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A nice reminder of the humanity of our suffering brothers and sisters in Palestine (hat-tip to Under the Holly Tree) Read More »

Several years ago, as a teenager/young-adult in America, I used to hear this quite a bit from my parents: “America kee hawa lug gayi hey” (you have been exposed to American air) or “America kay paani ka result hey” (this is the result of American water)… translated/interpreted as 'America has ... Read More »

Sometime ago the Australian Medical Association asked our medical department for our vote on legalizing Mifeprestone (RU486) in Australia in yet another attempt to make non-invasive abortion more accessible to Australian women. At that time, it took a woman about AU$120 to get an abortion done as medicare pays for ... Read More »

Chivalry: n. pl. chiv·al·ries a. The qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women. b. A manifestation of any of these qualities. These days, it's all too common to read or hear Muslim women being rebuked for not being religious enough, for not wearing their ... Read More »

Previous: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 The Earth's Complaint (Final) 4. SANCTITY Another tenet in Islam's weltanschauung or worldview concerns sanctity of life: both human and animal. As for the human being, he is indeed sacred creation, and so any infringement of that sanctity is deemed by Islam to ... Read More »

Previous: Part 1, Part 2; Next: Final The Earth's Complaint (Part 3) Window Into A Worldview Having broached the subject of politics, let us conclude this paper by re-affirming some of the main tenets that inform Islam's vision of man and society; its worldview, so to speak: 1. DIGNITY The ... Read More »

While we should be mourning a tragedy, helping families cope, and seeing what led a crazed man to commit such a horrific act of indiscriminate violence, some have pounced on this situation like rabid wolves, opportunistically using this tragedy to further propagate an anti-Islam and anti-Muslim agenda. Were it not ... Read More »

Last Update #11 posted on 5/11/07 with pictures of Janazah courtesy Facebook group (updates appended at the top) Action Alerts: (a) Make du‘ā’' for the brother, his family, and for all the victims of the tragedy, (b) Donate to Br. Waleed's memorial fund here: MSA National Memorial Fund for Waleed's ... Read More »

On an 11-0 vote Monday, Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) members voted to crack down on drivers refusing service, making Minnesota the first place in the country to decide how to treat Muslim cabbies who decline to transport alcohol-toting riders on religious grounds. Drivers who refuse riders will face 30-day to ... Read More »

And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: in travail upon travail did his mother bear him, and in years twain was his weaning: (hear the command), “Show gratitude to Me and to thy parents: to Me is (thy final) Goal.” (31:14) China is catching up ... Read More »