A Muslim American's Thoughts on Gay Marriage
By uzzie on Opinion from www.huffingtonpost.com
When you are a compassionate person, you also fight against injustice.
As a Muslim, I have always been taught to be compassionate.
When you are a compassionate person, you also fight against injustice.
As a Muslim, I have always been taught to be compassionate.
Revolutionary Thoughts
By SuhaibWebb on Opinion from www.suhaibwebb.com
“The fact is that God will not change the reality of a people until they change themselves.” It is apparent to anyone who keeps up with world news these days that Muslims are standing up against oppression and tyranny. During my stay in Egypt, I can remember secretly conversing with some good friends I made there about the political reality they faced. 
Thoughts on Burn-a-Qur’an Day
By SuhaibWebb on Opinion from www.suhaibwebb.com
On September 11th 2010, the Dove World Outreach Center in Florida was due to host ‘Burn a Qur’an day’, which seems to have been called off – for now. The Pastor responsible for the event explained his reasoning simply as “Islam is of the devil” – yet he had never actually read the Qur’an. An interesting thought came up on twitter in that regard: “Wonder if the Florida Qur’an-burning Christians will spare the pages that praise Jesus.” While they will not be burning Qur’ans on this day, we can see that hate for the Qur’an was not born out of knowledge but rather out of ignorance. Unfortunately, some of us are guilty of the same thing this church is. None of us want to burn the Qur’an of course, but we may be guilty of something else: ignorance of the Qur’an.
My Thoughts, as a Muslim, on the World Cup 2010 in South Africa
By MuslimMatters on Opinion from muslimmatters.org
Soccer’s World Cup 2010 is just a few days away and for the first time the World Cup will be hosted by South Africa. This has led to much controversy amongst South African Muslims as to whether the World Cup is a good or bad thing and if it is permissible to watch it and support the team. 
Thoughts on the IslamOnline Tragedy and the Removal of Dr. Qaradawi
By SuhaibWebb on Opinion from www.suhaibwebb.com
by Suhaib Webb
Assalamu `alaykum,
Today, we received news that Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi was removed from his position at the NGO that funds IslamOnline (IOL). For those of you who have not heard, IslamOnline is a website that is world-renowned for tackling issues in a moderate, balanced way, and is a forum for diverse views. In the [...]
Thoughts in the Wake of the Latest Terror Scare | Letter to my non-Muslim Neighbor
By MuslimMatters on Everything Else from muslimmatters.org
I was born in this country. I chose to be a physician because I sincerely care about others... I wish you could know how sorry I am that a small group of people have distorted all that is good in my religion by using it as a call for terror and bloodshed. 
Forget-Me-Nots & Second Thoughts
By SuhaibWebb on Everything Else from www.suhaibwebb.com
By Sumayah Hassan“Two more…”“Two more people to give $5000.”His gaze sweeps across the audience searching for a raised hand or finger. As he holds the mic up to his mouth, the people in the room shuffle and whisper. You turn to the left and then the right looking for the next donor. “Allahu Akbar!” You [...]
Thoughts on the Doha Debates – Yaser Birjas
By MuslimMatters on Everything Else from muslimmatters.org
On the Doha debates, Muslim women’s right to marry whomever they wish. Sh. Yasir Qadhi, hafidhahu Allah, was the only panelist who displayed a professional and intellectual discussion on the topic, away from the “my personal opinion” “my experience..” “my concern” and “I believe so..” kind of thing that highlighted the other guests presentations. There is no doubt the motion was too broad and
