Malcolm X’s Letter From Hajj

Back in the 1960s, American civil rights activist and popular figure Malcolm X performed Hajj. This was a period when the American society was rife with racial tensions, and there was rampant segregation between Black and White. Initially, Malcolm X was associated with a group called Nation of Islam, which considered the white man to…

Martial Arts Led Me To Islam

My experience in Islam began as a graduate student in New York City in 1998. Up to that point in my life, for 25 years, I had been a Protestant Christian, but had not been practicing my religion for quite some time. I was more interested in “spirituality” and looking for anything that didn’t have…

Islam Has Made Me A Better Person

My name is Troy Bagnall. I’m a 22-year-old (soon to be 23) college student at Arizona State University (ASU) from Phoenix, Arizona in the US. I’m in a film and media studies program at ASU too. I accepted Islam this past February for a multitude of reasons. I had been interested in Islam for quite…

Muhammad Ali: An American Muslim

Muhammad Ali, the greatest boxer this world has ever known, is no more. The fact that he is gone is difficult to swallow. For years, Ali was renowned as a larger than life figure, “the greatest” as he would call himself, and the demise of a man of such high stature is surely a void…

In The Lucidity Of A Solemn Silence

In the lucidity of a solemn silenceThe night overtook those who transgressed.Nations we liberated and others we builtAs shelters for masses oppressed. Our hearts resounded with a hungry pulseTo make real what was already instilled;And then His Will became our ownPotentiality, sought and fulfilled. Souls that were owned by the Owner of allYearned to disrobe their…