Our 4th annual cleanup event at this mosque. Volunteers of all ages are encouraged to come and help beautify the masjid, inside and out!

Masjid Beautification Day (MBD) aims to become a National Day of Community Service for Muslims in the USA. This year's FOURTH ANNUAL EVENT is Saturday, July 30, 2016, and sign in begins at 8:30 am. MBD (modeled after Georgia…

Today Sheereen Abdul Kabir and her colleagues finalized their projects and presented them to a panel of members from Leadership…

DNC 2016…

On August 6, 2016, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Living Memorial Project will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s historic 1966 march through Chicago’s Marquette Park. Recalling the larger legacy of the march – and remembering the struggle for justice and equity – is more urgent now than ever in our city, across our nation and around the world.…

WNBA

WNBA President Lisa Borders (photo via nytimes.com)

article via espn.go.com

NEW YORK — The WNBA has withdrawn its fines for…

DNC

DNC Interim Chair Donna Brazile (photo via apbspeakers,com)

article by Mark Joyella via adweek.com

CNN and ABC News contributor Donna…

Sheikh Wali Akbar Muhammad

Waliakbar 

We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes — Ella Baker

Waliakbar Muhammad (Emerson Wayne Brandon) was born in Washington, DC, the grandson of former slaves and the ninth of ten siblings.  He grew up in an artistic and enterprising family, attended segregated schools until the fall of 1954.  It was right after the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court he became one…

At a time when we need more voices speaking up, powerful entities are trying to shut them down.

In the wake of the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police and the…

After Ali...

By ALIM on June 15, 2016

After Ali:  The American Muslim Community  Between Principle And Interest…

Georgia youth...

Lori Lakin Hutcherson Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Good Black News Image provided by Maeve Richardson

Recently, I was tagged in a post by an old high school friend, asking me and a few others a very public, direct question about white privilege and racism. I feel compelled not only to publish his query but also my response to it, as it may be a…

Asma Hanif

Dear Community

The Muslim Journal is the lifeline of our evolving community that keeps us connected; recognizing Islam as a Promoter of Freedom, Justice and Equality. I feel privileged to have my story included in this most prestigious and respected publication.



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Amy Goodman

The MPower 100 — Muslim Social Justice Leaders Building Power Across the United States

In the name of God the Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

Ours is an age filled with fantasies of superheroes coming to the rescue and a daily existence filled with very real villains. This is an age where we…

23 Ways You Could Be Killed If You Are Black in America

Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Jennifer Hudson, Pink, Bono, and others explain why it's time to take action to heal the long history of systemic racism in America.…

Dawud Walid is currently the Executive Director of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI), which is a chapter of America’s largest advocacy and civil liberties… [more]

Thus We have made you a middle…