You can read the other parts of Pieces of a Dream here: Part #1 | Part #2 | Part #3 Louis and Kadija sat in the crowded waiting room at Highland Hospital. The room smelled faintly of bleach. It was packed with dozens of people suffering from minor injuries and illnesses. ... Read More »
We need to evaluate how we make our own holidays meaningful for our children. It also raises an important point in regards to converts. Much of our community discourse orients around whether it's halal for a Muslim to go celebrate Christmas with a non-Muslim family, but how many Muslims actually reach out to new Muslims and make them feel a part of the family on 'Eid? Read More »
You can read part one “Pieces of a Dream | Part 1: Cabbie” here And “Pieces of a Dream | Part 2: Pieces of a Dream” is here Louis woke with a start. The room was dark, and his cell phone was ringing. What time was it? Louis had been dreaming ... Read More »
You can read part one “Pieces of a Dream | Part 1: Cabbie” here That next Friday afternoon, Kadija called. Louis could not have been more surprised if she had leaped onto the roof of his cab and done a jig. “I'll be down in the doorway at 20 Jones,” ... Read More »
Whether you've heard of Reddit or not, chances are your kids are spending time on it. In some cases upwards of a couple of hours a day. For those parents who just "got the Facebook" or know "how to Tweeter" this can be quite frustrating as more and more new networks pop up. Read More »
Louis wondered if the Muslim lady with the scarf would call for a ride that day. She’d called last Friday, and the Friday before. He’d picked her up on Market Street at Jones, in a seedy section of San Francisco’s Civic Center, just around the corner from where St. Boniface’s gave out food to the homeless... Read More »
It is thus by His rahmah that Allah introduces Himself repeatedly throughout the Qurʾān, so much so that after His tawhid (Oneness), the Qurʾān uses no other quality to describe Allah more than rahmah. Read More »
I want to challenge myself and my readers to really make ‘Īd al-Aḍḥa a sacrifice. For the next year when you really want something: a cup of coffee, a new phone, a new purse, a trip, something you really care about, slaughter your nafs and put that money aside. Read More »
There is no place on Earth as venerated, as central or as holy to as many people as Makkah. By any objective standard, this valley in the Hijaz region of Arabia is the most celebrated place on Earth. Thousands circle the sacred Kaaba at the centre of the Haram sanctuary 24 hours a day. Millions of homes are adorned with pictures of it and over a billion face it five times a day. Read More »
Every single conference. Every single lecture. Every single guest speaker. Every single gathering of friends… …Every single time, a halal meat discussion. Is it halal? Is it zabihah? Why should you pick one or the other? For the last 20 years, the level of discourse on this subject has stayed ... Read More »
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