Escaping Pakistan



By Nadia Mohammad “Wake up, it’s time,” my mom said, “Be very quiet.” My hands trembled as I dressed in the dark, putting on the one pair of jeans I owned. It felt odd after so many years of...

On a Wing and a Prayer: Toronto Helps Make Woman-Led Prayer a Reality



The little prayer that shook the world will truly succeed when similar prayers become just another expression of human love and worship for God, without all the spectacle, without the TV cameras, without the huge controversy. That is why the prayers that took place in Toronto were so important.

Equality As Reality, Not Cliché, in Toronto



Pamela Taylor reinforced the cherished Islamic ideals of equality, love for all, tolerance and universal brotherhood.

Prayer with a Purpose



I felt the heavens smiling on us and I took a deep breath of peace. The time for Friday prayers was near.

The War Between Common Sense and 'Text Sense'



There is a huge vault between us. It is a divide between people consumed by religious thinking and see everything through a religious prism and people of humble common sense who see things as they are.

Traditionalist View on Sex Slaves



According to traditional schools of thought, not only was slavery permitted, but they also approved that every male master had the right to force any of his female slaves to have sex with him. This fact not only shatters any illusion one might have about the dignity a slave enjoyed according to traditional schools, it also smashes any hope to find a social or economical rationale for it.

What The Ground Said



Last week the bombers came to the places where I used to live. This week the police came to the places where I live.

Muting Muslims: US Denies Entry to Zaki Badawi



The US government's refusal to allow popular Muslims from Britain entry into the country, borders on xenophobic.

Love Letter to London



I learned to speak English in East London, one of the areas of the British capital that suffered from Thursday’s terrorist attacks. When my parents moved us to London in 1975, our daily route to work and school on the Underground took us across the same stations that were attacked.

'Oh God, please, let it not be a Muslim.'



Killing innocent people in the name of religion has become a trademark of certain segments of our community. This is not because Muslims are intrinsically violent people, or our religion commands us to kill. It is because, Islam and its narrative have been hijacked by a small minority of fascist death worshippers, who arose from groups nurtured for decades by western governments, eager to contain the spread of communism.

They Kill, We Condemn



The sad reality is that we no longer need hard and fast evidence. The important thing is that Muslims are most likely to have done it. We all know it. The world knows it.

London Attacks Question Our Humanity



By Muqtedar Khan The nightmare that began on 9/11 continues. Another major terrorist attack in the West and the style clearly indicates that the attackers are mimicking or emulating the al Qaeda signature of coordinated multiple simultaneous attacks. Along with...

Lebanon Elections: Aoun and the Muslim Tsunami



In the short time between his return to Lebanon on May 7 and the elections this month, Aoun pulled a political somersault—with a double twist—that left many people utterly puzzled as to what he was up to.

CIA Agents Wanted for Kidnapping: Is There No End to US Scandals?



By Muqtedar Khan Washington DC is rapidly becoming the scandal capital of the world. The scandals seem to be unending. Starting with the WMDs intelligence fiasco, the Halliburton story, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, The Quran desecration, Amnesty and the “gulag” episode...