Today would have been El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz’ 95th birthday. I’ve been told by friends and mentors that I can’t have him as a hero if I want to be involved in politics. Dr. King – good. El-Sabazz – bad. El-Hajj… Read More ›
I created the Targeted Violence Prevention Program because I knew that using sting operations against individuals often leads to individuals with a variety of cognitive or behavioral problems being lured into criminal conduct. The luring is done by unscrupulous predators… Read More ›
As we come to another anniversary of the horrific and barbaric attacks against innocent people on September 11, 2001 I urge us all to remember that the threats we faced before 9/11, on 9/11, and since that fateful day are… Read More ›
Teaching Tolerance is Good Requiring K-12 history textbooks to include LGBTQ figures (click here to reach about the Illinois bill) is the right thing to do. This allows our children to see LGBTQ people as part of the community and… Read More ›
Around the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday people are eager to share a meme, a story, or a MLK quote to show their support for the work, values, and vision of Dr. King. One that comes to mind in… Read More ›
Noor Salman, the wife of mass murderer/terrorist Omar Mateen (the man who killed 49 people and injured many others at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, FL in 2016) is being prosecuted for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization ,… Read More ›
There are some things that should never make it into even a rough first draft of a kid’s grammar school essay let alone a policy document from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This is from the Washington Post: A… Read More ›
This article was also published at http://www.beliefnet.com. I am a Muslim. As a Muslim I am offended, disturbed and dismayed by the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that first appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in September 2005 and subsequently… Read More ›
