&#x201C;Why do Muslims hate America so much?&#x201D; You&#x2019;ve probably heard this question countless times on the news, in Hollywood, or even in conversations around you. But the truth is nothing like you&#x2019;ve been told, and us Muslims know that. Dr. Omar Suleiman challenges this narrative and reveals the reality behind these misconceptions.

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The pursuit of fairness and equity within society based on Islamic principles of rights and responsibilities. It involves advocating for the oppressed and ensuring economic balance.

Social Justice

The Nakba Explained: Why Israel Won't Win

Srebrenica Massacre Explained: Europe’s Muslim Genocide

This topic discusses the presence, history, and experiences of Muslim communities living in Western nations. It addresses contemporary challenges regarding identity and integration while highlighting the positive contributions of Muslims to Western societies.

Islam in the West

The Dirty Truth Behind Paris’ River Seine

Rohingya Genocide Explained: Myanmar's Muslim Massacres

Everything That Didn't Happen on October 7th

Find resources and guidance on raising children with strong Islamic values and character. This category offers practical advice on nurturing faith, discipline, and emotional development within the family unit.

Parenting

Should Muslims Celebrate Halloween?

Malcolm X Was Denied Entry to Mecca. What Happened Next Changed History.

Why Muslim Prisoners Are The Key to Ending Empires

The Truth About Muslims Hating America

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Video

This section explores how Islamic maxims can address contemporary political questions and enrich our social landscapes. Content covers identity, ideologies, social justice, and more from an Islamic ethical perspective.

Politics & Practical Theology

Islamic history provides a rich resource of wisdom from the Prophet's life and the legacy of scholars to help us navigate present challenges. This heritage offers insights to address current issues and misunderstandings.

History

This lecture draws powerful parallels between historical and contemporary suppression of Muslim voices, arguing that Muslim solidarity has always been perceived as a threat by oppressive regimes — and has always outlasted them. The video profiles three Muslim figures across different eras whose imprisonment or exile exemplifies a recurring state playbook: silence the most visible representatives of resistance to demoralize a movement. The first is Sa'id ibn Jubayr, a 7th-century scholar who refused to grant religious legitimacy to the brutal Umayyad governor al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. Despite years of hiding, continued teaching, and community protection, Sa'id was eventually captured and executed — yet his scholarly legacy endures in hadith collections and tafsir studied to this day, while al-Hajjaj's political order collapsed. The second is Amir Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi, a 19th-century Algerian scholar-soldier who built a mobile Islamic state to resist French colonial invasion. When France exiled him to Damascus in 1847, believing the resistance was over, his supporters continued carrying his teachings and legal judgments across borders. Algeria ultimately gained independence in 1962 after 132 years of French occupation. The third is Imam Jamil al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown), a 20th-century American Muslim leader who linked racial oppression in America to global patterns of injustice. Convicted under deeply contested circumstances, he died imprisoned in 2025 after decades in solitary confinement, yet his abolitionist writings and principles continue to inspire Muslim communities. The lecture concludes by connecting these historical cases to present-day detentions of figures like Mahmoud Khalil and others, urging Muslims to organize, pool resources for legal defense, build surveillance-resistant communication networks, archive information, and support families — because communities rooted in truth have consistently outlasted the regimes that sought to silence them.

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Research Director of Islam and Society

Tom Facchine

The moral principles and values derived from the Quran and Sunnah that guide human behavior. It emphasizes virtues such as justice, compassion, and integrity in both personal and social contexts.

Islamic Ethics

This section includes theoretical and empirical research on parenting, education, culture, marriage, and other content related to social interactions.

Explained

Other series

40 Hadiths on Social Justice

Confident Muslim

Sayedaty

The Faith Revival

Proofs of Prophethood

To Know Him is to Love Him: Finding Answers Through Allah's Attributes

Khutbahs

Virtues of Dhul Hijjah

Firm Roots

The Firsts (Sahaba Stories) | The Forerunners of Islam

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