Appreciation to my Palm Beach Post colleagues for publishing over the years my occasional columns on Al-Islam and Muslims – whether explaining Ramadan or the Hajj, or the fact that Islam by definition rejects terrorism, or this essay today, whose text also appears below. In an era of so much misinformation – some due to […]
Tags:
Needed to be said. Have been meaning to post this via email from my friend and colleague Imam Talib Shareef, United States Air Force retired, and national imam/chaplain, Muslim American Veterans Association, who also recently provided the opening prayer for the U.S. Congress: Leader of The Nation’s Mosque Condemns the Murder of Steven Sotloff by ISIL/ISIS Imam Talib Shareef, leader […]
Tags: Imam Talib Shareef·ISIS
… from Mecca (video). Just a few million of the world’s nearly 2 billion Muslims standing to observe the late-night Taraweeh prayer this past Ramadan. Pretty good English translation of the Arabiyya, for friends seeking to gain a sense of the beauty. I especially love the scenes in which the camera focuses on the Quran page from […]
Tags: Raneem
Tags: 2011 Muslim Convention·Benjamin Shabazz·Earl El-Amin·Nur-Deen-Haj Muhammad·Osie-Sheik Muhammad·Paul Monteiro·The Mosque Cares
“…the best thing that came out of it is a sincere, conscious effort to understand Muslims better.” While our mass media shamefully stereotype Muslims as Arabs, kudos to South Town Star reporter Steve Metsch for his perceptive “10 years after 9/11?” question during yesterday’s news conference, here in Chicago, at the 2011 edition of the […]
Tags: 2011 Muslim Convention·Coalition for Good Government·Nur-Deen-Haj Muhammad·Osie-Sheik Muhammad·South Town Star·Steve Metsch·The Mosque Cares·Wallace Mohammed II
While in Chicago for The Mosque Cares’ 2011 Muslim Convention — I’m thanking my friend Larry Stauber who I see has posted excerpts of my (“What is Al-Islam”) talk of last Sunday, along with several dozen of my wife’s photos, at the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches’ Facebook page. While there, note the […]
Tags: “What is Al-Islam”·First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Palm Beaches·Larry Stauber·The Mosque Cares
…where beloved Imam Dr. Nasir Ahmad succinctly delivered the message that our fasting during Ramadan from the lawful and natural desires in the material world also helps the inner being grow, overcome and push back against the desires for the extremes in the material world that the forces of greed, etc. ever are seeking to cultivate in […]
After all these years I shouldn’t have been surprised at how beautiful everyone looked during the 2011 Ramadan Session, hosted by The Mosques Cares Ministry of Imam W. Deen Mohammed last weekend in Elizabeth, NJ. Of course, almost to a man and woman, we all were fasting for G-d’s sake. Still I was surprised that everyone seemed to be glowing. […]
Tags: Earl El-Amin·Faheem Shuaibe·Nasir Ahmad·Ramadan Session·Sutanah Whitfield·The Mosque Cares·W. Deen Shareef·Yusuf Ramadan
“Magnificent sister” was one of the many accolades heard. My favorite: “There are very few souls who can pull us together around the yard like this.” On a wonderful Saturday, June 18, an amazingly diverse, overflow crowd of the South Florida Muslim community, family, friends and students paid last respects to Judith Sabreen Sharif (October 17, […]
Tags: double rainbow·Judith Sharif·Masjid Ibrahim·The International League of Muslim Women
Last night was an awesome evening of excellence and elegance, as a galaxy of friends and admirers gathered for an appreciation banquet in well-earned recognition of the longstanding contributions and sacrifices of Imam Dr. Nasir Ahmad, his wife Haleema and their family. Not many families can boast of mother-and-daughter doctors — much less such a pair […]
Tags: Halema Ahmad·Hanan Ali·Melton Mustafa·Mikal Saahir·Nasir Ahmad·Qasim Ahmed
Hanif on media