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Lectures
Overcoming Emotional Doubt
How can we keep our theology strong in the face of Islamophobia and tragedy? Often there are intellectual doubts that invade our minds, but sometimes those doubts manifest from our hearts. Sh. Ibrahim Hindy breaks down...
COVID-19 and Islam: The Balance Between Faith and Science
A believer has both faith in the Unseen and an acknowledgment of science. Imam Muhammad Mendes addresses faulty thinking around Coronavirus concerns on both sides of the spectrum: from disregarding scripture to ignoring...
Webinar | COVID-19: Spirituality, Anxiety, Practicality
How do we manage our spirituality and mental health during the Coronavirus outbreak? The outbreak of COVID-19 is stressful for people and communities. In addition to fear of the risk of the disease itself, voluntary...
The Plague that Killed Sahaba and the Coronavirus
In light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Sh. Omar Suleiman delivers a special lecture on the Amwas plague, the first plague to claim the lives of hundreds of Sahaba and thousands of people in the 7th century. He...
Race and the Future of Muslim American Leadership
This video is part of the Black Heritage Collection.
How can we reclaim our narrative and the moral high ground? Dr. Jimmy Jones discusses race and the future of Muslim American leadership.
The Muslim Selma Marcher – Khadijah Moton Ghafur
Learn about the civil rights movement from someone who lived through it. Khadijah Moton Ghafur shares her story from the Movement, her experience at the Selma March, and meeting luminaries like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr...
Malcolm & Martin: Intersecting Visions of Justice
This video was originally produced and published by the University of Michigan. On Tuesday, September 17, 2019, the University of Michigan hosted Imam Omar Suleiman for a keynote speech at the MLK symposium event...
Black History, American Muslims, and Conversations about Race
Senior Fellow Dr. Muhammad Khalifa sits down with Sh. Omar Suleiman to discuss their co-authored publication on ancestral knowledge and the role of culture when it includes an element of resistance, as well as how to...
Financing Kindness | 2019 MAS-ICNA Convention
“To understand the waqf is to understand Islamic philanthropy.” Dr. Zara Khan presents a paper on the the history, the present, and the future of Islamic charitable endowments. Read Khalil Abdur...
Explaining Islam: Rev. Dr. George Mason with Imam Omar Suleiman
Sh. Omar Suleiman sits down with Rev. Dr. George A. Mason for a conversation on faith, the origins of Islam, and the relationship between Christians and Muslims. Part of the “Approaching Jesus as Muslims”...
Islamic Apologetics
“Islamic orthodoxy” is a spectrum. If there is a “disagreement of conflict” as opposed to a “disagreement of variety”, both positions can belong to Islamic orthodoxy, because both...
