American Muslim organizations unequivocally condemn attack at Ford Hood, Texas, and express their deepest condolences to the victims and their families.
Here is a sample press release condemning shooting at Fort Hood army base in Texas that your Islamic center can adopt, rewrite and issue the following statement to your local media.
Getting basic healthcare is rarely an issue in most industrialized and even a number of non-industrialized countries today. The United States, on the other hand, is a very different story. Every year, close to 18,000 people in the United States die due to a lack of health insurance.
Studies estimate that the number of excess deaths among uninsured adults age 25-64 is in the range of 22,000 a year. This mortality figure is more than the number of deaths from diabetes (17,500) within the same age group.
Here are a series of disturbing statistics from various sources about the plague of domestic violence that continues to make millions of women, children and men suffer in America.
It's not avoiding food or even the drink I'm worried about this Ramadan. Fasting from these, the core of what the Ramadan experience is about, is hard but Alhamdu lillah doable. What I'm really worried about is email and Facebook.