Here are all the fabulous submissions which made the cut for the MM Photo/Instagram contest. They are absolutely amazing! Makes me miss Ramadan and 'Īd so much. Our staff will be choosing the 10 finalists and then you , our readers, will vote for your favorites, inshā'Allāh. JazakAllah khayr for ... Read More »
'Īd is a day of happiness and joy. During the day, we do things that we normally don't do outside of 'Īd. For example, we get up really early and get dressed up in fancy clothes and then we spend an hour or so saying takbeers. We gather with family, ... Read More »
Amad S. Reflects on the passing of Shaykh Waleed's mother' s death Read More »
Screen-Free Week is almost here! On April 18-24, children, families, schools, and communities around the country will turn off entertainment screen media (TV, video games, computer games, apps, etc.) and turn on life. Read More »
Eid Mubarak. Taqab Allah minna wa minkum Read More »
Its that time of the year again - Brass Crescent Blog Awards Voting time! IF you truly believe in us, AND think we deserve it, then please help us win! Read More »
Assalamu alaykum readers, We have had some great additions to the MuslimMatters family. This week we will be publishing our first post by internationally acclaimed author Umm Zakkiyah. Umm Zakiyyah was born in 1975 in Long Island, New York, to parents who had come from devoutly Christian homes. Her parents, ... Read More »
Beyond the gothic confines of Yale, he was becoming one of the most influential conservative clerics in American Islam, drawing a tide of followers in the fundamentalist movement known as Salafiya. Raised between Texas and Saudi Arabia, he seemed uniquely deft at balancing the edicts of orthodox Islam with the mores of contemporary America. To many young Muslims wrestling with conflicts between faith and country, Qadhi was a rock star. Read More »
My exciting activity of the weekend and the closest thing to a lesson that I could extract from it. Read More »
I came across a statement recently: "El amor entra por la cocina" (loosely translated as “love enters through a man's stomach”), and it sparked the idea to write up this article. Read More »
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