BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Feb 22, 2016 at 3:50 pm
Black folks ride bikes to work and ride bikes for fun, Some are faster than an ice cube melting in the sun, Some can break the sound barrier: Brother Super Sonic! So why are black folks and bike lanes so oxymoronic? If brothers can ride in…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Feb 15, 2016 at 11:21 pm
American warplanes on their way to bomb ISIS targets fly over Syrian helicopters dropping barrel bombs on civilians in Aleppo. Russian warplanes on their way to bomb anti-Assad forces in and around Aleppo, killing a large number of civilians in the process, fly next to American warplanes. Now, there are…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Feb 09, 2016 at 8:19 am
“Good and evil are not equal. Respond [to evil] with what is best, [good]. You will unexpectedly see one between whom you and he there is enmity become as it were an intimate friend.” Qur’an 41:34 Recently, a young man, who did not identify himself, approached me and mournfully informed…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Jan 28, 2016 at 9:18 am
Morning light As the birds take flight. Oakland Marina; Enter the arena, To fight for the right Of every man, woman And child To be able to smile As the retreating night Is overwhelmed… By the morning light. …
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Jan 25, 2016 at 2:53 pm
The deepening scandal and crisis in Flint, Michigan, over the contaminated water forced upon the residents of that city provides an insight into where the entire country is headed. The destruction of Flint, epitomized by th water crisis, is a direct result of what happens when democratic processes are…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Jan 05, 2016 at 5:45 pm
Many Muslims are obsessed with the end time Hadiths and prophecies. Many feel that the end is near, some groups and or Shuyukh actively recruit followers based on the certainly that we are living at the very end of history and Doomsday is well nigh upon us. That being the…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Dec 13, 2015 at 5:25 pm
Yesterday, Sunday, December 13, 2015, Basim Callens, one of the young brothers from my New Haven, Connecticut, “Jamaat” was murdered in Atlanta, Georgia during a carjacking. This brother was one of the kindest, most pleasant, mannerable young men you could ever meet. His death comes as a shock to us…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Dec 10, 2015 at 12:45 am
Dry Your Eyes My Sister… Do not be torn asunder by the gazes From eyes of hatred oh so venomous; The prejudicial words befitting racists, “Your people, your religion, we can’t trust.” The words like acid rain fall from the sky, “Go back from whence you…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Dec 08, 2015 at 12:38 am
The seeming tsunami of negativity unleashed by the dastardly actions of terrorists, some claiming to act in the name of Islam, and the nefarious reactions of an assortment of bigots, racists and opportunistic politicians, have combined to create an environment that has demoralized many Muslims, terrified others, and left many…
BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR
Dec 06, 2015 at 11:17 am
The day before the shootings in San Bernadino, California, a friend of mine, who is a distinguished journalist, sent the following note to me from Belgium: “Salaams, I have been in Belgium for a few days now. The Muslim community here is in serious trouble and they know it.…
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