Gaza not the only place where the fires of injustice bu
BARIA ALAMUDDIN November 27, 2023 It is easy to think nothing is going on in the world aside from the Gaza slaughter, given the media’s justified focus on this tragedy. […]
Billionaire pledges to pay student debt for 2019 class at historic black US college
Robert Smith makes pledge to eliminate students’ debt estimated at $40m at Morehouse, Martin Luther King’s alma mater Martin Pengelly and agencies @MartinPengelly Sun 19 May 2019 My […]
Tne small step for Palestinians, a giant leap for the United States – Why American figures like Michelle Alexander are breaking their silence on Israel
The host of critics who now assault the latest taboo-breaking liberal academic realise just how serious her willingness to speak could be Robert Fisk @indyvoices The Independent Voices Most folk […]
MLK should be remembered as a revolutionary thinker – not a sanitised figure for conservatives like Mike Pence to exploit
The civil rights leader has been transformed into ‘a weightless effigy’ of sorts, but in the Trump era, America needs his actual teachings more than it realizes Andrew Dix The […]
When shall we overcome?
Mar 17,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK — In 1967, riots erupted in cities throughout the United States, from Newark, New Jersey, to Detroit and Minneapolis in the Midwest, all two years after the Watts neighbourhood of Los Angeles exploded in violence. In response, President Lyndon […]
Islam never judges a person by its skin color. By Mehr Gul Age 14
From the community: Ilustration by Syeda Waseema Sadaf (Posted by chicagonwnasirat, Community Contributor) Community Contributor chicagonwnasirat Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of creating a racism-free America has since challenged racial inequality in various ways. But even before the advent of Dr. King, Prophet Muhammad of Islam (peace and blessings […]
Malcolm X’s dedication to the truth is something to which all Muslims aspire
Epigraph: O mankind, We have created you from a male and a female; and We have made you into tribes and sub-tribes that you may recognize one another. Verily, the […]
A Muslim Reflection on Dr. King’s Legacy of Peace Through Words
Huff Post: By najeeba Miller: The shaykh with whom I studied ethics would speak nearly perfect Arabic throughout the day and address everyone in his path with great respect, even in the grammar of his speech. I asked him why he put such care into his choice of words, he would say, “Najeeba, […]
Martin Luther King Jr. Would have Stood Against Discrimination, Based on Religion
Epigraph: “O ye people! fear your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many men and women; and fear […]
I Have a Dream: President Obama will One day Comfort the Parents of Drone Victims
Epigraph: “O ye people! be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many […]
I Have a Dream: President Obama will One day Comfort the Parents of Drone Victims
Epigraph: O ye people! be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many […]