Posted on February 29, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
In case you missed the Collection of Stories of American Muslims (CSAM) display at Dar Al-Hijrah on February 23rd, the display will be up at ADAMS Center on Friday March 7th beginning at 6:00pm in the Main Hall presented By Br. Amir Muhammad
Presentation and Exhibit:
Forgotten Roots: Muslims in Early America,” and “The Untold Story: [...]
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Posted on February 28, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
Some Muslims are asking why they (and Islamic Centers) should be involved in the move to go green.
Answer: We live on this planet. Not only that, but personally, I feel that we should be leading the way…
The Cold Truth about Climate Change
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Posted on February 28, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
ABC had a hidden camera experiment that shows people’s reaction to bigotry against Muslims. Some of the people defended the Muslim lady actor in the film, while others had been reading anti-Muslim propaganda and defended the bigotry
UPDATE: Video is below
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Posted on February 27, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
…gas could hit $4.00/ gallon as oil is over $100/ barrel
Maybe it is time to buy gold
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Posted on February 22, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
A well written and thought out article by Firas Ahmad in Islamica Magazine on the dilemma Muslims in America face in this year’s election. However, the part I have quoted below is what I found most interesting. I do not believe that most Muslims understand this:
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Posted on February 21, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
43 years ago, on February 21, 1965, Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X) was assassinated
Malcolm shortly before he was killed
Ossie Davis’ eulogy
Reminder: Imam Khalid Griggs will be at Dar Al-Hijrah speaking about the “Post-Malcolm” era of Islam at 7:30PM
Imam Johari’s reflections are here
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
I would like to encourage everyone to join this exciting new effort to change the condition of our communities with integrity and compassion. Together we can embrace the challenges we face and create new opportunities for our communities. MANA is working with community leaders and organizers throughout the country to see that 2008 is a [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
As I stated earlier, the people seem to be tiring of the vilifying of the Muslims. We all agree that extremism must be dealt with, but smearing all Muslims is going too far. On the other hand, I feel that Muslims are also tiring of anti-Western demonization as well.
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Posted on February 18, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
Umar Nasser - a friend of mine who has done a program called Muslims in America for Huda TV - has a new project. He wrote the following
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Posted on February 17, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
Margari Hill’s take on the “Just a Muslim” phenomenon. I am in Atlanta at a MANA meeting and this is part of the many things that they are trying to address…
Someone called me a nationalist because I still participated in the Black Graduate Student Union. When I used to point out that they go to [...]
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