Music

Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring Mr. Hudson “Why I Love You” lyrics off their Watch The Throne album. [Chorus – Mr Hudson] oooooh I love you so But why I love you I’ll never know (x4) [Jay-Z] Picture if you will, that the throne was burning Rome was burning, and I’m sitting in the corner all alone […]

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Imam M. Shamsi Ali, head of New York City’s 96th Street Mosque, shares his thoughts on the recent horrific killings of U.N. workers and Afghanis:  As Imam at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York, Director of the Jamaica Muslim Center and Chairman of Masjid Al-Hikmah, as well as on a personal level, I unequivocally […]

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Yesterday, I had the chance to sit with the developers of Park 51, the new Muslim commununity center that will be built in lower Manhattan. Sharif El-Gamal and his partner, Nour Mousa sat in my office for over an hour and told me their vision for the center, which they have been working on for […]

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Sacrifice is an element in sports that many athletes accept in order to better the team and better themselves.  In the case of Minnesota Vikings safety, Husain Abdullah, his sacrifice is for his faith. Husain Abdullah has been a practicing Muslim since he was 7 years old and now that the holy month of Ramadan […]

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by Rabbi Marc Schneier (Rabbi Marc Schneier is the president and founder of The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, whose Chairman of The Board is Russell Simmons. He also currently chairs the World Jewish Congress United States. Schneier was a featured speaker at this year’s Organizations for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Conference on Tolerance and […]

Style

Ya boy Philadelphia Freeway chops it up with The Deen Show, which is a Muslim film company that strives to provide the correct information about Islam to Muslims and non-Muslims alike from authentic sources which include The Quran and The Sunnah. Basically it’s a show about Islam and Muslims directed to all people. Either way […]

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by Russell Simmons For far too long in this beautiful country we call our home, we have accepted hate and hatred speech.  Although we are a nation that is founded and proud of its freedom of speech, it is also up to each of us to take on the responsibility to not abuse that freedom […]

by Russell Simmons For far too long in this beautiful country we call our home, we have accepted hate and hatred speech.  Although we are a nation that is founded and proud of its freedom of speech, it is also up to each of us to take on the responsibility to not abuse that freedom […]

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Last night at the home of Russell Simmons, Swizz Beatz was honored by the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding, which is a national non-profit dedicated to strengthening relations between ethnic communities.  They are committed to the belief that direct, face-to-face dialogue between ethnic communities is the most effective path towards the reduction of bigotry and the […]

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It is a simple fact that all human beings have the same aspirations, wants, needs and desires.  I believe that when leading men of faith get in a room to discuss tolerance and respect it’s easy to make great progress.  The hard part is getting them in the room. I am excited to announce that […]