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The Texas State Board of Education's approval of a mandatory K–12 reading list incorporating selected biblical passages marks one of the most consequential developments in American public education in decades. Beginning with the 2030–31 school year, millions of Texas public school students will be required to read biblical texts as part of their English and literature curriculum, making Texas the first state to require such readings statewide. Because Texas is the nation's se

One of the great tragedies of human history is that people have often mistaken their understanding of God for God Himself. They have wrapped the Infinite in the garments of tribe, nation, race, language, and religious identity, and then defended those garments as though they were divine. Yet the Eternal cannot be confined within the walls built by the temporary. The Creator of all cannot belong exclusively to a part. The notion that God created the universe merely for His own

The following article is from my sister-in-law in Islamabad, Pakistan. She is one of Pakistan's notable educationists. My cousin, Javed Umar Bhai, passed away in December 2024. Here she documents her journey with my brother. By Izhar Izhar There are people whose departure creates a silence that no sound can fill. Their absence settles gently into every corner of life—the empty chair, the unfinished conversation, the familiar footsteps that no longer echo through the home. My

I do not know the day I was born. The people who bought and sold me never cared to record it. They counted cotton bales, horses, and profits. They counted us too, but not as human beings. We were numbers on ledgers, hands in the fields, backs beneath the whip, and names written in fading ink on pieces of paper that could be torn apart as easily as our families. But I remember another day. I remember June 19, 1865. Before America called it Juneteenth, before politicians spoke

History remembers June 19, 1865, as the day freedom finally arrived in Texas. Yet Juneteenth is more than a date on a calendar. It is the culmination of centuries of suffering, resistance, hope, and struggle. To understand its significance, one must understand the institution of slavery that shaped the Americas, the forces that brought it to an end, the resistance to emancipation, and the determination of formerly enslaved people to celebrate and preserve their hard-won freed

For I do not even know myself. I wander through the corridors of my own thoughts like a stranger lost in an endless city. Sometimes I do not understand the sadness within me, the longing within me, the silence within me. But whenever I remember You, the scattered pieces of my soul begin to gather again. In remembering You, I recognize myself. In turning toward You, I discover what remains alive inside me. When pain descends upon me like a storm, and the world grows narrow aro

The roads of this world are crowded, yet lonely. Every face carries a story, every heart hides a wound, and every soul walks toward an unseen destination. Some travel with wealth, some with grief, some with power, and some with nothing but prayers trembling quietly on their lips. Yet in the end, all are travelers. No one builds a permanent home beneath a passing sky. From the moment a child opens his eyes to the world, the journey begins. The mother who cradles him knows, eve

Dr. Aslam Abdullah Human civilization did not begin with fire. It did not begin with the wheel, the plow, the spear, or the first city rising from the dust of a river valley. Civilization began when the first mother held the first child against her chest and decided that this fragile life must survive. Anthropologists search for the origins of civilization in bones, tools, caves, and ruins. Some point to the discovery of fire as humanity's defining leap. Others point to agric

A Story About Community, Dignity, and the Muslim Funeral Service of the USA On a cold evening in Chicago, a Muslim family stood in a hospital hallway, holding one another in silence. Their father had just returned to his Lord. There were tears, of course. There were duʿāʾs whispered under trembling breath. There was the recitation: “Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we return.” — Qur’an 2:156 But alongside the grief came something unexpected — anxiety. “How much wi

In the beginning, before time wove its endless threads, there was the One—Almighty, Eternal, Absolute. All that breathes, all that moves,...

Every nation-state, even the most unified, reflects diversity in race, ethnicity, religion, ideology, and politics. Today,...

How often have you heard the following calls from the pulpits of Muslim places of worship? How often have you heard that our prayers are...

After drifting back into semi-consciousness, the first words I heard were a whisper: “Is he dead?” At that moment, a verse from the...

The beheading by two Muslims of a Hindu tailor who supported the ruling party's spokesperson's insulting comments against Prophet...

Death is a reality, and COVID-19 pandemics has turned it into an everyday experience. Approximately 150,000 people die daily. COVID-19...

Sha'ban is the eight-month of Islamic lunar calendar. In the pre-Islamic era, the month following Rajab was a month of trade and warfare...

The concept of Akhira is the foundation of Islam. It's a simple concept based on logic and specific fixed laws. It is not a mystery or an...

In the US, with each passing day, the debate about Shariah is getting complicated. Some perceive Shariah as a threat to the US...

Stoning to death is a slow death by collective torture. The Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible introduced it as a legitimate...

Is Allah (God) so insecure of his majesty that he wants us to kill those who insult him or his Messenger and Prophet? Mumtaz Qadri, was...