As someone born with a physical disability, I was told during my early childhood by many in my community that...
Allah is Al-Fattāḥ — the One Who opens doors and creates pathways, granting His Servants opportunities to increase in reward and closeness to Him. The first...
Tragedy struck the Muslim community of San Diego in a murderous attack by a pair of armed teenagers who killed three people, including a security...
Dr. Mansoor Malik is a professor of psychiatry at John Hopkins. For most of his career, his work has been what you’d expect from a clinician-educator...
I attended Ḥajj at the end of 2006, just four months after embracing Islam. I was still in college with no real financial means, yet I...
It’s been almost a decade since I wrote about Choosing a Good Quran Teacher. Back then, the brave new world of online Quran study was just...
Alhamdulillah we’ve been blessed to make it to that sacred month of the year again – Dhul Hijjah. While some of us have been afforded the...
There are moments in the Islamic calendar that do more than remind us of worship. They return us to ourselves. Dhul Hijjah is one of those...
Alone in Deep Harbor, Darius struggles to survive, finding brotherhood beneath a bridge and fearsome purpose in the sword on his back.
Not all of us will stand on the plains of Arafah this year. Not all of us will circle the Kaabah or feel the weight of...
At his grandmother’s opulent riverside estate, Darius finds himself judged not for who he is, but for whose son he is.
