New Islamic Directions
Essays and longer reflections by Imam Zaid Shakir.
Imam Zaid Shakir · October 7, 2008
Recently, 28 million copies of the anti-Islamic propaganda documentary, Obsession , were distributed free of charge in what are being considered the “swing” states in the current election campaign. This effort is clearly designed to leverage the…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · September 17, 2008
I have decided that instead of complaining about the inadequacies of the candidates running for president I would run as a write-in candidate. Here is my platform, as articulated in my stump speech: My fellow Americans, or should I say my fellow…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · September 12, 2008
Imam Warith Deen Muhammad, who passed away this past Tuesday, in Chicago, Illinois, was not the best known American Muslim of his generation. Unlike his friend Malcolm X (al-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz), he would not become a symbol of black rage with…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · August 13, 2008
The Month of Ramadan is upon us. During this special time, we should all reflect on the many blessings God has bestowed upon us. Those of us who live here in the West have been blessed with many material bounties that are unimaginable to many of our…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · August 13, 2008
The Month of Ramadan is upon us. During this special time, we should all reflect on the many blessings God has bestowed upon us. Those of us who live here in the West have been blessed with many material bounties that are unimaginable to many of our…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · June 19, 2008
By Richelene Mitchell, Foreword by Imam Zaid Shakir It was the year 1973; the Vietnam War was officially over and Watergate was to begin. Pink Floyd’s, Dark Side of the Moon , was the coveted album of the year, reggae music was launched and…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · June 14, 2008
In my article, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama , and the Fate of America, I mentioned that one of the things viewed as unacceptable to the political mainstream in this country is “a fair and just solution to the problem of meaningful…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · May 29, 2008
I promised the subscribers to the last web-cast that I would answer the questions I was unable to get to during the actual web-cast in written form on the website. Here are the answers to those questions. Hopefully, others can also benefit from the…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · May 15, 2008
The following poem is by a friend of mine, Imran Sabir, of Glasgow, Scotland. He shared it with me during my recent visit there. I am sure you will be moved by it as I was. I will let him tell his own story. Biographical Information I am 31 years of…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · April 22, 2008
In response to a question concerning the validity of a female leading men in a congregational prayer we have decided to reprint an article we wrote on this issue in its entirety. Hopefully, this will shed light on the issue for those who did not…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · April 2, 2008
This cover article was featured in Emel Magazine’s May 2006 Issue www.emelmagazine.com Imam Zaid Shakir is, in many ways, the quintessential American: a youth with a two newspaper route, a high school football player, a member of the United States…
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Imam Zaid Shakir · February 7, 2008
Muslims have many scriptural imperatives that demand we work for the preservation and health of our environment. As we enter an era where the prospect of environmental catastrophe is perhaps greater than the prospect of disaster from any other…
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