POPPING THE MARKS
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Michael Muhammad Knight vs. Hamza Yusuf
Over the past few weeks, I’ve had to spend a lot of time thinking about Hamza Yusuf. In a recent academic article, Mahdi Tourage places Hamza Yusuf and myself at opposite ends on the spectrum of white male converts: Yusuf represented the shining white superstar of American Islam, and I was the undesirable asshole. Full story
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The Problem with White Converts
You’d think that two white guys embracing Buddhism and Islam in the age of colonialism could have become champions of antiracism. But no. They treated their new religions like other white men treat entire nations: they marched in and claimed to own it. Full story
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I Tripped with Allah and Wrote a Book About It
Ayahuasca drinkers report experiencing the divine in female form. They choose to interpret this in different ways, depending on their backgrounds. As a Muslim, I decided that I would drink with the intention of having a visionary encounter with Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muh… Full story
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Remembering Master Fard Muhammad
February 26 is Saviors’ Day, the birthday of the founder of the Nation of Islam. Master Fard Muhammad will probably never get his due for his contribution, but the biggest challenge to fully appreciating him may be that he so effectively escaped history. Full story
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Kanye West in a Kilt Has Lord Jamar So Hard Right Now
If heterosexuality is natural, as Lord Jamar seems to suggests, and Jamar is himself resolutely heterosexual, then seeing Kanye West in a kilt shouldn’t make him want to give blow jobs. Or does it? Full story
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Lifetime’s Assassination of Malcolm X
In the Lifetime Original Movie 'Betty & Coretta,' they present cardboard versions of what I like to call "Early Malcolm" and "Real Malcolm." But Early Malcolm and Real Malcolm are not real. They are both fabrications that serve to oversimplify a complex human being. Full story
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Islamophobes, Go to Sleep
When I agreed to write a column for VICE, I was granted this space, and I am responsible for what happens in this space. Today, I’m going to use this space to rub your racist and bigoted shit in your own faces. Full story
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What I Learned from the Five Percenters
The first lesson I learned from the Five Percent was simple: Fuck white people. I'm not talking about "white" as a biological category. I’m using the term more in the sense of what it means to have privilege in an unjust society. Full story
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How Not to Sound Like an Asshole When Talking About Islam
When non-Muslims operate on the assumption that Islam exists as one singular, absolute, and coherent entity that is understood and experienced by each of the world’s billion-plus Muslims in more or less the same way, they look like total douchebags. Full story
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Being the Muslim at a Christmas Party
As a Muslim from a Christian family, Christmas has historically been complicated for me. Converting to Islam as a teenager, part of what I wanted from my religion was a new identity; the differences between Christians and Muslims held more value for me than the similarities, so I… Full story
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Paris Hilton in Mecca
Paris Hilton’s new store in Mecca is not “poisoning the holy city.” Mecca has been overrunning with assholes long before Islam. If you’re trying to find peace and avoid shitty people, don’t go there for hajj, just go on vacation or smoke blunt. Full story
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Obama = Yazid
I have voted twice for a man who launches drone strikes on innocent civillians and defines what is happening in Gaza right now as "self-defense." As it stands, I have voted for Yazid. Full story
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Queering the Qur’an
Al-Kisa’i al-Kufi is the man who gave us one of the seven canonical readings of the Qur’an in Sunni Islam. He devoted his life to knowing and teaching the Qur’an. Along the way, he apparently fucked dudes. The lips that he used to recite divine scripture touched men. Full story
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Blood and Islam: Between Eid and Ashura
Many people, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, would say that spilling blood is disgusting and pain has no place in spirituality. But between these two holy days, Eid al-Adha and Ashura, we remind ourselves of the violence of our own lives—a violence that continues to feed us—and ou… Full story
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'Law & Order: SVU' Sucks at Depicting Muslims
Last week’s 'Law & Order: SVU' episode, “Acceptable Loss,” reminded me that if I want to see a TV drama treat Muslim characters as capable of full human complexity, cop shows might not be the best place to look. Full story
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The Theological Consequences of Seeing Hulk Hogan’s Penis
Being surprised that Hulk Hogan has a sex tape is kind of like being surprised that there’s a Burger King in Mecca. The “sacred/profane” binary often turns out to be artificial, but sometimes we need to imagine that the binary exists. The time will come when I’ll watch Hogan body… Full story
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Who Will End the Undertaker's Streak at Wrestlemania?
Yes, the Undertaker’s 20-match undefeated streak at WrestleMania, which began back in 1991, needs to be broken. It’s wrestling’s cycle of life. The stars of each new generation must feed on the bones of the generation before them. Full story
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Brother Ali and the Secret Islamic History of Hip-Hop
Meeting Brother Ali after his tour’s stop in Chapel Hill, I didn’t ask him for his “How did you come to Islam?” story, and he didn’t ask for mine, but our shared matrix of references and anecdotes told me that we might have walked similar paths. Full story
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That Muslim Punk Thing, Ten Years Later
Imagine the nastiest, most rebellious things that anyone could say or do with Islam, the kinds of things that supposedly start riots; the fictional Muslim punks of my first book did of them all. It was a sincere and loving blasphemy, I thought. But today, it seems immature. Full story
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The Innocence of White People
As an artist, I support everyone’s right to make shitty, cheap-looking art, and I do not believe that bloodshed is ever an acceptable way of responding to art. But in the big picture, this isn’t really about violent religion vs. nonviolent art; it’s violence vs. violence. Full story
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Confession of a Muslim Psychedelic Tea Drinker
The place of drugs in Islam is much more complicated than most people recognize. Because the Qur’an only speaks specifically of wine, Muslims have had to figure out Islamic positions on other substances, like weed or psychoactive tea made from an Amazonian vine. Full story
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Juggalos Are OK, Cupid
Don’t be a Tumblr asshole to people trying to find love.
