Family

With COVID-19 numbers surging in the U.S. and Canada at this writing, the options for winter break 2020 fun seem limited.

In our times, it seems the family unit has become a complex, compartmentalized, configuration of many moving schedules that must run like clockwork or risk catastrophe! Parents often leave the home early each day to work in offices, factories or retail environments.

Assalamu alaikum:

Ramadan Mubarak! I pray that Ramadan is full of blessings and productivity for you and your family. 

Frederick Douglass played a key role in the American anti-slavery movement during the 19th century. His speeches and writings, which shared his first-hand experience as a slave who escaped from the clutches of slaveholders, helped sway public opinion against the institution. How can we commemorate his birth? 

If you want to get a glimpse of the future of Islam in America, take a good look at the state of the Muslim family here today. Here is a discussion of the challenges family faces in America and some tools from an islmic perspective.