Editorials
The Case of Larry Hoover
There has been much talk since the news that President Trump commuted the federal sentence of our brother, Larry Hoover, who is not available for release because he must serve time for conviction in the state of Illinois. We should thank Mr. Trump for his action, whatever his motivation, as he did something that neither Democratic presidents Joe Biden nor...
An Honorable Man and Divine Servant
When honors are accorded to highly valued individuals, it is often said that by honoring this individual, we honor the best in ourselves. It means there’s something unique about this person, making them valuable beyond riches, fame, notoriety, or power. They reflect intrinsic values and inherent gifts within us, regardless of wealth, celebrity, or influence. They share knowledge to help...
Celebrating our children and the art of healing, a perfect match!
Spring brings mild weather, sunshine and gratitude after winter’s reign and it also brings another special event, Match Day. Match Day is when medical school graduates move into residencies with hospitals in the final laps of a journey to become full-fledged doctors. Attiyya Maryam, after a stellar high school performance alongside undergraduate and medical school at two respected East Coast...
Empowering bad policing in a troubled city
In a country where time is often spent majoring in minor things, issues that should be placed on an elevated level are ignored or neglected—and that neglect can have major consequences. Consider a “pilot program” underway in Chicago that allows police officers in Englewood, a majority Black neighborhood, to arrest and charge people with felony gun possession crimes without the...
You can’t have peace without removing the peacebreaker
Do you really think you can reason with murderers? Israel broke the Gaza ceasefire, which was a cruel farce, and restarted its operations to destroy the Palestinian people in the enclave on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved with murderous impunity under the protection of President Donald Trump, who is unapologetic in backing...
Israel’s genocide and America’s bloody hands
As expected, the settler state of Israel is again slaughtering Palestinians in the streets of Gaza, breaking a so-called ceasefire that was never about solutions and only a momentary shift of murderous actions from the enclave to the West Bank. But whether in Gaza, or the West Bank—where according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees...
Gaza, student protests and persecution
There has been a flood of coverage of the case of Mahmoud Khalil, who was arrested and shipped to Louisiana after the Trump administration stripped him of his status as a U.S. legal permanent resident. His crime was standing against the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza and organizing protests at Columbia University in New York. The Trump administration declared that...
Why Ramadan is such a special time
When Muslims talk to non-Muslims or those who don’t know much about Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, questions usually abound about Believers not eating or drinking during daylight hours for 30 days. Many have heard Muslims do not eat, drink or engage in sexual relations with their spouses during the day while observing Ramadan. Questioners may relate to the physical aspects...
Jonah, Ninevah and God’s Wrath
“And why was there not a town which believed, so that their belief should have benefited them, but the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in this world’s life, and We gave them provision for a while.” —Holy Qur’an, Chapter 10, Verse 98, Maulana Muhammad Ali translation The Nation of Islam...
Saviours’ Day 2025: Our Way of Devotion
“Our Lord, and make us both submissive to Thee, and (raise) from our offspring, a nation submissive to Thee, and show us our ways of devotion and turn to us (mercifully); surely Thou art the Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful. “Our Lord, and raise up in them a Messenger from among them who shall recite to them Thy messages and...