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One summer day in August 1978, not knowing how to squander a Sunday in Washington, I drove to Muhammad Ali’s mountain hideout at Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, where he was training for his bout against Larry Spinks...

Since fighting alongside the Patriots in the American Revolution, Black Muslims in America have contributed immeasurably to the quest to advance their nation towards its ideals despite facing unspeakable injustice. Recently, Black Muslims have been at...

There are, perhaps, few figures in Jewish history who can match the stature of the celebrated Rabbi Maimonides. For the Jews the inscription on his tombstone in Tiberius, Israel, describes his extraordinary status: “From Moses to...

While I walked along my humble life With all the challenges, obstacles, and pains of a wife I embraced the saints and prophets who I’ve come to love through my life. I understood their struggles as...

Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar, is a great translator of the Qur’an, and thanks to her for correcting the 1400-year-old misogynistic interpretations of verse 4:34 that bred resentment among Muslim women, most certainly American Muslim women. The traditional interpretations...

By Anna Gephart As a non-Muslim American I was in my “World of Islam” class at American University ready to learn about Islamic history when my professor, Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, introduced our class to the story...

Once I was at my office at the HEC in Islamabad and a government employee of a junior rank next to my office came to say salaam to me, probably curious about one of the few...

Gopi Chand Narang, a leading scholar of Urdu language and literature, has said Allama Iqbal stands unique in his profound expression of the message of Karbala, where Hazrat Imam Hussain and his family offered a sublime...

In a time of misunderstanding among different communities, a rising pandemic, and adjustments in a new digital era, where can individuals find a beacon of light? On July 16th, Ambassador Akbar Ahmed, former Pakistani High Commissioner...

On Friday, July 31, 2020, over a billion and a half Muslims around the world, will be slaughtering millions of goats, camels, and cattle to carry out Abraham’s tradition of sacrificing the symbolic lamb. Is there...