This is a guest post by one of our readers, Um Imran. Bismillah Irrahman Irraheem These are some thoughts on the recent killings of two young...
It seems that I am gradually becoming MuslimMatters’ unofficial media correspondent, as I now blog about yet another documentary concerning a Muslim minority community. But perhaps...
When I began high school, I attended a local Friday night youth group halaqh. One night, the brother preparing the talk for the night handed out...
Now that the primaries are here, I’ve become more and more disappointed with the various options. Muslims have been debating the best choice for months, and...
John Smith, from the fundamentalist, excommunicated branch of Mormons, said regarding baptism rites of Southern Evangelicals… Reverend Kathy Lisbon, a leftist, gay & lesbian, ardent pro-choice...
What a trip the past two weeks have been? The last week of December as well as the first week of January is usually dead without...
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...
By Irum Sarfaraz It is perhaps A matter of thought Or perhaps A matter of experience That we eventually realize That nothing Teaches us More about...
“Hajj intimidating for secular reporter.” That’s the headline for this article. When I read that headline I was confused, uncertain why hajj would intimidate anyone, let...
By Irum Sarfaraz For all the anguish That I suffer At the hands of this world For all the pain I bear Of its people And...