By Rose S. Aslan Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist, unapologetic atheist and author of “God Delusion,” recently tweeted a picture of himself in front of the Winchester Cathedral in England, which said, “Listening to the lovely bells of Winchester, one of our great mediaeval [sic] Continue Reading
A peek into the lives of Puerto Rican Muslims and what Ramadan means post Hurricane Maria
By Ken Chitwood For Juan, Ramadan is a balancing act. On the one hand is his religious faith and practice. On the other is his land, his culture, his home: Puerto Rico. Although he weaves these two elements of his identity together in many ways, during Ramadan, the borderline between them Continue Reading
What’s missing in the teaching of Islam
By Kishwar Risvi There has been much misinformation about Islam. Reports in Western media tend to perpetuate stereotypes that Islam is a violent religion and Muslim women are oppressed. Popular films like “American Sniper” reduce places like Iraq to dusty war zones, devoid of any culture or Continue Reading