Samana Siddiqui

For kids under the age of 10, being active and outdoors are a necessary element to a fun and fruitful summer. These 40 ideas with an Islamic flavor offer unique ways to make the days off meaningful and memorable. 

Even with a job and summer school, the summer weeks can and should be marked by fun and frolic, balanced with a growing sense of responsibility as young adults. Here are a couple of ideas for tweens and teens.

For someone whose name was going to be "peace", Salam died under violent circumstances.

It had been barely 24 hours after the terrorist attack on the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. In the wake of the shock and pain of seeing employees, and most heartbreakingly, children from the daycare there, being carried out covered in blood, came the fury at the attackers.

Despite seemingly logical explanations for those “Mr. and Mrs. Only” invitations, there are good reasons for Muslim families to include children in wedding celebrations. Here are three big ones.

Who started racism in the United States? Racism is the belief that one’s race, skin color, or more generally, one’s group, be it of religious, national or ethnic identity, is superior to others in humanity. History of racism in American landscape primarily since the European colonization of North America  beginning in the 17th century.

As the single most identifiable Muslim institution, the mosque or Islamic center must become the hub of all things relating to Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him. Here are 9 ways to do that. 

Plan to "upgrade" your Masjid in the coming year with ideas to reconnect to the community and make it the dynamic, including optimistic Friday sermons, a Muslim joke festival, a Facebook page, and a way to text donations, among other ideas.