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Not a Hate Crime

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Sep 08, 2016 at 8:41 pm

An elderly Muslim woman, Nazma Khanam, is brutally stabbed to death in New York, but it is not a hate crime. A few weeks earlier, in the same neighborhood, two Muslim Imams are singled out and executed in broad daylight, but it is not a hate crime. Three Muslim college…

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Descent Into No Dissent?

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Aug 28, 2016 at 4:05 am

I had the great honor of presiding over both the funeral prayer and memorial service for Muhammad Ali. I was scheduled to deliver the final speech at both of those events. The funeral prayer was scheduled for an hour and a portion of that time was spend establishing order. There…

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Thank You Allah!

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Aug 26, 2016 at 3:18 am

Thank you Allah for the mind that produced these words. Thank you Allah, for private thoughts, shared with only You, unheard. Thank you Allah for gracing me to see another day. Thank you Allah for blessing me with the ability to say… “Thank you Allah.” Thank you…

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The Treachery of The “International Community” on Syria

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Aug 02, 2016 at 1:38 pm

The treachery of the “international community” towards the Syrian people is reaching a disgusting climax. It is obvious that the United States has cut a deal with the Russians, hence, indirectly, the Syrian regime, to combine forces to go after ISIS and other “terrorist” groups. In exchange for the cooperation…

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“Well-Fed Slaves…”

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Jul 28, 2016 at 7:33 pm

Bill O’Reilly, ignited a firestorm, when commenting on Michelle Obama’s speech at the DNC, stated: “Slaves that worked there [constructing the White House] were well fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government, which stopped hiring slave labor in 1802.” The allegation that chattel slavery in the American…

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Stop This Killing…

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Jul 19, 2016 at 6:47 am

“Stop this killing!” was the fervently repeated plea of Alton Sterling’s aunt, being interviewed in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. That is the very town that witnessed the gruesome killing of Sterling himself. Indeed, we must stop the killing, on all…

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Violence: As American as Cherry Pie

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Jul 16, 2016 at 8:47 am

Every day, there are 44 homicides in the US, the majority are committed with firearms. There are approximately 5 gang-related murders in America each day. Every day in the country, an average of 110 people commit suicide, 60 of those deaths involve firearms. Of those daily suicides 20 are committed…

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Murder Is Murder

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Jul 09, 2016 at 6:40 pm

The recent killings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling are inexcusable outrages and the police officers involved in those shootings should be duly tried for their crimes. These and similar police killings, however, cannot be used as a blanket indictment against all police officers, the overwhelming majority of whom carry…

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Dabiq: An Argument Against ISIS

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Jul 06, 2016 at 1:13 am

The Hadith of Dabiq: A Proof Against ISIS One of the most powerful recruiting tools of ISIS has been its ability to create an apocalyptic appeal around the prophesized destruction of a “Crusader” army at Dabiq, a location in Northern Syria. So central has this idea been to the call…

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Suicide Murder

BY IMAM ZAID SHAKIR

Jun 28, 2016 at 10:33 pm

Once again, the filthy scourge of suicide murder has reared its despicable head, this time in Istanbul, Turkey. Innocent people are once again the target of brainwashed homicidal lunatics, one of whom was captured on film dispatching himself to Hell, the destination our Prophet (peace upon him) has promised anyone…

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