I spent the last week on vacation, hiking in and around Mammoth Lakes, California. I haven’t had an actual vacation in a while, so it was welcome, although I discovered
The Economist has an interesting piece on the growing importance of the “Muslim market” in the United States and how companies are adapting to it. They write: But a new
When I was 12 or so my best friend and I spent hours looking for hidden meanings in the lyrics of Beatles songs. We played in the barn at her
A couple nights ago I went to a planning meeting for an event at a newly-built local masjid. When I walked into the building a brother quickly directed me to
I was talking to someone close to me recently about a decision she had to make and after we had talked for a while I suggested, “Ask God to help
Like many, I was taken aback by the queen of England’s decision to make Salman Rushdie a knight (or, as the official notice states, “The Queen has been graciously pleased,
Letter from Ismail Royer to a Brother (linking directly to the brother’s blog who received it)
UPDATE: (More updates can be found at Tariq’s blog, where he is up to Update#4). A followup article has been posted on MuslimMatters here. These inSANE peeople are White Supremacists.
Check it out here; these are two passages that particularly struck a chord with me: Even the scholars of Ahl al Hadith who were not proponents of a particular Madhhab,
Any of you that have read my blog know that I am opposed to the methodology of isolationism. I really believe that we must engage the community at large, get