Tag: EMPOWERMENT
Reflections as my home burnt down
A Muslim family is happy after losing everything in a fire; the unexpected wisdom behind their loss will touch your heart.
The White Tears for Afghanistan’s Women
Afghan women are not passive entities that need rescuing by White liberals, writes Zimarina Sarwar…
Face to Face: Muslim Integration
ʿAbd Allāh Thomson dispels common myths about Muslims and so-called "integration".
Powerful Lessons from the Life of Khadījah (ra)
Fatima Barkatulla distils five lessons from the Mother of History's Greatest Nation...
Telling the Community’s Story
Scroll down for an interactive timeline of articles published over the last twelve months addressing problems from within, hostility from without and the empowerment of our community. Be it bittersweet introspection addressing the skeletons in our community’s closet, stemming the tide of hostile false narratives and myths, or empowering the…
Aspiring Minds: Empowering the Youth
Mistaken identity – the need for Spiritual Development We find that the youth of today are in search of some “freedom” with the desire to live their “own lives.” The majority of youth are goalless, yet for Muslims our goals are all divinely inspired. Allāh says, “The goal of…
A lesson from the Musalmans of Colonial India
Dispelling myths of Muslim integration Part 2: A lesson in integration from the Musalmans of Colonial India Click here for part 1 In 1871, in post Mutiny colonial India, Sir William Wilson Hunter published a report explaining the “danger to British power” of the “persistently belligerent class”: the Muslims. “The…
Popular lies about Muslim integration
Dispelling myths of Muslim integration Part 1: Popular lies about Muslim integration Click here for part 2 The call for Muslims to integrate is getting ever louder. After the sky being blue the next most commonly accepted fact these days is that Muslims are not integrated. Interestingly no less an authority…
