Bilal Mahmud المكافح المخلص's Blog – May 2023 Archive (23)

11 Shawal 1444 A.H. 

Justice For LaKeith Smith

In February of 2015, LaKeith, who was 15 years old at the time, and a group of friends were involved in the break-ins of two unoccupied homes in Millbrook, Alabama. The teens were still present in one of the homes when local police officers arrived at the scene. During that encounter, LaKeith’s 16-year-old friend A’Donte Washington was shot and killed by one of the officers.

Although he was the youngest in…

The western third of Hispaniola is the most mountainous region of the Caribbean. It rises to nearly 8,800 feet and

undulates between altitudes before descending into blindingly white beaches that roll into the sparkling blue sea. The territory is lush but cultivated, its tree cover compromised by a growing population that relies on subsistence farming for most of its food. In summer, tornadoes break on the hills, and torrential rains soak the valleys below. For those…

arch 2023 marked 12 years since the beginning of the war in Syria. The exact death toll is unknown because the

By:  Nanjala Nyabola

violence won’t stop long enough to count the dead, but reliable sources estimate that at least half a million people have died and 6.7 million more have fled their homes. March 2023 was also the first anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine, which has led to some 200,000 casualties. In the same month, the situation in the eastern…