Truth be told, I have never liked the term “activism” as applied to Islam or Muslims, not least because it is unclear and nebulous and cobbles...
MM Treasures are posts on MuslimMatters that we believe are overlooked ‘gems’ that NEED to be read, especially by our new readers. “There’s only one corner...
What follows is a quick trek through the somewhat rugged terrain of Islam, Science and Evolution, taken from a forthcoming publication: Heartbeat of Faith: Two Essays...
This is the second part of a blog piece that asks: The blog is divided-up into six reflection, the first three of which may be read...
Recently, I was surprised to learn that my name had been included in a launch publication which sets out a number of recommendations to combat terrorism....
The first in a series of papers tackling a variety of issues and concerns. It includes: does the 73 sects hadith imply most Muslims will go...
An American businessman was once standing on the jetty of a Mexican coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the boat...
Good poetry is, in a sense, timeless and immortal. This is not only because it is read by generation after generation of readers, but also because...
Tawhid (or Tawheed), often referred to as the “key to paradise”, is the core of Islam. This article discusses what Tawhid truly means and implies. It...
John Donne, the seventeenth-century English poet and preacher, wrote in his Meditations: “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of...
