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The Ballad of Jihadi Mike: (Part 2) Requiem for a Movement - Islam (Limerick)
by Imam Zaid Shakir
The Ballad of Jihadi Mike: Requiem for a Movement (Part 2) Islam (Limerick) The brothers were the very best he could meet, And the sisters were gentle and sweet. He got a Qur’an, Which he pondered upon, Then they invited him up to their suite. Mike found himself in a…
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The Ballad of Jihadi Mike: (Part 1) Requiem for a Movement - The Early Years
by Imam Zaid Shakir
This is the ballad of Jihadi Mike. He was a likeable and lovely tyke. His family was loving and very good And Mike lived in a pleasant neighborhood. Sometime when he was in the second grade He saw Mom and Dad’s love starting to fade. And…
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Usama Canon
by Imam Zaid Shakir
إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُون Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un We come from Allah, and surely unto Him we are all returning. Qur’an 2:156 Early this morning, Usama Canon returned to Allah. I had the great honor of watching Usama grow personally,…
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Muharram 1443
by Imam Zaid Shakir
To summarize the duties of brotherhood and sisterhood in Islam, we should love for our brother and sister what we love for ourselves. This is an incredible teaching that if implemented would go a long way towards improving relations between us. This spirit of love is especially important between the…
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A Year in The Gardens of The Righteous
by Imam Zaid Shakir
MANA: Muslim Alliance in North America presents: Riyad as-Salihin “A Year in the Garden of the Righteous” with Imam Zaid Shakir. A 45 week course daily Monday through Thursday. Starting May 17th, 2021 9:30pm EDT and 6:30pm PDT Enroll Here: www.mana-net.org/enroll Watch a short…
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Ramadan Mubarak!
by Imam Zaid Shakir
As we enter our second Ramadan of the Covid-19 pandemic, we have been blessed in innumerable ways. Despite the tremendous losses resulting from the pandemic, when compared to other scourges such as the 1918 Spanish Flu (so-called), the smallpox contagion that wiped out most of the populations of the Americas…
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MANA Statement Following The Murderous Attack on Asian American Spas in Metro Atlanta
by Imam Zaid Shakir
For this reason [Cain murdering Abel], we prescribed for the Children of Israel, that whoever takes a life, for other than retribution murder, or spreading murderous corruption throughout the land, it is as though he has murdered all of humanity and for whoever saves a life, it…
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Women’s Day
by Imam Zaid Shakir
International Women’s Day is on 8th March. The day has been set aside to celebrate the social, economic and political accomplishments of women. March is a most appropriate month for such a celebration. In the northern hemisphere, March signals the arrival of spring and the blossoming flowers whose colors and…
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Prayer For a Fractured Nation
by Imam Zaid Shakir
O God! During this time of disinformation, distortions and lies, we pray that You show us the truth as truth and bless us to follow it, and that You show us falsehood as falsehood and bless us to shun it. O Merciful Lord! We pray that you bless us to…
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MANA Statement Following The Capitol Insurrection
by Imam Zaid Shakir
The Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) joins all law-abiding, peaceful Americans in condemning the deadly insurrection that occurred in and around the Capitol building yesterday (January 6, 2021) in Washington, D.C. We believe that this bloody affair was directly incited by President Donald Trump and his surrogates, both those…
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Brothers and Sisters: Vote!
by Imam Zaid Shakir
Election day has finally arrived. Although over one hundred million Americans have already voted, scores of millions will do so today. As we all know this is one of the most pivotal and controversial elections in the recent history of this country. Pivotal because it comes at a time when…
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Breonna Taylor: Why?
by Imam Zaid Shakir
Like many others in this country I have shed tears thinking of the tragic manner in which Breonna Taylor was killed in her Louisville, Kentucky apartment. A young, loving soul gunned down as she was just beginning to embark on what all who knew her believed would be a bright…
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Explosions: Malicious Design and Neglect Benign
by Imam Zaid Shakir
This past Tuesday, a massive explosion sent a giant mushroom cloud billowing into the air over the port of Beirut, Lebanon. As the dust settled, a landscape where the handiwork of humans -buildings, machines, cars, trucks, electrical wires- was obliterated; reduced to a twisted, melted, garbled, wasteland, block after devastated…
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Fasting Six Days of Shawwal
by Imam Zaid Shakir
When one has enjoyed a delicious and nurturing meal, one does not jump up from the table and race off to another endeavor. One takes time to savor the lovely tastes and to reflect on the great blessing one has been privileged to enjoy. So too our worship. One…
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The Wider Significance of Malcolm X
by Imam Zaid Shakir
Today, MANA: Muslim Alliance in North America joins many other organizations and individuals in commemorating the life of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, more popularly known as Malcolm X. Malcolm was born May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. Ossie Davis famously said in his eulogy for Malcolm, “And if you knew him,…
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The Virus Questions America
by Imam Zaid Shakir
I came just like a thief inside the night. Confused you no longer know wrong from right. A plague, a pestilence, a scourge, or worse? I’ll let you know just who I am in verse. A tyrannical king I wear my crown. A novel threat yet…
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