Abu Hasan al Ashari, the father of modern Islamic theology, whose logic has held over a millennium, began as a Mu’tazilite. Despite his reverence for scholarship and tradition, he confronted his teachers in order to arrive at Truth. He probed his teacher al Jubbai’s theological positions by inquiring about the fate of 3 brothers: one...

Over the weekend, people from a fraternity hospitalized our brother deriding and depriving him of his dignity. They accosted him repeatedly with the N-word. Yesterday, I attended a sit in organized by our beautiful students. Students continually challenge the unequivocal support of hate/free speech on campus. As we move closer to the Islamic new year,...