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An excellent editorial by the eloquent brother Ahmed Rehab on Obama's struggle with the “Muslim” smear: SMEAR CAMPAIGN SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT SOCIETY Shelter Our Sisters: Solidarity Luncheon Supporting Homeless Muslim Sisters on this Saturday, March 1 at Morgan State University, Baltimore. Somewhere within our Muslim community a child will go ... Read More »

Congratulations to our Muslim brothers and sisters in Kosova, which has just declared its independence from Serbia on Sunday (2/17/2008). As might be expected, this is not without international controversy, as Kosova's independence has been opposed by Serbia, Russia, and other neighboring states. However, with recognition from the US and ... Read More »

A powerful and descriptive talk by Shaykh Yasir Qadhi on Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (RA), the first wife of the Prophet (SAW). This talk was given in Cardiff, Wales in January and a similar talk was given at Texas da‘wah Conference in December 2007. JazakAllah khair to Abu Eesa and the ... Read More »

This is a guest post by one of our readers, Um Imran. Bismillah Irrahman Irraheem These are some thoughts on the recent killings of two young Muslim girls apparently by their own father and the strangulation of Aqsa Pervez in Canada, allegedly done by her father. What are the assumed ... Read More »

During these turbulent times, when it seems like nothing is going right for the Ummah, we must all remember the numerous blessings that Allāh, subḥānahu wa ta'āla, has granted us, and continues to grant us at every moment. For example, just before the blogosphere was taken over by the news ... Read More »

See Also: Another attendee's reflections We will keep adding photos as we get them in this post. An update date will be added in title. Some of the pictures have been modified/faces-blurred because they were taken for personal use and so we'd like to preserve the privacy. Enjoy! Day 1: ... Read More »

Here's a brief summary of a few of Sunday's TDC talks, from our “reporter in the field”, Ahmad Al Farsi– Sex Ed., Domestic Harmony and Meet the Shayookh (Sh. Yasir Qadhi, Sh. Yaser Birjas, imām Johari Abdul Malik) : Sex Ed., by Sh. Yaser Birjas A lecture that broke all ... Read More »

Yasir Qadhi added his bit: I'm writing from the convention center… I'm attending all of the lectures by our dear Shaykh ṣalāh al-Sawi. He is giving an intensive series on the Fiqh of Family life, very interesting. Its amazing to see ALL of us speakers, whenever we don't have our ... Read More »

We have all heard, read, and know from experience the difficulties that Muslim youth are experiencing as they grow up here in the West. Identity issues, as well as other common concerns such as sex and drugs, are amongst the most important things they have to deal with. To address ... Read More »

See new updates (#3) added today (see below or click here). Read More »