Bilal Abdul Kareem Journalist

Umm Dardaa showed up at the Turkish Syrian border one sunny afternoon.   She had been in contact with an ISIS fighter for some time over the internet.  She herself was curious about ISIS and what it would be like ...

Maaz Safi Yousef Al Kassasbeh is the Jordanian pilot who’s plane went down over Raqqah, the Syrian stronghold of ISIS.  He was subsequently capture by ISIS fighters and paraded on social media by the group and it’s supporters.  Mohammad Momani, ...

The story circulating in the news media for the past day of ISIS’s killing 100 of it’s soldiers is confirmed.  I avoided mentioning this story until I myself could confirm it.  However this is only a portion of the story ...

Last night I did an online interview with my friend and mentor Zaid Adib Ansari.  He is promoting his new book “Cracked Mirrors: From Emmitt Till to Barak Obama & my Path to Authentic Islam”.  This book takes you to the inside, ...

A few days ago I issued a challenge to ISIS to produce scholars who support them.  To say that I received a mountain of responses from them would be an understatement!  However, once we got past the death threats, promises ...

Abdul Rahman Kassig, may Allaah have mercy on him, was murdered by Baghdadi’s group and displayed on television.  Kassig set up field hospitals and operated on those who needed it.  Both fighter and civilian.  He did more for Islam and ...

Brooking’s Institute Debate With the world’s attention now focused on combating IS and Al-Qaeda in Syria and Iraq, what does the future hold for jihad in the region? What effects, if any, will airstrikes and other existing coalition-led efforts accomplish? ...

I recently had a discussion about the issue of attacking and killing non combatants.  It was specifically about Alan Henning but it was a part of a larger concept.  Why is it important for Muslims to discuss these issues in ...

I’d like to paint a brief picture of a man named Nat Turner.  Many of you don’t know him but I think you should.  This is a man who led a group who killed men, women, and children.  He didn’t ...

Sometimes you have Facebook comments that sum up the state of affairs. Today I had an exchange with an ISIS supporter and he asked me some questions that I felt were legitimate.  I tried to answer them in detail.  So ...