By: Laura El Alam Breaking Stereotypes: Challenging Assumptions And Embracing Understanding of Islam Like many white people in the United States, I spent much of my life surrounded by people who looked and acted a lot like me. I grew up in the suburbs and [...]
By: Laura El Alam Navigating Identity: Challenging Stereotypes And Embracing Authenticity as a Muslim American “You speak English so well!” gushed the soccer mom sitting next to me. For several consecutive weekends, Linda and I had been sitting side by side and chatting as we watched our daughters’ games. I [...]
By: Wendy Díaz A Journey of Belief, Equality, and Unseen Creator When I was 17 years old and a senior in high school, my father and I were escorted out of a Christian church because of the color of our skin. It was one of the most humiliating [...]
By: C. Islaah Abd’al-Rahim The Transformative Journey of Black Women in The Pursuit of Freedom And Justice I am a Muslim. I am also a black woman. In the 1970s, I was one of the many black people who converted to Islam and embraced the sunnah (traditional path) of [...]
Muslims Reflect on The Inspiring Legacy of Prophet Muhammad Muslims from all different backgrounds and fields find themselves united on one very essential matter—their love for the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He was a man concerned for our wellbeing in this life and [...]
Uniting Muslims Across All Backgrounds And Fields Muslims from all different backgrounds and fields find themselves united on one very essential matter—their love for the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). He was a man concerned for our wellbeing in this life and the next more than we [...]
877-WHY-ISLAM Brochure Request a copy View in PDF Did You Know That Most Bullying Takes Place in A School Setting? Approximately 50% of Muslims aged 11-18 reported being called mean names because of their religion.1 Additionally, in 25% of the cases involving Muslim [...]
By: Rowaida Abdelaziz How Islamophobia Impacts Muslims on a Grassroots and Institutional Level We live in an era where Islamophobia impacts almost every aspect of life. We see this on a grassroots level, where children are being bullied for their faith and employees are being discriminated at work. We see [...]
The Importance of Supporting Muslim Educators in Schools When administrators and teachers think of how Islamophobia shows up in schools, they might think about how Muslim students are bullied by their peers and discriminated against by their teachers. Yet, Islamophobia is the individual and systemic [...]
By: Farhana N. Shah Celebrating Eid in the Classroom: How Teachers Can Honor Muslim Students' Faith Celebrations are part of all cultures and religions. Many Muslim-majority countries have diverse cultural holidays; however, there are only two major holidays that all Muslims celebrate. Each is celebrated at the end of an [...]
