September 2021 Blog Posts (19)

Cuba

September 24, 2021

 When I was young, my mother told me to go to the Detroit Public Library and check out Richard Wright’s Black Boy, and I refused to go because I hated myself. But she was very determined. So I went to the stacks, found the book, put it to my chest, walked into our people’s section, sat down, and began to read. I read two-thirds of it at the library that day and finished it at home that night. Then I went back…

Ossie, Gordon, Melvin

Imam

Emgage Action is horrified by the recent photos and events depicting U.S. border patrol agents chasing, screaming at, and abusing Haitian asylum seekers. Haitians are fleeing from mounting crises, including a recent earthquake and political unrest. Seeking and applying for asylum is a human right protected by international law.

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Islam In Cuba

Professor Intisar Raab

PIL Faculty Director, Professor Intisar Rabb, was recently appointed Special Adviser on Islamic Law to the International Criminal Court. Professor Rabb was appointed as one of 17 experts selected to serve as Special Advisers to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, …

January 6, 2021

New York Times

Kenya

Posted 9/17/21…

Cognitive Dissonance 

The donkey told the tiger, "The grass is blue."



The tiger replied, "No, the grass is green ."



The discussion became heated, and the two decided to submit the issue to arbitration, so they approached the lion.



As they approached the lion on his throne, the donkey started screaming: ′′Your Highness, isn't it true that the grass is blue?"



The lion replied:…

There come a time in all of our lives that we must take a stand, taking a stand is the beginning of change.  Sometime pushback is very necessary.  Some like to label it as resistance, I like to call it taking a stand for that which you believe in,  to the death if necessary.  May Allah help our sister to achieve her goals in this life and in the hereafter. …

We Have A Responsibility To Protect Our Youth!