June 2024 Blog Posts (30)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحمد لله رب العالمين و الصلاة و السلام على أشرف الأنبياء و المرسلين نبينا محمد و على آله و صحبه أجمعين , و من تبعهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين…

You can kill the rooster, but you can't stop the dawn...

انا قلت

I Said 

لم يبقَ شَط إليه ترجع السفن ولا مطارّ عليه يهبط الشَجِنُ لا شيء إلا أمانينا…

Temperatures climbed above 50 degrees Celsius in Mecca as visitors from over 20 countries took part in the holy pilgrimage.

Saudi Arabia has confirmed that at least 1,300 people died during this year’s pilgrimage to Islam’s holy sites, which took place during a period of intense heat.

With temperatures…

1619…

Origins

The red, black, and green Pan-African flag designed by the…

The ongoing genocide in Gaza, coupled with the recent martyrdom anniversary of Malcolm X, has sparked interest in

BY ALI HAMMOUD 

what the renowned activist thought and wrote about Palestine. But a reader of The Autobiography of…

This movie is a must see.  It is a redefining of race and discrimination.  A new paradigm is a cast system that oppresses anyone seen as inferior on the pecking order scale.  It is not always about color, it is most often about the class that one come from in the society.  

Fanon saw violence as the only language colonizers truly understand. Through violence, imperialists instilled a sense of inferiority in the colonized, and it was therefore through violence that the colonized could regain a sense of self, a sense of culture, and the physical reality of statehood…

Muslims from around the world have converged on a sacred hill near Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the holiest day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

The ritual at Mount Arafat, known as the hill of mercy, is often the most memorable for pilgrims, who stand shoulder to shoulder, feet to feet, asking God for mercy, blessings, prosperity and good health.

Thousands of pilgrims walked to the mount, located about 20km (12 miles) southeast of Mecca, through the predawn…

From all of us here at OPOW, we wish you a very happy Eid.  May Allah forgive all your shortcomings and give you the best of this life and the hereafter for your sacrifice during these special days.…