Finding My Syrian-American Identity
Only now am I learning to adopt and combine the qualities that make America so great, and the qualities that charge Syria with spirit. Only now do I realize that my lost identity, split into two countries, symbolize who I am.
Diaries of an Imam: Lost in Translation
7 February, 2012
by Sh. Abdullah Hasan Featured, Opinion, Reflections & Responses, Specialists 9 comments
There are approximately 2,000 Mosques in the United Kingdom. The overwhelming majority of mosques in UK have Imams who do not speak fluent English. Perhaps less than 10% of the Imams within the UK mosques were born and brought up in Britain. Therefore, in the vast majority of mosques in the UK, we have Imams who are not able to (as some have forwarded) meet the various needs of the groups of people within their communities, especially the younger generation of Muslims. The young generation of Muslims may speak and understand Urdu, Bengali, Somali etc, but they speak and think in the English language.
When Hijab becomes Cultural
Umm Reem reflects on hijab in a Muslim country, where she is an expat. “I don’t know how ḥijāb evolved into culture, but unfortunately it did. Even the welcoming package and little leaflets designed for expatriates introduce ḥijāb as a cultural dress code.”
Masjid Parking Syndrome
And you thought parking in the middle of New York City was bad? You ain’t seen NOTHING yet.
Book Review | The Spirit Level
Every so often, a book comes along that forces us to radically re-think our basic assumptions. Wilkinson and Pickett’s The Spirit Level, a culmination of fifty years painstaking research work, is exactly that. What is most remarkable of all is that after half a century of research and numerous scatter graphs later, two British Professors of Epidemiology draw conclusions that look remarkably similar to those recommended by the Qurʾān and Sunnah fourteen hundred years ago.
5 Important Lessons From Harry Potter
By: Abu Ibrahim Ismail Perhaps you’ve tried to ignore it as I have. But you cannot. Why? Because it’s everywhere. No, it’s not the wildly fluctuating winter temperatures. It’s not
What’s In Your Ear? | Imam Zaid Shakir
What’s in Your Ear? is an occasional Saturday series where we ask Muslims, known and unknown, a few simple questions: 1. What are you listening to? 2. What are you
Oh the Irony! Pamela Geller and the Stealth Halal Turkeys
Pamela Geller, anti-Muslim blogger extraordinaire, sounded the alarm today over the latest “Islamization of America” outrage. She discovered that Butterball whole turkeys are certified halal, and in this she sees
What’s In Your Ear? | Imam Omar Suleiman
What’s in Your Ear? is an occasional Saturday series where we ask Muslims, known and unknown, a few simple questions: 1. What are you listening to? 2. What are you
MuslimKidsMatter | A Child’s Thoughts on the Earthquake in Turkey
By Nur Kose In Ramadan, around the earthquake-hurricane time in the Northeast, our neighborhood lost electricity for four whole days and nights. I thought that was bad. I was sitting
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