The Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta (ISB) is proud to announce the recipients of  the 2011 ISB Awards.  

The awards ceremony will take place during our upcoming 2011 Building Bridges Awards Dinner celebrating our 10th year anniversary on October 29, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. 

For the past nine years, the ISB has honored…

Amid the drama of the Palestinian statehood bid, the United States Congress has voted to freeze up to $200 million in

80 more Somali children die of cholera

A Somali man is helping her five-year-old daughter sip medicine at a local hospital in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. (File photo)

Somalia's cholera outbreak has claimed the lives of at least 80 more Somali children as…

(CNN) -- Three Americans freed after being held in Iran lent their support Monday to the now-global Occupy movement,

 applauding its participants' idealism and activism while making a specific point to protest what they call the harsh treatment of state prisoners in California.

The pleas in California from Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd to their hometown Occupy Oakland crowd supporting scores of prisoners on hunger strikes signify…

Some people think that the US and Israel are really smart. We beg to differ. Let us explain. The bird dogs of

Abu Dharr

Washington and the kennel dogs of Tel Aviv, in the aftermath of the Soviet Union’s demise, had enough information to be convinced that an Islamic “danger” was brewing. This they learned the hard way: they waited a full decade as they were arming their man in Baghdad to defeat the Islamic State in Iran. And when the results…

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Occupy Wall Street is gaining momentum, with occupation actions now happening in cities across the world.

But last night Mayor Bloomberg and the NYPD notified Occupy Wall Street participants about plans to “clean the

 park”—the site of the Wall Street protests—tomorrow starting at 7am. “Cleaning” was used as a pretext to…

Click:  Islamic History Al Mu'tazilah School of Thought by Imam Muhammad Al Asi 04-01-2008

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I haven’t been getting enough sleep lately. Last night I was exhausted in body and mind, but tried to keep my eyes

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hold photos of imprisoned family members during a solidarity protest with…

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Then Imam Shafi’ (رحمه الله) replied,

“I am journeying from this world, and departing from my brothers, drinking from the cup of death, and upon Allah, Exalted is His remembrance, arriving. And no! By Allah, I do not know if my soul is travelling towards Paradise or the Fire!”

Imam Shafi’ (رحمه الله) then began to cry profusely and recited the following;

‘To You, the Creator, I raise my longing,

And even if I am, O possessor of kindness and…

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A coalition of more than 150 Texas school districts said Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against

 the state over a school funding system it says is unfair, inefficient and unconstitutional.

The coalition represents more than one in 10 Texas districts. It accuses lawmakers of turning a blind eye to the state's troubled school financing system for years and exacerbating the flaws this summer when they slashed public school spending by more…