Muslims For Progressive Values- Atlanta
Join AIF as it hosts the Atlanta Muslim Young Professional, which is a new group that aims to bring together and network the young Muslims of the Atlanta area. Dinner will be served at sunset. Prayers and Taraweh will be part of the evening. — The Atlanta Muslim Young Professionals has a mission to create a [...]
We were sent this wonderful video by Elizabeth from My Fellow American. A great video and a great concept. Let’s support this! Check them out on Facebook!
Qasim Rashid has a new article up at Huffington Post (linked here) about his 4th of July, his response to Peter King, and the Treaty of Tripoli. Intrigued? You should be. Mr. Rashid offers a great view on living as an American Muslim, and how we should react to those who hassle us. Go in peace! [...]
American Muslim women’s participation in sports has recently experienced a rise in media visibility. Whether it is ESPN’s feature on W. Deen Muhammad High School’s outstanding girls’ basketball team, the Lady Caliphs, or the recently publicized struggle of competitive weightlifter, Kulsoom Abdullah, to compete in modest Islamic gear, Atlanta seems to be an emergent hot [...]
“John Witte, Director of Emory University’s Centre for the Study of Law and Religion, and Joel Nichols, Associate Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas Law School, give an unsettling answer: not yet.” Witte and Nichols claim that “accommodations for religious practice are privileges that religious communities have to “earn” or “win” by [...]
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AIF Podcast: Uncomfortable Spaces In this episode, Br. Musa shares about the uncomfortable spaces we can find ourselves in when living our deen, and why we need to stay in those places!
(A khutbah by Br. Musa) I’d like to start with a hadith. As I was preparing this khutbah this one in particular stood out: “Ammar related that Rasulullah (SAWS) said: The length of a person’s prayer and the shortness of his khutbah (sermon) are the signs of his understanding. So make your prayers long and [...]
Here is a link to a post that I found very interesting. I think that Fatima’s story is a lot like my own, and that many associated with the AIF would find familiar as well, regardless of their individual religious expressions. Masha’Allah we have a place to gather together! “I found the local mosque and [...]