November 2011 Blog Posts (68)

In her Chicago Sun-Times column, Laura S. Washington reviews a case in which four black juveniles were coerced into

• By: Laura S. Washington

confessing to a November 1994 murder that they didn't commit…

Right now, Congress is debating a law that would give them the power

Right now, Congress is…

By the Grace of Allah, we have a beautiful tradition of law filled with rich wisdom that balances between a deep

John (Yahya) Ederer

understanding of our scripture and the reality of those to whom it is applied. Consequentially, our scholars have dealt with the modern world by developing two new applications of fiqh. One is…

WASHINGTON (CNN) - As New York authorities investigate what appears to be the nation's latest hate crime, the

By Terry Frieden, CNN Justice Department Producer

FBI's annual hate crime report, released Monday, shows no significant change in the level of crimes motivated…

Pop Culture Hijabi is going to have a review for you on Saturday, but I had to put in my own two cents while the show is

           Sister Mariam Sobh Founder of Hijabtrendz

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still fresh on my mind.

I just got done watching TLC’s “All American Muslim” and I have to say that I was prepared for the worst and was pleasantly…

  A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on

    (R)            Rick Womick

CAIR: Tenn. Legislator Says Remove All Muslims From Military

Muslim civil rights group asks Tennessee General Assembly to rebuke Rick Womick for 'un-American' remarks

the Tennessee General Assembly to formally rebuke one of its members who yesterday –- Veterans Day –- called…

Barley: Good in fever, while use in a soup form.

Dates: The Prophet (SAW) said that a house without dates has no food. It should also be eaten at the time of childbirth.



Figs: It is a fruit from paradise and a cure for piles.



Grapes: The Prophet (SAW) was very fond of grapes - it purifies the blood, provides vigour and health, strengthens the kidneys and clears the bowels.



Honey: Considered the best remedy for diarrhoea…

DETROIT (AP) — A group that counts Islam among the ills facing the nation began a 24-hour prayer rally Friday

Nov. 9, 2011: Imam Abdullah Bey El-Amin, center, speaks during a news conference in Detroit. A coalition of Detroit clergy and community activists plan to march to a downtown football stadium and…

In his classic study "Suicide" (1897), French Sociologist Emile Durkheim coined the term anomie. Anomie derived

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

Soledad O'Brien's latest chapter in her Black in America series has caused a huge uproar even before the episode airs

Frank Greene; Shellye Archambeau; Paul Judge

By: Joel Dreyfuss

on Nov. 13. In her continuing exploration of the nooks and crannies of African-American life, O'Brien has taken on Silicon Valley, which sees…

Another mission accomplished, or so it seems. Israeli navy has managed to thwart yet another civil society

'We will keep coming, wave after wave..' (Via Press TV)

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By Ramzy Baroud

provocation' (as described by the Israeli Embassy in Dublin, Irish Times, November 4).

 

Thus the 27 activists from nine countries aboard two boats were rounded up and hauled, along with their 'provocative' medical supplies, to the…

The American public is about to be inundated with another flood of “expert analysis” about a dangerous Middle Eastern

Exclusive: The US press corps and “independent” American weapons experts got almost everything wrong about Iraq’s purported WMD before the US invasion in 2003. Now, much the same cast is returning to interpret dubious intelligence about Iran’s nuclear program, reports Robert…