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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 »

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 »

The following article, appended below, (hat-tip to theTranslators) touches on many of the issues that Muslim women face while living in the West. Personally, I find the article very enlightened and very enlightening. In it we see, how the website Islamtoday.com, has transformed its views and opinions on matters that ... Read More »

Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaah, The following is an enlightening article by Harvard student Br. Daniel Jou which debunks the highly prevalent notion in our society that “science = truth” which he dubs the Science Success Question (or SSQ). An extremely well-articulated response to those who reject Allāh's description of the ... Read More »

Previous: The Big Questions Part I – On Atheism, God & More… The Big Questions, Part II—The Purpose of Life by Dr. Laurence Brown (reproduced with permission) The first of the two big questions in life is, “Who made us?” We addressed that question in the previous article and (hopefully) ... Read More »

Next: The Big Questions, Part II—The Purpose of Life Our guest-writer of this series, Dr. Laurence Brown, a former atheist, received his B.A. from Cornell University, his MD from Brown University Medical School, and his ophthalmology residency training at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. The Big Questions by ... Read More »

Ok, ok, I know everyone's quite sick of discussions around this program. But I was cajoled into watching the 8th episode to witness for myself the new low depths that the program has fallen into. For those who have stopped watching this a long time ago, then if you jog ... Read More »

Update: Lecture now downloadable, and full transcript included. Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh, I have uploaded an awesome lecture from TX Da'wah Convention 2006 about “progressive” Muslims. It was delievered by Sh. Yasir Qadhi, and was voted as the best lecture of the entire convention. You can find the ... Read More »

This video was the winner of the Texas da‘wah short-film competitions ($1000 prize-money) and was played on a giant screen in the Convention Center theater room. You knew everyone loved it because of the laughter and applause. Don't miss the deeper message: ———– Hat-tip to Danish for the following inspirational ... Read More »