By YOUSEF DRUMMOND THERE will always be a familiar but disturbing story line traversing through the history of this republic: the issue of race and politics. Politicians in general steer away from such volatile issues; some lose credibility altogether when they hit this “third rail” of American politics. Former senate majority leader Trent Lott, for [...]
YVONNE RIDLEY I HAVE been a feminist for as long as I can remember and have always stood up for women's rights. But as soon as you mention feminism it has certain men raising their eyes heavenwards and creates an 'us and them' division. Actually this irrational male fear of feminism is pretty much universal [...]
YVONNE RIDLEY THE war drums are beating ever louder in the direction of Iran. Time after time Israel and its supporters in America warn that Iran “must” never obtain nuclear weapons. Earlier this month all five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus nine of the ten non-permanent members approved a new round of [...]
By YOUSEF DRUMMOND I remember a disturbing episode that occurred in my neighborhood grocery store one recent night in Queens, New York. A young African-American male, with his pants down below his waist, was yelling in fits and starts at an Arab grocery-store owner in the most virulent and distasteful manner – with expletives and all [...]
By YOUSEF DRUMMOND IN January of 2005 the British and Western media expressed moral outrage at Prince Harry wearing a German Afrika Korps uniform - with a swastika affixed to it – at a party. What the mainstream media didn’t tell us was that his brother, Prince William, wore a Zulu outfit with black tights [...]
By YOUSEF DRUMMOND FOR the past month or so my private thoughts ruminate about the global Muslim Ummah and I try to outline factors that are contributing to our emasculation or ineffectiveness on both spiritual and political spheres. I am sure that readers will think about other factors as well. The prophet Muhammad (may the [...]
