Survivor Pushes Back
Regardless of these ongoing battles of community shaming, I am not defeated. I will not stop speaking out about my being a survivor of sexual abuse. I will break these barriers and keep the...
View ArticleThe Necessary Unburdening of Muslim Communities
We are not better human beings because we are Muslim; we are the best of people when we are brave enough to look in the mirror, name what hurts and then engage in the jihad that is repairing what is...
View ArticleScholars and Scandals – Can Knowledge be Taken from Abusers?
How are we to take knowledge of ethics and virtues from individuals who may have acted in vile and abusive ways? Is the scholarship produced by Khan and Ramadan inextricably linked to them as...
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