Latest: United Airlines finally apologizes— While United did not operate the flight, Ms. Ahmad was our customer and we apologize to her for what occurred on the flight. After investigating this matter, United has ensured that the flight attendant, a Shuttle America employee, will no longer serve United customers….
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Often, when we talk about the history of Islam in America, we focus on the great men and their big ideas. This month, in looking at the BlackLivesMatter Movement through the life and legacy of Malcolm X, I thought of the many women who were also part of our nation’s…
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In a letter to American Muslims, Maria Khwaja Bazi reflects on rising Islamophobia and the murders of Deah, Yusor and Razan in Chapel Hill. Dear MSA kids, I was 17 on September 11, 2001. It was fall of my senior year of high school, and I was worried about a US…
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I have been told countless times to “go home.” It is a phrase that has always perplexed me. I am American. I was born and bred in Texas. I call this state my home and have never known any other. I also happen to be Muslim and South Asian. I…
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Reflecting on Dr. King’s words in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack throws them into sharp relief. If the French are to heal and do not want the…
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I have no doubt that you are terribly proud of yourself at the moment. Aren’t you? Not only have you gained the attention of the international media, but you have managed, in your own mind, to avenge the honor of the Prophet. You know what? I’m with you! Avenge the…
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The New Year has begun, and by all indications, Pakistan is going to be as messed up in 2015 as it was in 2014, 2013, 2012… you get the idea. Things don’t look good for this beloved banana republic of ours, with terrorists breathing down our neck, military courts and…
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Depending on your vantage point, 2014 was either full of doom, gloom, and Armageddon, or, quite flatly, the idea that people are overly dramatic, the world is not falling apart, and all that has really happened is that the sun has made its grand course around the earth yet again. Whichever side of…
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First, what didn’t make the list. A recent CIA torture report revealed unconscionable and largely ineffective brutality toward prisoners in Gitmo – rectal feeding, waterboarding – that hardly came as a shock to Muslims. Nor were we shocked by The Intercept’s July investigation into FBI and NSA surveillance of Muslim…
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Breathing is a basic physiological process that is required to sustain life. Gravity is a basic force of nature that gives weight to physical objects and causes them to fall toward the ground when dropped. Economical enterprises unto themselves, our bodies provide a basic polarity that efficiently keeps us standing…
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