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The Prayer for Breaking the Fast


all Muslims recite when they break their fast. At iftaar (the fast-breaking meal at sunset) recite this out loud, after which the fasting members of my family would break their fast with a date. Fasting does not end unless this prayer is recited:
"Allahuma inni laka sumtu wa bika aamantu wa 'alayka tawakkaltu wa 'ala rizq-ika aftarthu."
Oh Allah! I fasted for You and I believe in You [and I put my trust in You] and I break my fast with your sustenance."... (continue reading)

More police violence caught on tape in Oscar Grant case


Why won't the DA prosecute? Join us in demanding answers.





Dear Iman,

It wasn't just one cop attacking Oscar Grant on New Year's Eve. A new video shows that before Grant was killed, officer Tony Pirone punched him in the face without cause, hitting him so hard that he dropped to the ground. Experts have called it criminal. So why has the District Attorney said he's not pursuing charges?

It took two weeks and thousands of... (continue reading)

Many African Americans perceives the election of President Barack Obama to be the long awaited change that the late Sam Cooke beautifully sang of or that the late Dr. King so movingly gave speeches about.
Many also now believe that the fight for equality in the United State is now over and that we have finally overcame. While I must admit that I t oo was moved upon witnessing the historical 08 election of America's first Black President sentence, however, we must be careful not to become... (continue reading)