On March 15, 2019, up to 50 Muslim worshippers have been killed in Christchurch, New Zealand, during Friday prayers at two separate mosques. I’ve never felt so heartbroken over an attack before. Maybe it was because I was living in my little Doha bubble, shielded from the rest of the real world, or because I…
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Orlando Muslims Fear for Safety After Pulse NightClub Shooting
For Muslims everywhere this week marks the second in the holy month of Ramadan, a time spent fasting from dawn to dusk, reciting Quran, and attending the mosque in the evenings for special Taraweeh prayers. But since the tragic incident at Pulse nightclub that left 50 people dead and more than 50 people injured, Muslims…
Chapel Hill and Violence Against the Veil
Inna lil lahi wa ilayhi rajioon. To God we belong, and to Him we shall return. Yesterday, the lives of three young Muslim college students were brutally ended by a lone gunman. They were husband and wife, Deah Barakat, 23, and Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, 21, and Yusor’s sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19. Their deaths are an…