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What should Juneteenth mean for Muslims Widespread recognition of Juneteenth as a federal holiday carries the hope of change for not only the Black community but for all minorities in America. What is Juneteenth and…

“Becoming numb is inevitable when living in a country that makes killing people easy” was a quotation on social media that captures the essence of the newest Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas USA. Yet…

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when US Union Major General Gordon Granger announced the end of slavery in Galveston, Texas, in accordance with then US President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Over 150 years has…

It’s a tragedy that we can’t imagine but it plagues all communities. As Muslims, we must ask why and what is the Islamic solution.