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Fresh pedophilia cover-up claims hit Pope Benedict XVI late Wednesday as church files suggested he had failed to take action against a US priest accused of molesting up to 200 deaf boys. The documents obtained by The New York Times include correspondence between the accused priest, who worked at a school for deaf children in the US state of Wisconsin, and the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1996. Read More »

Some quick brotherly advice from a guest writer. Read More »

I was pretty much "hands-off" dad - diapers repelled me, and I would leave watching the kids to my wife. Since they didn't like leaving her side, it was all the more reason for me to say, "See, if I take them, they'll just cry, so you keep them." I'd let her feed the kids most of the time, and I would pretty much take them when it looked as though my wife were about to have a nervous breakdown. Read More »

By knowing about this one critical mistake, you will, in sha Allah, learn how to speak about yourself in a way that attracts the kind of brother you are searching for, allows you to keep at bay the brothers you do not want knocking on your father's door, and prevents you from turning off the very kind of person you are seeking. Read More »

Many Muslims have a misconception that having fun is Haraam. Nothing could be further from the truth as having fun is part of human nature and Islam is the religion of Al-fiṭrah (Human Nature). Unfortunately, despite the fact that most forms of entertainment are Halal, many Muslims seem to indulge ... Read More »

...Fox is the North Korea of journalism. Armed and annoying. Read More »

“The sisters would be interested, if they noticed any guys who would act mature. The main complaint I’m hearing on the girls’ side is that the guys aren’t acting like candidates that the girls would be interested in. For example, today when the shaykh mentioned the phrase “second wife,” the brothers started giggling and high-fiving like...boys! Just watch for the next couple of days and tell me what you think.” Read More »

Interview with Yaser Birjas on the Deen Show. Read More »

The episode of The Doha Debates on Muslim women's freedom to marry who they choose featuring Yasir Qadhi premiered this past weekend on the BBC. Now it's online and we've got it here for you to view for yourself. Read More »

Four months ago, while attending the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (MLT) conference in Doha, some of us were invited to be part of the audience of the Doha Debates. Little did I know back then that I would be back in the same hall, only this time I would be sitting on the platform rather than in the audience! Last week, the producers of the program contacted me, asking if I would be willing to appear on the Debates as a speaker. The motion was ‘This house believes that Muslim women should be free to marry anyone they choose’, and I was invited to be a speaker on the opposition… More problematic than the logistics of travel was the motion itself. Any time a male opposes a motion with the three words, ‘Muslim’, ‘women’ and ‘freedom’ in them, he is simply asking for trouble. Read More »