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The Boston Marathon Bombings and the Tragedy Double Standard
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Nour Responds to Panorama’s Secret of Britain’s Shariah Councils
The BBC show Panorama, through secret filming, has found that Shari'ah courts are not helping women in domestic violent situations. The Telegraph states: “85 councils operating in mosques and houses across the country has revealed that the courts, which are run by sharia councils, are ruling in favor of men ... Read More »
MuslimKidsMatter | 1st Place Short Film for DC MIST 2013
Recently, the Muslim Inter-Scholastic Tournament (MIST) held regional competitions throughout North America. MIST is “a fun, educational, interactive program of competitions and workshops geared towards bringing high school students together from around the nation to develop leadership, communication, and other creative skills, all while gaining a deeper understanding of Islam and ... Read More »
Nouman Ali Khan – Quranic Perspective on Recent Tragedies
Khutbah delivered by Nouman Ali Khan on April 19, 2013 فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِمْ إِن لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفًا Obviously what's on everybody's mind today are some of the major events in the news that are very tragic that all of us have heard about and have been ... Read More »
She’s Not Damaged Goods – We Have Damaged Standards
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 »
Mama can I get Unlimited Internet on my iPad and other Internet Safety Issues
The fact is that 93 percent of kids are online. Even if parents limit or ban internet access, kids have access at school, through a friend's smart phone, libraries, and schools. The internet is a tool that our children need to use and master with wisdom dispensed by parents. We ... Read More »
Shaykh AbdulNasir Jangda’s Message #PrayforBoston
Cross-Post: How a Single Spy Helped Turn Pakistan Against the United States
But now Davis was sitting in a Lahore police station, having shot two young men who approached his car on a black motorcycle, their guns drawn, at an intersection congested with cars, bicycles and rickshaws. Read More »
Crouching Brother, Hidden Stalker
Dr. O blogs at Muslim Medicine, a site that strives to serve only the freshest grade-A certified ẓabiḥah ḥalāl comedy. Contact your local ḥalāl butcher for more details. For generations, the age-old gender battle between hormonally-repressed stalker brothers and utterly creeped-out sisters has been waged from college campuses to Mosque common areas, and to this day ... Read More »
UnMosqued Primer: What You Need to Know About the Arguments
The 'unmosqued' discussion has spawned a host of conversations, coffee shop conversations, desi dinner party fodder, tweetable soundbites, virally shared facebook updates, and even a couple of blog articles right here on MuslimMatters. To say that this topic interests me is an understatement (I even started a website dedicated to trying to ... Read More »
