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Osama bin Laden is dead. And once again, in this Manichean good-versus-evil, us-versus-them, black-versus-white, world that we are told we live in, we are expected to take ‘sides’. And once again, many people, myself included, will have to take a deep sigh and wonder whether we can ever successfully explain, to an increasingly polarized world, the complexity of our stances and the nuances of our positions. Read More »

The following is the video playlist and transcript of part 2 of Shaykh Yasir Qadhi's lecture series "The Best of Stories: Pearls from Surah Yusuf." The transcript includes slight modifications for the sake of readability and clarity. Read More »

The following is the video playlist and transcript of part 1 of Shaykh Yasir Qadhi's lecture series "The Best of Stories: Pearls from Surah Yusuf." The transcript includes slight modifications for the sake of readability and clarity. Read More »

A transcript of Shaykh Yasir Qadhi's khutbah on the Tennessee "Anti-Shari'ah" Legislation on March 11, 2011. Shaykh Yasir Qadhi speaks on the recent controversy regarding the proposed "anti-Shari'ah" legislation in Tennessee, the Peter King congressional hearings against Muslims and the rise of anti-Muslim rhetoric around the country. Read More »

The following post is Shaykh Yasir and Andrea Elliot's response to comments, questions, and criticisms generated from the NY Times article entitled "Why Yasir Qadhi Wants to Talk About Jihad". Comments are closed on this post. Read More »

By now, most of our readers have already read and dissected the New York Times Magazine cover story about myself. I’ve been deluged with emails and questions regarding it – here are my thoughts. Read More »

Two Tennessee legislators have proposed what amounts to a ban on "Shariah". History has taught us what fear-mongering does to a civil society. Read More »

The recent events in Egypt have left us all completely and totally astounded. The mass protests, organized via impromptu SMS texts and Facebook messages, has shown the world that there is still life and honor in Muslim lands! And amidst all of this clamor abroad, Muslims here in America are asking others, especially their scholars and clerics, what they should be doing. Read More »

The world has seen an increase in the incitement to fear Islam and Muslims. At the 2010 Global Peace & Unity Conference, Yasir Qadhi highlights some of these instances and how we as Muslims should respond. Read More »

Why is it that a few militant clerics are so popular among some American Muslims? The answer is not rocket science, but rather quite simple. Umar Farouk's transformation provides an excellent case-study: the presence of an internal factor and an external factor. Read More »