Have we forgotten — in the pressure of so many things coming down on us all at the same time — that we begin to imagine that others are in control because it seems that way on the surface? We have to force ourselves to remember who is in control. And what are the evidences — like in Surah Maryam — of that control. I pray that this Ramadan enables all of us to put faith first over fear.
Dr. Aminah Al-Deen is professor emerita of Islamic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at DePaul University. In 2006, she founded the United States’ first undergraduate baccalaureate program in Islamic World Studies. She is the former Editor in Chief of the Journal of Islamic Law & Culture. Her book publications include: African American Islam, Questions of Faith, Transnational Muslims in America, Introduction to Islam in the 21st Century, Global Muslims in the 21st century, History of Arab Americans: Exploring Diverse Roots and Muslim Ethics in the 21st Century. She is currently the Black-American Muslim Internationalism Project Director and Primary Investigator. She leads the multifaceted research, archiving, and public programming for the project
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