Lessons from Ignorance: Part 1

“So, what religion are you?”

“Ummm, I think I’m half-Muslim, half-Christian because my mom is Muslim, but my dad is Christian.”

This is just a guess on my part, but after reading that, I bet your thoughts may have looked something like the following:

“Subhaan’Allah, this guy’s a moron.”

Why Don’t You Dress Like Us?

On the Houston Chronicle’s Talking Tolerance blog I read this post, in which the author’s friend makes a comment along the lines of what I heard at last November’s elections. The question is, “Why don’t they just dress like us?” “They” refers to Muslim women wearing hijab.
It’s a question that reeks of ignorance, frankly, but […]

Islam surpasses Roman Catholicism as World’s Largest Religion

The Ummah is growing quite healthily, alhumdulillah, and according to the Vatican, the world Muslim population now exceeds that of Roman Catholics (not all Christians).
I remember while having ice cream with Shaykh Yasir in Chicago, he mentioned that the majority of the Ummah, particularly here in the West, are under the age of five. This […]

Dialogue with the People of the Book II

The following is an AlMaghrib class project that achieved top honors in the “Heavenly Hues” class given by Shaykh Yaser Birjas. See the other winning paper from a previous class here.

Dialogue with the People of the Book by Reem Abou-samra

The methodology of dialogue with the […]

Producing Online Video

Please check out the project at http://messagemastery.com/ for more information on how to make videos for dawah. Alhamdulillah brother Belal has helped with a lot of the AlMaghrib video marketing and is working on many projects, so for those interested this could be a good way to get started. The goal is to equip […]

Da’wah Challenge

One of the challenges of doing Da’wah in a multicultural society is in being able to effectively reach out, push past, and touch the hearts of those to whom culture is everything. Whether it be desis, Arabs, Latinos, African-Americans, or others, the way they accept and grow closer to Islam depends a great deal on […]

A Foundation for Establishing Dialogue with the People of the Book

The following paper was submitted as a homework assignment for the AlMaghrib Heavenly Hues course taught by Shaykh Yaser Birjas in Houston. The assignment was to search through the ayaat of the Quran to see what guidelines are given for establishing a foundation of dialogue with Ahl al-Kitab. It was mentioned in class that it […]

Invite To The Way Of Paradise - Yasir Qadhi speech in Chennai (Madras) India!

Dawah in India is a hot item as of late. Organizations like Islamic Research Foundation, an India-based Dawah project headed by Dr. Zakir Naik, has been very active in bringing Western speakers to India to give speeches in English. The need for such programs, particularly in the English language, is very high and this is […]

Muslims in Australia: Interview with Amir Colan

It seems that I am gradually becoming MuslimMatters’ unofficial media correspondent, as I now blog about yet another documentary concerning a Muslim minority community. But perhaps the readers would be pleased to note that this film is not in fact more sensationalist propaganda designed to divide society, but rather the exact opposite. To explain what […]

Salvific Exclusivity: Part One

Introduction
Part One: The Islamic Beliefs Regarding Salvific Exclusivity

It is a fundamental belief of Muslims that Islam is not only a divinely revealed religion from God, but rather that it is the only acceptable religion and the sole legitimate path to His pleasure. Such a belief is not an abstract, minute, theological frivolity, relegated to the […]