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Poetry
Resurrecting My Father’s Voice
My father and I would constantly communicate over the phone It was the only way to make Detroit and Edmonton…
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Clergy Corner
Who Are the 99 Percent?
The word mustadhafeen (the downtrodden/oppressed) comes from the Arabic root da-aa-fa, meaning weak or feeble. However, when put onto the…
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Features
The Martyrdom of Fatima
Brandishing their torches They stood outside her home “Come out; plead thy allegiance!” We want power for our own. The…
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Clergy Corner
Mawla: Friend or Guardian?
Studying the old lexical, literal, and commentary texts shows that Mawla means “guardian”, “being more appropriate than the believers”, and…
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