ISNA’s Four Decades of Extremist Leadership: Sayyid Syeed
Last year at this time I wrote about the annual ISNA convention in Houston. It was a dull pow-wow, with a lame social media presence […]
Taking Our Faith Back
My MAGA Neighbor: An Awkward Friendship
Today in America it is hard to have a conversation about American Muslims without the conversation shifting to Donald Trump and his policies. What about […]
Imam Importation: No English Needed!
An imported Imam ruined my friend and my evening, his arrival left me worried about our community’s children. It was an odd hour for my […]
Bengali & Pakistani Relations Ruined By the Muslim Alt-Righters
Z and I, are best friends. we are sisters from two mothers; we are also heirs to a tragic past. She is from Bangladesh and […]
Ruqya Exorcism – My Epileptic Cousin Asi
Asif, my cousin, has been in my thoughts ever since I wrote about the poor kid who died in a botched Ruqya (exorcism) to cast […]
Us Muslims: Sharing Unspoken Truths With A Pollster
US Muslims are supposed to pray five times a day… and yet that’s not the case. Of course many of us don’t like to admit […]
Salafi Hatred of Dogs Ruins Family Vacation.. If Not More
“I’d Pick A Dog Over My Mother-In-Law” A family’s vacation was ruined, depending on one’s perspective: either by Salafi hatred of dogs, or by Salafi […]
Interfaith Dating Taboo: Should We Prefer Hypocrisy?
It’s been a while since we last wrote: been gathering stories but had no time to write. But now we’re back to talk about one […]
Sayyid Syeed: Our Umma Turns Its Lonely Eyes To You
Where have you gone, Sayyid Syeed? the ISNA honcho was conspicuously absent from the program, and social media posts of the #ISNA55 conference. Is he […]
#ISNA55: ISNA قرفنا
This year I didn’t attend ISNA physically but I did spend part of my labor day weekend attending it virtually. Before the convention I made […]