Islamophobia is nothing new. The earliest Muslim communities of the Prophetic age dealt with the fear of the new way of life brought by Islam and the people who practiced it – Muslims.

Let us make a serious effort to fight hate on campus.

With the recent terrorist attack on a Canadian Muslim family of five, leaving one survivor in London, Ontario, fear is the last thing that should control our next step. 

Ramadan was great for Sarah. She actually started praying five times a day on time. But once the blessed month is over she the momentum, drive and motivation that kept her going faded out. 

Ramadan 2021 has ended with a bang,…and for some of us, now a whimper.

By the token of time

Surely humankind is at a loss

Except those who believe and do righteous deeds, and enjoin each other to truth and patience

(Quran, Chapter 103)

With final exams falling during the last week of Ramadan 2021, students may be struggling to study efficiently and effectively while fasting during the day and praying late into the night.