By Hena Zuberi “I read about the Prophet Muhammad and whatever made him, him, that is what I wanted to follow,” muses children’s book author Julie...
“OMG, the Fifty Shades of Grey movie is coming out!” a high-school girl I mentor cheers with excitement. I nod but don’t say anything. “I have...
Sheikh Yaser Birjas talks about the five stages of marriage. The first stage of the husband-wife relationship is known as the “in-love” phase where the...
Since I was a young boy growing up, the story of Malcolm X captivated me. Before I hit my 13th birthday, I had already read his...
“Almost 1400 years after the Prophet Muhammad first articulated God’s law –the Sharī‘ah- its earthly interpreters are still arguing over what it means. Hardliners reduce it...
By Umm Idris Every so often, a book comes along that forces us to radically re-think our basic assumptions. Wilkinson and Pickett’s The Spirit Level, a...
By: Abu Ibrahim Ismail Perhaps you’ve tried to ignore it as I have. But you cannot. Why? Because it’s everywhere. No, it’s not the wildly fluctuating...
The following is a guest-post by Adnan. More of his reflections on life, love and spirituality on his blog He decides to pack up and fly...
This information should benefit anyone involved in Islamic organizations, but it really needs extra attention from those in leadership positions in their communities to start...
Sometime last year, I was passing by the magazine rack of a local drugstore when something caught my eye. I turned around. I stared. I blinked....