Mar 21, 2020Friday Sermon Series: Will the Coronavirus Teach Us Humility?We must always remember we are not invincible — It is truly amazing what humanity has achieved. We have been to the moon. We have sequenced the human genome. We can even design babies. In my field of critical care medicine, diseases that uniformly killed not that long ago are now survivable. …Religion3 min read
Dec 7, 2019The Peloton Commercial Scandal: This Is The Real Story Behind What We SawShe was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was an unusually aggressive form of breast cancer. She needed multiple surgeries. She needed several months of very harsh chemotherapy. It weakened her to the core. She lost all of her hair, and she had a lot of very debilitating side effects. She…Peloton3 min read
Oct 29, 2019A Beautiful Soul Returns To The Beautiful OneToday, my maternal grandmother Zainab passed away. She had been sick for quite a while, and she finally returned to her Lord this morning. Thank God, she was not in pain, not in distress, and she was not in an ICU with tubes and lines running in and out of…Family3 min read
Aug 4, 2019El Paso Terrorist Attack: Words MatterThose who constantly demonize immigrants can not get a free pass — Take a look at this picture. Take a long, hard look. This is what happens when anti-immigrant hate speech goes un-condemned and unopposed. In the wake of the Christchurch massacres, I spoke out against those who constantly demonized Muslims as “terrorists” and the “other,” and I wrote: In the wake…Hate3 min read
Apr 11, 2019As An American Muslim, The Church Fires in Louisiana Are Very DistressingThis is an issue that affects all communities of faith — Almost 100 investigators are working to determine who is behind a series of black church fires in Louisiana: About 100 investigators are working to find who is behind a series of church fires that have struck rural areas of Louisiana in recent weeks. The fires, which have prompted calls for…Church3 min read
Mar 28, 2019Why Judge Jeanine Pirro’s Comments About ‘Sharia Law’ Were WrongWas she saying that my not eating pork or drinking alcohol makes me un-American? — “Think about this,” she said. “She’s not getting this anti-Israel sentiment doctrine from the Democrat Party. So if it’s not rooted in the Party, where is she getting it from? Think about it. Omar wears a hijab. Which, according to the Quran 33:59, tells women to cover so they ‘won’t…Islam5 min read
Mar 18, 2019The Silver Lining Of The New Zealand HorrorLove will always trump hate — I was blessed to attend an interfaith vigil in solidarity for the victims of the New Zealand massacre. It was held at one of the mosques at which I regularly attend prayers. They originally had space set up for 500 people. …Islamophobia3 min read
Mar 16, 2019My Perpetual CondemnationI ask the Precious Lord God, as well as all you here, to bear witness — Time and and time again, I am contacted by people wondering why I — and the “silent majority” of Muslims — have not condemned the violence perpetrated against innocent people by Muslims in the name of Islam. …Islam3 min read
Mar 16, 2019‘Words Matter’: No One Is Calling For the Curbing of Free Speech in the Wake of New ZealandThe claim by some is a distraction from the real issue of incitement — I am beginning to see a trend — in the wake of the savage massacre of Muslim worshippers in New Zealand — among some pundits and commentators. They are claiming some are using the barbaric murder of Muslims in New Zealand as a pretext to “curb free speech.” …Islam3 min read
Mar 15, 2019New Zealand Mosque Massacres: Words MatterThose who have demonized Islam and Muslims will not get a free pass — Take a look at this picture. Take a long, hard look. This is the reality that is Islamophobia. This is the result of the endless and incessant demonization and attack on Islam and Muslims. …Islamophobia5 min read