A Woman Who Refused to Keep Silent: Lori Haidri Blows the Whistle on CAIR
I stumbled by chance on what looks like a major scandal affecting the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), where the organization is trying to […]
Articles by Halima
Textbook: Dating is For Animals
It’s no secret that in our community dating is an issue. We don’t speak about dating with our children, except perhaps to bash it. But […]
Accusing Fellow Muslims of Shirk for Visiting Shrines
Making a pilgrimage to the shrines of holy men (and women!) is something I, like many Muslims, enjoy. It’s something we remember from our childhoods […]
Merry Christmas to Amir Khan . . . and Mo Salah!
Our Muslim celebrities’ fight against Scrooges who keep exclaiming “haram”!
More Textbook Trash: Making Kids Afraid of Christians
Thanks to all the readers who are sending in materials from their children’s textbooks. It’s important that we as parents know that our children are […]
Another Bad Textbook: Weekend Learning Series
Abu Dhir has been writing about Yahyia Emerick and his publisher Noor Art. But I’ve been thinking more about the Weekend Learning textbooks, written by […]
Stray from Right Path & Be Destroyed: More Textbook Fear-mongering
“If we disobey Allah, and ignore his commands, we might enjoy life for a while just like the people of ‘Ad. However, in the end […]
Are Our Textbooks Planting Hatred In Our Children?
The following quotes are not from an ISIS propaganda post. They are from a junior high textbook published and distributed here in America. A textbook […]
Why is Imran Khan Trying to Rally US Support Via Jamaat-e-Islami?
The developments at ISNA 2019 on labor day shocked me . First, I had not realized ISNA declared its ideological allegiance to Jamaat-e-Islami back at […]
Castes: The Unspoken & Untouchable Roots of Our Racism
Re: the recent three posts here about racism I’ve observed. I have been trying to understand where our racist impulse comes from. After some reflection, […]