Disclaimer: Sadly, I’m not the one clever enough to come up with the post title. Facebook, MySpace, Friendster, and whatever’s the latest and hottest in social...
I write this with an aching heart and furious thoughts. No doubt by now you have heard of Aqsa Parvez, the 16 year old girl who...
… who is the fairest of us all? That’s what the question is, usually – but today is different. Dhul Hijjah is upon us. The hujjaaj...
Written in conjunction with Su’di Abdulahi, my friend and a student of Abu AnonyMouse’s Madrasah. Living Islam while in the West – it’s a common topic,...
Whether you’re a “born Muslim” or convert/revert, one is often taught things or comes across things that are passed off as “Sunnah” or part of Islam....
I’ve just discovered my newest pet peeve: misogynistic women. That is, those women who believe in and perpetuate gender-related stereotypes… the most common one being that of...
The Islamosphere is filled with excellent (and not so excellent) blogs by, and about, Muslims living in the West, trying to practice their Deen. Yet in...
Bountiful, B.C.: The first thing that comes to mind is a recollection of the media frenzy surrounding the ultra-fundamentalist Mormon community, which under their so-called “prophet”...
This article in the latest issue of Maclean’s magazine highlights the alarmingly growing trend of racism, bigotry, and prejudice in Canada… or, if you’re to look...
(Written in response to – can you guess? – an almost disastrous ‘Eid party) Yes, it’s that time of the year again… ‘Eid time! And for...
