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Police-Public Encounters: It is all about the Ninth Commandment
It was not long after I arrived in the United States as an international student in the Spring of 1970 that I happened to witness a quirk...
Iqbal Unus
Jun 17, 20202 min read
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Shrinking Our Space, Expanding Our Horizons
Covid19 has defined our existence during these few months, and has changed our social interactions in more ways than we might imagine....
Iqbal Unus
Apr 16, 20201 min read
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A Seminary’s Call: Leadership for Our Time and Our Place
A few years ago a young person called me from somewhere in North Carolina. He was distraught, he said, because he could not connect with...
Iqbal Unus
Nov 16, 20192 min read
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The ‘Greatest’ Graces Louisville Airport
Flying to Louisville will be different now. You would be landing at the newly re-named Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in...
Iqbal Unus
Jan 19, 20192 min read
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A Festival Galore: Eat, buy, play and enjoy
IT Â was a good day to be out of doors. Unseasonably warm temperature on a quite weekend would invite you to a park or playground. Yet a...
Iqbal Unus
May 6, 20181 min read
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Educating Disadvantaged Children: Why Your Involvement Matters
The graphic above illustrates a point that will resonate with most of us – that education of dispossessed, disadvantaged or distressed...
Iqbal Unus
Jan 27, 20182 min read
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American. Muslim. Immigrant. Surprise?
A Somali teenager from Minnesota, an observant Muslim, a student at Harvard (which she chose from all the eight ivory league universities...
Iqbal Unus
Jul 28, 20171 min read
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Murder on the Sidewalk
A 17-year old girl gets assaulted with an iron baseball bat and killed, and then dumped by a pond a couple of miles away. In today’s...
Iqbal Unus
Jun 19, 20171 min read
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An American Muslim? How and Why
The question of identity sits at the root of personal self-worth. But, as Haroon Moghul’s experineces illustrate, identity is shaped and...
Iqbal Unus
Jun 5, 20171 min read
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UN and USA: The mantle of leadership
Letter sent to Senator Mark Warner, Senator Tim Kaine and Representative Barbara Comstock via their individual webpages. You are invited...
Iqbal Unus
Dec 27, 20162 min read
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What have the UN Sustainable Development Goals to do with Muslim Americans?
A lot that matters. Such as caring for the neighbor in need, near and far. In today’s global village, the far away neighbor is as near as...
Iqbal Unus
Nov 27, 20162 min read
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Whither Muslims after Victory of Trumpism?
That the result of the 2016 presidential election was disappointing for many – more than 50% of the U.S. population – is well understood....
Iqbal Unus
Nov 10, 20161 min read
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Global Civic Engagement: The Neighbors ‘Next’ Door
In today’s world of interdependent vital interests and complex cross-border issues, the neighbor next door may as well be the one across...
Iqbal Unus
Nov 7, 20161 min read
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American Muslims: Vanguard of an active citizenry?
The 2016 presidential election has galvanized the Muslim community in the United states as perhaps never before. Voter registration...
Iqbal Unus
Nov 2, 20162 min read
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Iqbal Unus
Oct 11, 20160 min read
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Want to read on volunteerism?
If you are a volunteer leader or coordinator or even if you only an active volunteer, or want to be one, here is a quick read for you....
Iqbal Unus
May 19, 20161 min read
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Can the Past be Prologue to the Future?
This short (13 minutes) film is ‘borrowed’ from 1001inventions.com. This self-explanatory film represents the outstanding project that...
Iqbal Unus
Jul 19, 20151 min read
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Seniors Group at ADAMS Issues a Newsletter
ROSE Club (ROSE stands for Retired & Retiring Organized Seniors Energized), which meets every Friday at 10 AM at ADAMS Center (All Dulles...
Iqbal Unus
May 27, 20151 min read
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High Murder In North Carolina
Three young persons were murdered in North Carolina by a man who claims to be against God – an anti-theist, they say. Of all the theist...
Iqbal Unus
May 2, 20151 min read
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Need advice, or just want to talk?
Leading or managing a faith-based non-profit community organization can be challenging. Maybe together we can make it easier. Feel free...
Iqbal Unus
Nov 20, 20141 min read
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