How African Muslims Civilized Spain - CounterPunch.org
This week marks the anniversary of the end of nearly 700 years of African Muslim rule over Spain, Portugal and Southern France. Four hundred and eight years ago today King Phillip III of Spain signed an order, which was one of the earliest examples of ethnic cleansing. At the height of the Spanish inquisition, King More
‘Decolonizing the Mind’: Using Hollywood Celebrities to Validate Islam - CounterPunch.org
When Terry Holdbrooks Jr., converted to Islam in 2003, he was inundated with death threats and labeled a ‘race traitor.’ If a religious conversion ever deserves to be admired, Holdbrooks’ conversion does, and not because Islam has ‘won’ yet another convert, but because the new convert was assigned the very rule of subjugating his Muslim More
‘Decolonizing the Mind’: Using Hollywood Celebrities to Validate Islam - CounterPunch.org
When Terry Holdbrooks Jr., converted to Islam in 2003, he was inundated with death threats and labeled a ‘race traitor.’ If a religious conversion ever deserves to be admired, Holdbrooks’ conversion does, and not because Islam has ‘won’ yet another convert, but because the new convert was assigned the very rule of subjugating his Muslim More
Loneliness – By Dr. Nabi Raza Abidi
Ending isolation and loneliness is imperative if we are to overcome the epidemic of depression in our community. By Dr. Nabi Raza Abidi
Trump’s Muslim Ban Galvanizes Civil Rights Activists Across the American South
The rallies throughout the South have continued this week, a powerful rebuke to arguments dismissing protests as the leisurely purview of coastal elites.
Harvard professor’s new book illuminates the roots and influence of Islam in Africa
Harvard professor’s new book illuminates the roots and influence of Islam in Africa
Seeing Our Cars as Our Monastic Cells. By Dr. Nabi Raza Abidi
Much of what we see as burdensome is the result of our subjective perspectives. Joy and suffering are not always objective facts.