By Nisa Islam Muhammad - Staff Writer Islamic institution of higher education fosters climate of understanding and tolerance. With all of the educational diversity America offers why start a Muslim college?...... http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/National_News_2/article_7387.shtml

(Reprinted) This essay, written in the immediate aftermath of the failed New York City bomb attempt [1], will examine some of the theological implications of Muslims violating civilian immunity. I have written elsewhere why attacks against innocent civilians are in opposition to fundamental teachings of Islam. Unfortunately, there are…

Imam Zaid Shakir delivers an update on affairs at Zaytuna College for the month of October. For more on Zaytuna College, http://www.zaytuna.org For more info:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzagkNDlVQc

“If a tree fell in the middle of the forest and no one was there to witness it, did it fall?” Although Muslims have been silent when it comes to telling our own story and articulating who we are as a people and the contributions we have…

In the literature discussing Futuwwa, which has been translated as Muslim chivalry, there is the story of a young man who was engaged to marry a particularly beautiful woman. Before the wedding day, his fiancée was afflicted with a severe case of chicken pox which left her face terribly disfigured.…

American society has had a strange relationship with women. We pontificate about the importance of women’s rights and gender equality. Yet, to this day women still earn less than men doing comparable jobs. Nowhere is this glaring disparity more telling than in the financial managerial sector where women earn less…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/—The following was released by the Coalition of African American Muslims (CAAM): http://finalcallnation.edgeboss.net/wmedia/finalcallnation/finalcall_nationofislam/caam_press_conf09-02-2010.wvx What: Press Conference When: Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:00 pm Where: National Press Club 529 14th Street NW Washington, DC 20045 Why: The controversy over the Park 51 Project (Islamic Center in Lower…

Reprint: Sept. 10, 2010 by Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON (RNS) Imam Mahdi Bray is feeling a sense of deja vu these days, with threats and attacks on Muslims reviving memories of his younger days working and marching alongside civil rights activists. “For me and for America,…

I recently attended two major Muslim conferences where Christian fundamentalists were “protesting” against a Muslim presence in “Christian” America. In each instance, the demonstrators were shabbily-clad, apparently from the poorer elements of American society. Their faces were red with anger and their violent voices exuded rage. They stood in sharp…

During Ramadan we celebrate the Qur’an. This is fitting owing to the close association between the month of fasting and the Qur’an. Allah mentions in the Qur’an, The month of Ramadan in which the Qur’an was revealed (Q. 2: 185). Perhaps this association is connected to the fact that during…