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EMGAGE Honors Muslim African Americans. By Imam Nadim Ali 3/1/23

EMGAGE an organization that mobilizes Muslim American voters, advocates on policy issues, and supports candidates that serves in the best interests of the Muslim American community. EMGAGE hosted a luncheon in Washington, D.C. on 2/28/23 at the Old Ebbitt Grill to highlight and  honor the contributions of Muslim African Americans have made to…

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Honoring the legacy of Black Muslim In America

• Our 3rd Annual “Honoring the Legacy of Black Muslims” virtual celebration is scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2023. Please save the date, and plan to join us for what is sure to be an outstanding event! I will send a flyer and registration details soon, so that you all can share with your networks. 

Our 3rd Annual “Honoring the Legacy of Black…

Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (born 1968) is an American academic. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, where he is also the Chair of the Center for African American Studies and the Chair of the Department of African American Studies.[1] He is the author of the 2020 book Begin Again,…

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13 Jumada I, 1444 A.H. 

12/07.22

مَّن ذَا ٱلَّذِى يُقۡرِضُ ٱللَّهَ قَرۡضًا حَسَنً۬ا فَيُضَـٰعِفَهُ ۥ لَهُ ۥۤ أَضۡعَافً۬ا ڪَثِيرَةً۬‌ۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَقۡبِضُ وَيَبۡصُۜطُ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ (٢٤٥)

Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over? And it is Allah who withholds and grants abundance, and to Him…

It is with great concern that the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) views the firing of an art professor, Erika López

Prater, from Hamline University on the grounds of showing a fourteenth-century painting depicting the Prophet Muḥammad. We issue this statement of support for the professor and urge the university to reverse its decision and to take compensatory action to ameliorate the situation.

News sources report that the matter reached the university…

The 2022 midterms saw the greatest number of Muslim Americans elected to office. According to a report from Jetpac Resource Center and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, 153 Muslim Americans ran for office across all levels of government. Ruwa Roman was recently elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and joined Geoff…

More states officially acknowledging federal holiday Columbus Day overlooks painful history for Native Americans

More cities are recognising Native Americans on Columbus Day this year as they revive a movement to change the name of the holiday and celebrate the history and contributions of indigenous cultures.

As the US observes Columbus Day on Monday, it will also be…

Ricardo Flores Magón, born on this day in 1873, was an influential Mexican anarchist and activist whose followers were known as "Magonistas". In 1922, Magón died in a U.S. prison, arrested for violating the Espionage Act.

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. Not many Americans know much about the Mexican Revolution of 1910. The impact of that revolution on the U.S. is the subject of the new book "Bad Mexicans" by our guest, historian Kelly…