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Deportee Purgatory
About 40 percent of Mexican immigrants deported from the US are sent back through Tijuana.
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VICE News: This Is What Winning Looks Like
A documentary about the ineptitude and corruption of the Afghan security forces.
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Americana: It's Like Vietnam All Over Again
The Virginia-Carolina Military History Association gets lit up by the Viet Cong.
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Teens Are Being Trapped in Abusive 'Drug Rehab Centers'
How an anti-drug cult from the 60s has evolved into a billion-dollar industry.
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VICE News: Triple Hate
A documentary about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Memphis City Council, the Klan, and the Crips.
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Marc Maron Is the King of Twitter
The man is an entertainer, and clearly a very smart one.
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A Chat with Janicza Bravo (and Brett Gelman) About Her New Short Starring Michael Cera in a Wheelchair
I chatted with J&B over baba ghanoush.
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Murderous Fanatics and EDL Idiots Brought Darkness to Woolwich, London Yesterday
We tried to make sense of it all.
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A Few Impressions: 'Leviathan,' I Love You
It holds up a mirror to nature, but this mirror came from a fun house.
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In Search of Tim Dog, the Rapper Turned Con Artist Who Probably Faked His Own Death
This February, the legendary rapper turned grifter Tim Dog died. So why is there a warrant out for his arrest?
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Young Americans: Season Two Trailer
A documented survey of people from a wide array of ethnic communities.
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VICE News: Triple Hate
A doc about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Memphis City Council, the Klan, and the Crips.
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Please Start Banning Books Again
There has never been a better time to start censoring art in America.
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The VICE Reader: Sort by Kind
The VICE Reader is a series on VICE.com in which we publish original fiction—mostly.
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Stoya on Peeking Behind the Porn Curtain
We are fascinated by what entertainers and public personalities do when they aren't at work.
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VICE News: Triple Hate
A doc about Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Memphis City Council, the Klan, and the Crips.
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Spanish Bombs: Granada Unveils Joe Strummer Plaza
Granada inaugurates a plaza for Clash frontman Joe Strummer.
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Listening to Kanye's "New Slaves" with White People
Let’s be clear: "New Slaves" is explicitly racial.
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Pump It Up
Photos by Anna Ryon, styling by Lola Chatterton.
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A Few Impressions: 'Leviathan,' I Love You
It holds up a mirror to nature, but this mirror came from a fun house.
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We Photographed the Drunk EDL Hate Mob That Attacked London's Police Last Night
They went there to spread Islamophobia and achieved absolutely nothing.
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Murderous Fanatics and EDL Idiots Brought Darkness to Woolwich, London Yesterday
We tried to make sense of it all.
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New York State of Mind: Bodega Bamz, Black Dave, Chase N. Cashe, OG Ron C, Stalley, Remy Banks, and Meyhem Lauren
This week Verena caught up with Black Dave, Bodega Bamz, OG Ron C, Stalley, Remy and more.
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Murderous Fanatics and EDL Idiots Brought Darkness to Woolwich, London Yesterday
We tried to make sense of it all.
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I Tested out Three Cambodian Spiritual Practices
And learned that Cambodian ghosts apparently don't believe in Jesus.
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Amy’s Baking Company's Grand Reopening Nearly Bored Me to Death
It was kinda like real life TV, but nothing was happening.
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Munchies: The Marrow
He yelled a lot while juicing rhubarbs.
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Noisey: Heavy Dicks - Drinking Cough Syrup with Weedeater
Fred and Jake join Weedeater to sample fine cough syrups and artisanal cheeses.
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VICE on HBO Extended: Egypt on the Brink - Women Under Assault
VICE co-founder Suroosh Alvi meets with some local activists around Tahrir Square.
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Art Talk: Matt Mignanelli
A chat about his work, life, and strong American work ethic.
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VICE News: Sisa: Cocaine of the Poor
A new drug called sisa is tearing its way through Athens' poor.
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Did a Murderer Just Give Himself Away on Yelp?
It seems like he might have done.
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How Are We Supposed to Know What the Government Does?
It's pretty terrifying how little we know.
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Watch Japanther's Kaleidoscopic New Video for "Stolen Flowers"
It's really good.
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Rave and Hardcore YouTube Comments Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity
They're genuinely some of the most beautiful things I've ever read.
Deportee Purgatory
Welcome to Tijuana’s El Bordo 
'Leviathan,' I Love You
James Franco at the Movies 
Juggalos Are OK, Cupid
Don’t Be a Tumblr Asshole 
Get Rich or High Trying
The Coming Age of Corporate Cannabis 
Triple Hate - Part 1
The KKK vs. the Crips vs. Memphis City Council 
Rave and Hardcore YouTube Comments
They Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity 
