While this revert offers five good habits for reverts to add to their lives, may we suggest all Muslims to include them as well.
This Revert Offers 5 Good Habits for Muslims To Build
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These New Muslim Women TV Characters Play in a Rock Band
By MG StaffThere’s a new show on television — and this time we’re meeting an entire ensemble cast of Muslim women characters. In Peacock’s new show “We Are Lady Parts,” starring Anjana Vasan, Amina is an awkward but musically talented brown girl trying to keep up with her friends all getting engaged. Her journey leads her to…
This Is How You Respond To Inappropriate Questions
By MG StaffHave you ever been in a situation where you were asked inappropriate questions? Imagine…you’re in a room full of colleagues (pre-COVID) and one of your male peers strikes up a conversation with you. At first it’s fine – strictly platonic. And then he says, “You’re so pretty. Why are you still single?” Do you answer?…
Watch: The Racial Politics of Time
By MG StaffIn this TED Talk from TEDWomen, cultural theorist Brittney Cooper explores the racial politics of time: how time has been stolen from Black people by white supremacy, and with it, opportunities, health, and joy. This TED Talk will make you think about time in a whole new way. Check it out above. Have you ever…
This Video About Self-Love Is All You Need To See Today
By MG StaffLove is in the air or something like that, so everyone is saying. If you don’t have a valentine or galentine, you’re probably safe from the haram police at least. But that’s neither here nor there because this isn’t a post to debate whether or not V-day is haram or not. All joking aside, we…
Do You Know the Signs of Cervical Cancer?
By MG StaffJanuary is cervical cancer awareness month. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common kind of cancer among people with vaginas worldwide and can be easily screened for with pap smears. It’s important for vagina owners to know the signs and symptoms of cervical cancer, and get preventative care so that problems can be diagnosed earlier…
This Country’s Muslim Population Has More Than Doubled in Recent Years
By MG StaffJapan has seen its Muslim population more than double in size in the past ten years, alhamdulilah. In 1941, there were only approximately 600 Muslims in Japan; today, there are over 230,000. This has also resulted in an increase in mosques to accommodate the rapidly growing number of Muslims. One Japanese Muslim advised that he…
How to Ask for Help and Get a “Yes”
By MG StaffEveryone needs help sometimes. Asking for help can be challenging, and being vulnerable enough to do so can be uncomfortable. In this TED Talk, social psychologist Heidi Grant details how to ask for help and get a “yes,” while also making the process rewarding for the giver of help as well. We need to help…
Watch: Dismantling the Mainstream Media’s Image of the Muslim Woman
By MG StaffIn this talk, Nastesho Ulow takes on the image of the so-called “oppressed Muslim woman that is so prevalent in the media. She talks about how this misrepresentation, especially of Muslim women, leads to prejudice and provides solutions to utilize in our daily lives so we aren’t influenced by fake news. Watch above.
Get Festive With “The Muslim Christmas Song”
By MG Staff[And mention] when the angels said, “O Mary, indeed Allah gives you good tidings of a word from Him, whose name will be the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary – distinguished in this world and the Hereafter and among those brought near [to Allah]. — Quran 3:45 You’ve probably heard Christmas music nonstop on…
Watch: This Muslim Woman Made a Video Reading All the Assumptions People Made About Her
By MG StaffYou know the saying about assumptions, right? They make a you-know-what out of you and a you-know-what out of me? There’s a reason for that. Watch as a Muslim influencer reads off comments she’s gotten from people who assume things about her based off her social media presence — and see how wrong they are….
Watch: How Should We Understand Life In a Pandemic?
By MG StaffIn this TED Talk, policymaker and poet Aaron Maniam speaks about how the language we use to talk about COVID shapes the way that we think about our experience with pandemic. He touches upon the inequality of COVID, and how some of us are experiencing relief: more time with our families; while others are suffering…
Here’s How to Fix a Democracy That No Longer Represents the People
By MG StaffIn this TED Talk, Harvard Professor Lawrence Lessig discusses how money has corrupted democracy and our government, creating a system of inequality where only 0.02% of the U.S. population is represented by the so-called representative government. According to Lessig, this flawed system must be repaired before we can ever even adequately begin to address the…
This Video Explains the Crisis in Yemen in 140 Seconds
By MG StaffMohammed Raqeeb, understanding that many people are not fully informed on the terrible humanitarian crisis in Yemen, created this short 140 second video to explain what’s going on. We encourage everyone to see it so as to be informed, and be aware in order to help however they are able. Yemen can’t wait.
Watch: The Muslims You Cannot See
By MG StaffWhat does it mean to you to be Muslim? What does a Muslim look like? Who is and isn’t a Muslim? In this TEDx Talk, Sahar Habib Ghazi, managing editor for Global Voices, talks about how Muslims are not a monolithic group, and how “Muslim” isn’t a one-dimensional identity. “We practice different. We identify with being…