During Women’s History Month we honor our predecessors and now that the end of the month is upon us, I would like to honor some of the women that help make Rabata the amazing organization it is. To be clear, there are hundreds of women working to further the goals of creating community, developing scholars, […]
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Statement in support of the people of Flint, Michigan Since April 2014, pregnant women, infants, strong men, bright teenagers and energetic children have been drinking poisoned water in Flint, Michigan. When the water supply was switched from Detroit to the polluted Flint river to save money, the corrosive elements in the water damaged an old
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We at Rabata voice our support for policies and programs that promote gun control and prevent gun violence. We grieve the death, injury and emotional pain caused by gun violence in the United States and call upon women and men to work together against gun violence. As Muslims we are called upon to enjoin what
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Hatred, evil, anger and fear; war, bombing, terrorism, and death; sometimes it feels overwhelming. But Thanksgiving brings our thoughts to thankfulness and gratitude, reminding us that God is greater than all of this evil. Join us at Rabata as we lift our voices in a Latifiyya (say Ya Latif – call upon the gentle, subtle,
Listen Up America! In a little house in Amsterdam seven people huddled. They were afraid for their lives and indeed only one will survive. Anne Frank’s Jewish family was hiding from the Christian Nazis who hated them. They tried to get away. They applied for emigration status to both England and the United States of
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To God we belong and it is to Him that we return… The blessed upbringer and expert legal scholar, al-Hajja Duriyya al-‘Ayta has transferred on to the mercy of her Lord today. “If a scholar dies a gash opens up in Islam, and nothing will close it until the day of judgement.” We cannot console
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[Anse Tamara was a guest speaker at The Parliament of World Religions held in Salt Lake City, Utah. The following is her speech at the Plenary – Faith in Women on Oct 16] I am honored to speak in front of an audience of God Lovers. We are each a sign of the absolute truth
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October 9th, 2015 It is not often that we are blessed with beautiful examples of what it means to be good. Coach Salah Abdul-Razacq was one of those examples. I visited Ustadha Zaynab Ansari and Abu Salah, as his wife lovingly and respectfully referred to him, in their home last year. I was struck by
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I often wonder what might have been written about the Prophet ﷺ if he had visited Japan, Europe, or the indigenous peoples of the American continents. We know, for example, that the Prophet ﷺ ate in the most beautiful way: clean, tidy and in the custom of the Arabs. He ate with his hands. If
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In 1947 an unnamed Muslim woman in Aleppo stood up against oppression, violence and political fury. This was the year that the United Nations voted to create Israel. Anger and outrage erupted amongst Arabs as they watched in disbelief as the global community decided to turn over an entire nation to another people. That anger
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