This past week Muslims worldwide celebrated the act of sacrifice that Prophet Abraham was inspired to do through a vision he had. During Haj and Aidil Adha festivities, sacrifice has a religious connotation with its practice of ritual slaughter of animals. However, the Qur’an is explicit that God is not interested in the sacrificial act itself but rather the commitment and devotion to faith and goodness, and against the urge to deny God and to do evil...
We live in a world today where people are assumed guilty until proven innocent because of associations with ethnicity, religion, legal status, political views or even when they exercise their rights to free speech that is against the current ruler or administration. Although this is the norm under authoritarian regimes, it is becoming increasingly commonplace in the US where people are arrested without warrants, deported without due process and publicly dehumanized for articulating their sufferings and demanding just retributions...
The COVID-19 pandemic was a global health crisis, but its economic impacts were profoundly shaped by anticipation, fear, and overreaction. Historically, recessions are triggered by fundamental economic downturns, but the COVID-19 recession highlighted a unique dynamic: corporate anticipation itself accelerated and magnified economic damage, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. This comprehensive analysis delves deeply into governmental policy responses, corporate sector reactions, employment impacts, and financial market behaviors to reveal how anticipatory actions reshaped the trajectory and severity of the downturn...
Recently, I traveled to Morocco with my husband and children. My husband, a Canadian citizen and U.S. green card holder, was extremely anxious about the trip. We had heard numerous stories of non-citizens—particularly Muslims—facing difficulties when re-entering the United States...
Throughout April and May, college campuses across the U.S. became centers of protest as thousands of students demanded a ceasefire in Gaza and pushed their universities to divest from companies tied to the Israeli military. Encampments sprang up from coast to coast, from Columbia to UCLA, uniting students across race, faith, and background in a call for peace and justice...
All of us at MyLLife are excited and honored to welcome one of our Summer 2025 Communtiy Fellows, Esha Sarwar!
