Perspectives
The Great Pilgrimage: A Sign of the Promise of Allah (God)
We have entered the Islamic Holy Month of Hajj, in which the first 10 days Muslims around the world seek the Reward and Mercy of Allah (God) through heightened acts of service and devotion. Whether performing the pilgrimage or observing the sacred Hajj season in our communities, Muslims are encouraged by the significance of these days in the words...
Mistakes? Mayhem? No. This Is Outright Murder
When Israel bombs, starves or shoots Palestinians, mainstream U.S. media downplays the atrocities. Loss of life is chalked up to mistakes or the tragedy of wartime mayhem. It’s not. It’s murder. The Israeli Defense Forces’ recent slaughter of hundreds of Gazans to retrieve four Israelis taken captive by Hamas is another bloody example of unlawful killing, genocide, murder and media collusion. “Hell.”...
The Unraveling of a Great Nation: Another Step Toward Anarchy?
“There’s a verse in the Qur’an, it’s in the 16th Surah, the 92nd verse and it says, ‘Be not like her who unravels her yarn, disintegrating it into pieces, after she has spun it strongly.’ Her here is not talking about a woman, as such, but if you see somebody knitting something, with a design, and they leave it not...
Your government at work: Billions wasted, torture, detentions, kidnappings and war
President Bush’s Global War on Terror initiated after 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center seems like an eon ago. It’s been 22 years since America opened a secret prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It matters because people are still prisoners there and the U.S. probably still hasn’t learned its lessons. It matters because these military misadventures cost money and...
Atrocities, arrest warrants and major accomplices in crimes against humanity
President Biden’s “ironclad” defense of Israel in the face of International Criminal Court charges against Zionist leaders are the words of a co-conspirator in crimes that much of the world has already condemned. When you are giving Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu billions of U.S. tax dollars, 2,000 lb. bombs that devastate refugee camps, villages and cities, backing an assault that...
The power of gratitude: The foundation for a healthy mind and body
When was the last time we thanked Allah (God) for our heart and the ability to move or our brain for the ability to think? Thought comes before every action. Think about the magnificent things our body can do, such as the amazing use of our legs or our ability to use our arms if our legs are somehow...
A state of mind
It’s not the gangs in our cities. It’s not the overwhelming poverty in our communities. It’s not even the absence of fathers that results in disjointed and unprotected Black families. It’s the state of mind that we bring with us that creates these realities. The French writer Victor Hugo once thoughtfully declared: “The soul in the darkness sins, but the real sinner is he who caused the darkness.” The...
You’re Wrong, Mr. President
With anti-Gaza genocide protests still roiling and, in some cases, spreading across America, the president strode into the political and social storm. The real core and point of his message were approval of crackdowns on students, which he wrapped in a thin layer of support for dissent. But President Biden wants convenient dissent, submissive dissent, obedient dissent that doesn’t break...
Black Youth Marked For Death By U.S. Government Pt. 2
Brothers, how did you become a “gang?” The Holy Qur’an teaches us that we are social beings. So there comes a time in your development, at age 8, 9, 10, when you leave the home and go out into the street to meet your friends in the neighborhood, and you form a natural alliance. There is a time in our lives...
Lessons from college: No rights Zionists are bound to respect
American colleges have a long history and tradition that is supposed to encourage debate, freedom of expression, development of political and social ideas and vehicles, such as protests, to express those ideas in a “democratic” society. That right is being crushed before our eyes. Jewish groups and individuals have strong-armed university officials into abusing students peacefully protesting genocide in Gaza and...