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Israeli occupation forces detained an elderly Palestinian man, Ibrahim Al-Jabour, and his son after raiding their homes in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

This is where we buried the Emir Father of one of the world’s richest nations, Qatar. Beneath the soil, in the Islamic way. No gold. No marble. No grand monument. Just a simple grave, reminding us that before God, we are all equal. We came from the earth, and to the earth we shall return. The true measure of a life is not the wealth we accumulate, but the legacy we leave behind. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani did not leave palaces to define him. He left behind a nation transformed, a people empowered, and a vision that inspired generations. May Allah have mercy on his soul and grant him the highest place in Jannah.

Heartbroken by the passing of Dr. John L. Esposito. He was one of the foremost scholars of Islam, who helped western audiences better understand it. He stood by the unjustly persecuted, even when it came at a cost. His scholarship, courage and humanity will inspire generations.

"His passing deprives us not merely of a distinguished academic, but of something now far rarer: a genuine public intellectual — one who understood that scholarship is not an ornamental profession but a moral vocation." muslimmatters.org/2026/07/16/the…

A great scholar and mentor, John Esposito (1940-2026), has returned to the Creator. It’s just starting to hit me now how big a void he leaves in so many lives. There is so much to say about John, not least of which is that I owe him so much of my career. But here I’ll say that he was a great American, in the best sense of the word. His commitment to freedom of religion and free speech was instinctual and abiding. He never wavered from advocating for people being able to live their religion in public life or against the state imposing itself on people’s private moral lives. Bigotry and ignorance of the other were demons he loathed at his core. So far, so easy. But he was a rarity in that he - again, instinctively - knew it was wrong to condemn others just because the mob was shouting for it, and he stood heroically by those people the state sought to crush in its terrifying gears of accusation and toxification. I have so many memories of him, and he’d tell (and retell) so many stories, but one always comes to mind. In 2010 I was getting married to my wife and moving to Georgetown U to become his colleague. I told him on the phone how some people had warned me about marrying my wife because of how badly the government and media had attacked her family. They warned me it would harm my career. He told me that kind of comment was “unAmerican.” May God grant his soul mercy and bestow ease on his family. May God guide us to impact the world as positively as he did.

Many do not know how much effort John Esposito put into supporting scholars who were in need, be it due to persecution, or just being down on their luck. I know of no other scholar who so frequently went out of his way to assist other scholars. Truly a scholar and a gentleman.

"The Muslim world mourns him not as a foreign specialist who wrote about Islam, but as a friend who stood with Muslims without romanticizing them, spoke for justice without seeking applause, & crossed boundaries that lesser minds treated as walls." muslimmatters.org/2026/07/16/the…

muslimmatters.org/2026/07/16/the… obituary of John Esposito for @MuslimMatters by @Academicatarms

9 of these cowards face serious elections soon. Critical support to: @CoriBush (Bell) @Jarrettforhi (Case) @peggyflanagan (Craig) @Angela4CA (Gomez) @LukeBronin (Larson) @kai_newkirk (Stanton) @AbdulElSayed (Stevens) @DonavanMI13 (Thanedar) @iElijahManley (Wasserman Schultz)

That's a lot of words to say that you just voted to hand $3.3 billion of American taxpayer money over to Trump and Netanyahu's wars. For those counting along at home, that’s $3.3 billion more than Bell brought home for STL through HUD disaster recovery funding.

Sad news indeed. Dr. Esposito passed away.

Today, Congresswoman Stevens had a choice: stand with the majority of Democrats who oppose unconditional military aid to Israel, or stand with the special interests funding her campaign. She chose to side with AIPAC and Republicans to continue to fund a war machine that has taken the loved ones of many Michigan families. She made her choice. You make yours.

AIPAC is now spending 8x as much as Abdul El-Sayed's entire campaign on the MI Senate primary. This race is not between Abdul and Haley Stevens. It is Abdul vs. AIPAC. A billionaire-funded Super PAC shouldn't determine American elections or foreign policy. Let's support Abdul.

Sohail remains in critical condition, facing surgeries and mounting costs. Please keep him and his family in your dua and donate generously: gofundme.com/f/support-soha…

Peter Michael Larsen, a Trump loving terrorist, stabbed brother Sohail more than 15 times in a Utah mall after asking him if he was Muslim. You probably won’t hear about this in mainstream media or from your politicians enabling this bigotry every day. Shoutout to the brothers who courageously subdued the terrorist, and shame on the media and politicians continuing to incite these freaks attacking mosques and innocent people regularly now.

Br. Yahiya Emerick has passed away. I met him in 1993 in New Mexico at the North American Muslim Powwow, when I was 19. I remember him being very kind and welcoming.

The only folks sad about Lindsey Graham: a few right wing politicians, genocide-lovers, Netanyahu, and Emirati talking heads.

May Allah have mercy on Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former Emir of Qatar, forgive him, and grant patience and comfort to his family and the people of Qatar. He leaves behind a remarkable legacy that helped shape modern Qatar and elevated its regional and global standing. May Allah accept his good deeds, forgive his shortcomings, and grant him Jannat al-Firdaws. #Qatar #حمد #حمد_بن_خليفة_في_ذمة_الله

@SenJohnKennedy Only Israel and its servants weep

America weeps.