The month of November has become synonymous with gratitude and giving. Despite the holiday’s complicated history, Thanksgiving Day, typically observed on the fourth Thursday of the month, has become a time for families to gather and express thanks for their blessings.
The United States of America has continuously tried to silence and exterminate Native American culture. Through forced removals, broken treaties, and racist violence, the U.S. has spent numerous years and resources on this cause.
O humanity! Indeed, We created you from a male and a female, and made you into peoples and tribes so that you may ˹get to˺ know one another. Surely the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous among you. Allah is truly All-Knowing, All-Aware
This summer our (my two youngest and I) journey to understanding collective suffering began with: oppression is not confined to one people or one moment in history. It is a pattern—repeated, documented, and carried across generations.
Nakiyah had always loved how Ahoskie, North Carolina, felt at dusk. Cicadas tuned their small fiddles, and the world seemed to hum like a living drum. On those evenings, the porch at her grandparents’ house became a tiny planet. A dented kettle hissed on the stove.
It was narrated from Salamah bin ‘Ubaidullah bin Mihsan Al-Ansari that his father said:
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Whoever among you wakes up physically healthy, feeling safe and secure within himself, with food for the day, it is as if he acquired the whole world.’
When we look to Suratul Falaq, “The Dawn or the Daybreak” we find the majesty and wonder of Allah and all of his power. In this mere five verse chapter of the Holy Quran, we learn to seek refugee, or safety from very specific corruptions that negatively impact man – darkness, sorcery, jealo