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The wrong question is, "Where are your feelings of empathy for the death and tragedy around the world?" The wrong people are the public during the wrong time of tragedy. Read More »

Male-bashing articles are notoriously en vogue, admittedly for valid reasons. From the outset, let me clarify this won't be one of them. The difficulties faced in joining a man to a woman with previous (or more) relationship experience isn't just a “Muslim male” problem, but a social phenomenon with dimensions that ... Read More »

The options to drive you away from the masjid are many, it's simply a matter of picking your poison.  I move around a lot and I've seen many of the social-media shared gripes up close and personal.  I've seen masjids where: Kids are welcome to riot during the ṣalāh, and ... Read More »

There's nothing wrong having distaste towards things Allah (SWT) doesn't like, but be careful of turning someone's flaws into a cause for unchecked hatred. I recall Shaykh Yusuf Estes once telling a friend, "How can you call them to Islam (meaning non-Muslims, but even Muslims constantly require daw'ah) if you hate them?" Read More »

It's interesting how quickly news spreads on the internet without a simple checking of sources. Making the rounds on social media and certain websites is a story that James Holmes, dubbed the “Dark Knight killer” for opening fire at a screening of the The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado, ... Read More »

So there I was, in zen harmony with my Muslim-American (or American-Muslim) identity, choosing to be all that I could be and exercising my right to abstain from voting altogether when my Facebook feed was buzzing with a strange idea (not a fatwa, but an idea) – voting in elections ... Read More »

What if the pain of leaving a good action was more than the pleasure of leaving it? What if your mind rebelled and compelled you to go back and perform the action? Now you have a good habit established. We’ll discuss how to go about doing this, using the 4 am wake-up as our example. Read More »

Here was an elderly woman who could have been content collecting her pension, but instead was out on a cold morning, taking occasional harassment, and knowing that people thought she was a bag lady, persevering through it all to help the poor in the Phillipines. Read More »

Salaam alaykum all, We're continuing to make improvements to the site speed, and alḥamdulillāh, we've made good progress so far, but we still want to ensure we're bringing a good experience for as many as possible. We need a group of you who have a really slow load time to ... Read More »

I spent six months in unemployment and wanted share whatever insights, tips, or tricks I found beneficial on my path back to employment. Read More »