Archive for November, 2017

Canadian Ingrid Mattson how she became a Muslim

Canadian Ingrid Mattson how she became a Muslim

Ingrid Mattson (born August 24, 1963) is a Muslim religious leader, a professor of Islamic Studies. She is the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. Mattson is a former president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) and was described as “Perhaps the most noticed figure among American Muslim women” in a 2010[Read More…]

November 19, 2017 0 comments Faith
Deep roots of Western Muslim culture (Idris Mears)

Deep roots of Western Muslim culture (Idris Mears)

Idris Mears was born in 1951 and studied English at Oxford University. He entered Islam in 1973 and attended Al Azhar University. He has been a publisher with Diwan Press and an educator with various Islamic education projects. He was director of the Association of Muslim Schools 2002 – 2008 and remains on its board as fundraiser. He is a[Read More…]

November 16, 2017 0 comments History & Culture
What’s Islam? Islam in Brief (Yusuf Estes)

What’s Islam? Islam in Brief (Yusuf Estes)

Yusuf Estes was born in the mid-west United States 1944 to a religious Christian family. They to Houston, Texas in 1949 where he grew in the Disciples of Christ and was baptized into the church in 1956. Over the years he completed his studies in music and became a music teacher, well known entertainer and businessman and finally a music[Read More…]

November 12, 2017 0 comments Faith
Civic and racial identity of American Muslims (Dr.Sherman Jackson)

Civic and racial identity of American Muslims (Dr.Sherman Jackson)

“Our problem as Muslims is not that we have commitments to different collective identities; our problem is that we tend to treat our collective identities as if they represented ultimate truth, as if they were Islam itself, as if they were an idol though whose appeasement we derive some sense of psycho-spiritual well-being or fulfill some cosmic mission. Our collective[Read More…]

November 12, 2017 0 comments Our vision