By: Habeeba Husain Empowering Faith Organizations Through Organic Farming In an effort to highlight inspirational American Muslims, WhyIslam spoke with Hisham Moharram, a scientist turned activist entrepreneur. He began a community-owned, science-based, certified organic agribusiness called Good Tree Farm in New Egypt, N.J. The farm’s sister non-profit organization, [...]
By: Habeeba Husain Empowering Muslim Voices In an effort to highlight inspirational American Muslims, WhyIslam spoke with Rowaida Abdelaziz, a reporter at HuffPost based in New York City. You may have seen her numerous articles discussing social justice issues and combatting Islamophobia online. Abdelaziz makes some much needed [...]
By: Habeeba Husain Empowering Muslim Education In an effort to highlight inspirational American Muslims, WhyIslam spoke with Nagla Bedir, a high school social studies teacher in New Jersey. Bedir is the cofounder of Teaching While Muslim, an initiative that works to “fight against discrimination, implicit bias, [...]
Confronting Islamophobia Some people often conflate being Muslim with being a terrorist. Unfortunately many uninformed, scared (of what they don’t understand) or hateful people assume all Muslims have secret evil agendas against Westerners, especially against U.S. citizens. Media analyst Steve Randall explains that bigotry is about “dehumanizing members of [...]
What's Your Definition of an American? This ABC News What Would You Do experiment shows two definitions of what it means to be an American. The experiment is a representation of the larger divide in our country concerning minorities in general and Muslims in particular. The rise in hate-crimes against [...]
By: Habeeba Husain Conversation Challenges Misconceptions I am not usually the person who will strike up a conversation with a stranger at the grocery store. I try to finish my business quickly and get to the next task at hand. Recently however, I made a late-night run to the local [...]
1) What Inspired You to go to Jordan to Work with Syrian Refugees? For the longest time, I repeatedly inquired about trips and opportunities I could partake in to provide aide first-hand. I worked with Syrian refugee families in my local community but wanted to help others who were not [...]
By: Marwa Assar Finding Peace Amidst Chaos: Reconnecting with God's Guidance in a Distracted World This world has a way of pulling us in. We have a hard time being present with what is in front of us. Distractions are everywhere. Negativity finds its way into our lives. Fear is [...]
Muslims in America: Making Significant Contributions Despite Stereotypes If one’s only source of information are certain news outlets, one may think that Muslims make no contribution to America. In fact, one might even have an image of Muslims as monsters out to mercilessly rampage and kill. Recently, some politicians have [...]
