Can an American Islamic Culture Arise on These Shores?
By: Muhammed Abdullah al-Ahari What is the future for an American Islam that is able to be seen as a full component part of the larger Muslim world? In other nations Muslims were able to be Malay and...
View ArticleIQRA’: The Apple of Islamic Education
Most people don’t equate Apple Computers with an Islamic publishing company, but the parallels between Iqra and Apple are many and varied. Twenty years ago there was no such thing as an Apple home...
View ArticleBilal, the Ethiopian
This post is about something historic, something recent, something African, something Arab…and all of it relevant. With the recent events in Syria, it’s good to begin this series of articles with a...
View ArticleChicago’s American Islamic College
In the early 80s, the talk among the Muslim community was Chicago’s newly established American Islamic College. Founded under the auspices of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 1981, the...
View ArticleBr. Arthur
Being from Damascus the hub of trade in the Middle East, buying and selling is in my blood. From door-to-door peddlers to pushcart owners to purveyors of fine Damascene fabric, Syrian immigrants have...
View ArticleEBRU
“Ebru” has long been the name given to the original Turkish art of “paper marbling” and to the “marbled” designs transferred to paper or fabric produced by Ebru artists. Classical ebru is produced in a...
View ArticleArab American National Museum
Front view of Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, MI America is defined as a melting pot. From Native Americans to European settlers to African slaves and immigrants, all of us have settled in...
View ArticleHow I Overcome the Biggest Challenge in My Life
ZULFIQAR ALI MALIK,Overland Park, KS (913) 314-807 I am a Muslim, an American Muslim and that identity itself has become the biggest challenge for me. I am a naturalized citizen, I but my children and...
View ArticleTributes to Fannun Kanan
Tributes to Fannun Kanan by Zulfiqar Ali Malik, Overland Park, Kansas. February 11, 2013 Ahmed Fannun Kanan (at age 84) passed away in Joplin, Missouri on February 5, 2013. A devout Muslim, he was a...
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