Am I a bad Muslim? This is a question I frequently ask myself when I realize that I don’t finish all my fasts as part of Ramadan. I’m not afraid to go out on a short skirt if I feel confident. I don’t pray five times a day. Most of all, my girlfriend and I […]

One week after the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left 50 dead and dozens more injured, the New Zealand television station, 1 NEWS, broadcast this video. Click on the link below to watch it. Thousands disperse after honouring Christchurch mosque attack victims – ‘We have shown NZ is unbreakable’ Source: 1 […]

March is Women’s History Month and March 8 is International Women’s Day – a time for celebration! I am Chair of the Women’s Task Force at the Parliament of the World’s Religions and many are still basking in the glow of the recent 2018 Parliament in Toronto where over 8,000 people came to celebrate our […]

The Nigerian general elections took place on Saturday, February 23, 2019. The two main presidential candidates shared a similar faith background, something not reflected in the previous election. This post centers on the significance of religious identities in a political context and how religious polarization becomes a reflection of other facets of socio-political identity. I […]