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Disclaimer: I wrote this long before the Ummah Films vid came out! So don't accuse me of being a copycat! :P Ah, Jumu'ah – the best day of the week, when we all dress up in our very spiffiest best, and traipse off to the Jumu'ah ṣalāh, where we hope ... Read More »

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 to know our neighbors and join with other community members to improve it instead of shielding ourselves off in a ... Read More »

All praise is for Allāh, Lord of the worlds and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muḥammad, his family and all his companions. There are two matters that pull back and forth the practicing Muslim youth. The first is the sorry state and degrading position of their nation ... Read More »

A Simple Matter of Disagreement? Friday, 01 June 2007 Written by Haitham Al-Haddad A Dialogue with the Muslim Community on Music, Culture, Identity and Britishness. In an article written by Sister Yvonne Ridley titled Pop Culture in the name of Islam (Apr 06)1, she heavily criticised a recent phenomenon sweeping ... Read More »

When we compare our lifespans wherein our endeavors unfold to the age of the earth, or to that of the universe which we are told is fifteen thousand million years old, they seem of less significance than a droplet of water in an endless ocean. For today's materialist life holds ... Read More »

Recently I wrote a paper regarding one of the works of an early Sufi and scholar of kalam, al-Harith b. Asad al-Muhasibi (d. 243 A.H. / 857 C.E.), entitled, “The Quintessense of the Intellect and Its Meaning.” As part of the paper I translated this tract. Of interest is that ... Read More »

This week I started 'boot-camp' at Wharton… one week of compressed summer classes. And Allāh made it a bit easier for me. Keep reading… Last year, when I visited the school, on a class-visit, I scanned the entire room of 60+ students… but came back disappointed. No Muslims… the closest ... Read More »

Assalamu Alaykum The last part of Muḥammad al-Shareef's series, Desert Rose, is up: It won't be much longer so check it out!! Read More »

This article was originally written by Navaid Aziz in Medinah. It has been posted here with his permission.  All praise is due to Allāh, who reminds his slaves that their lives have an appointed time and that the successful ones are those who are saved from the fire and entered ... Read More »

One of the claims brought about against the Qurʾān is the claim that it is incoherent, and the stories are scattered around. I wanted to share some notes on a few things that Nouman Ali Khan (one of the instructors at Bayyinah Institute) touched upon in this regards that I ... Read More »