Posted on May 8, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
UPDATE 05/11/08 6:00AM EST: I received this from one of the brothers involved at the Germantown Masjid:
There are two points that NO ONE has bothered to mention:
(1) The brother at the center of the controversy (may Allah have mercy on him) was NOT a member of Germantown Masjid, nor did he frequent the masjid. As [...]
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Posted on April 8, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
A couple of weeks ago, an Atlanta area judge was so embarrassed by the actions of young black males that he told all non-blacks to leave so that he could talk to them candidly. He repeated the speech in front of everyone after receiving criticism. Complete chaos going on and the Muslim community is supposed [...]
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Posted on March 5, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
This article shows why more of us need to help make a difference. Many inner city children have no one - including their parents - to care for them. Those of us blessed with better opportunities should try to help them before we point out fingers at them.
Make a positive difference in the lives of [...]
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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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Posted on February 1, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
Wanted to post a few of the things that are happening in the upcoming month…
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Posted on January 31, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
The reason I believe that it is good to tell stories like the ones I have told and the ones related here is so that the people coming behind us will not have to go through the same things that many of us had to go through. I really feel optimistic that we are headed [...]
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Posted on January 15, 2008 by Tariq Nelson
I mentioned in a previous post that several projects are being undertaken to record and teach some of the history of the Muslims in America. Some of you may be fuming and wondering: “Why on earth would they do something like that??”. Well the short answer is that history is a learning tool. We can [...]
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Posted on December 22, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
While web surfing, I found this piece on the loneliness of Eid for converts. A few months ago, I wrote an article in the Muslim Link that described the loneliness that I would feel in my old community during Eid. Here is an excerpt:
I spent my first decade in my hometown as a Muslim attending [...]
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Posted on November 21, 2007 by Tariq Nelson
Someone sent this to me:
HOMEGROWN: ISLAM IN PRISON
Part of the PBS “America at a Crossroads” series.
Radical Islam has spread through prisons in Europe. But will this militant mindset become “homegrown”, and threaten the United States?
Homegrown: Islam in Prison examines a crucial question: are U.S. prisons incubators for radical Islam and terrorist ideology? We look at [...]
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