This Ramadan, FAST from your Phone
By: Masood Malikyar The holy month of Ramadan is fast approaching. Today is perhaps the coldest Sunday of this January in 2026. I have been preparing my body and […]
Covid-19 and unintended consequences
By: Masood Malikyar 1) The U.S. Federal Reserve, as an emergency measure, slashed the prime rate to near 0 as the first response to Covid-19, in order to minimize disruptions […]
Fake News?
By: Masood Malikyar How would you react if someone made the following 4 statements: 1) Sherry is blond. Sherry is a murderer. Therefore, all women with blond hair are […]
It is not about you!
By: Amin Tomeh The beginning of surat al-kahf (The Cave) starts with Praise be to Allah Who hath sent to His Servant the Book, and hath allowed therein no Crookedness: […]
Inherent in Islam–Violence or Peace?
By: Masood Malikyar One of the oft-repeated assertions in today’s rhetoric is some variation of “Islam is inherently a violent religion.” It, therefore, follows that Muslims are inherently a […]
“A nation on to himself”
By: Amin Tomeh In a wonderfully eloquent hadith, mentioned in al Tirmizi’s collection, narrated by Huthaifa ibn Al Yaman, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: لا تَكُونُوا إِمَّعَةً ، تَقُولُونَ […]
Social Media & the Youth
By: Masood Malikyar The choices are so many: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Google, LinkedIn, Flickr, Amazon, eBay, iTunes, Pandora, Netflix, RSS, iPhone, iPad, Android, tablets, gadgets, widgets, Xbox, PlayStation, […]
This Mother’s Day only?
By: Masood Malikyar Mothers first bear us, then rear us, all along imprinting the gentle side of humanity deep into our very souls. We suck out the energy from […]
Assessing our self-worth…
By: Masood Malikyar It was not a very long time ago when we experienced a large scale calamity on our own shores. Hurricane Katrina proved to be disastrous in […]
Diamonds in the Rough
By: Amin Tomeh It is now October (Zul-Qa’da), and Ramadan is behind us by a little over a month. We’re blessed to have completed one of the most enriching […]
