Assalamu Alaikum and Greetings of Peace, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Oklahoma Muslim community for their participation in this pivotal election. I am proud of our community’s unwavering commitment to mobilizing for a brighter future, despite...
For the last 12 years, I have served as the executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and, for the past five years, I also have had the privilege of teaching Religious Studies at a large university. With this extensive...
Fasting, particularly for a new Muslim, can be a jarring experience. Imagine voluntarily giving up all food and drink — including the caffeinated beverages we rely on to keep us in motion — during sunlight hours for 30 days straight! Most of us, void of the faith...
I remember when I converted to Islam at the tender age of 17 ― a student at Edmond Santa Fe High School surrounded by peers who would find it hard to understand the new faith I embraced with its strict rules regarding no pork, no alcohol and absolutely no dating. The...
The year I turned 17, I approached the holy month of Ramadan with both excitement and anxiety as a new Muslim. Although the physical difficulty of fasting — refraining from eating or drinking from dawn to sunset — became easier, the spiritual trial of improving my...
