News, documentaries, drama and even comedy; it seems that TV producers cannot get enough of us these days. Programmes like “The Muslim Jesus“, and – dare...
Have you wondered who Thou is? Y’know, Thou. If you don’t know who I’m talking about, allow me to explain. Thou is a person whose identity...
A very inspiring story, from Arab News (follow link for photo). What really inspired me – more than the story of this orphan teenage convert who...
I’ve been thinking more and more about the difference between extremely locally-based, grass-roots Islamic activism vs. a larger, almost institution-like system (such as al-Maghrib)… these thoughts...
A slighly modified version of this was cross-posted on Dailykos.com This letter has already made the rounds on a few Muslim blogs, but the importance of...
Ustadh Abu Easa has written a must-read introduction (I had the word “teaser” in my mind but it takes away from some of the importance of...
I was browsing IslamToday.com and came across an interesting article (full text at the end of the post) regarding the ayah, O assembly of jinns and...
There are few talks I listed to that floor me as ‘gem-filled’ but this talk by Imam Suhaib Webb was one of them. It is one...
As Muslims we have a problem of getting over-emotional when discussing issues of politics, especially with those who disagree. I want to bring to light an...
I was talking to someone close to me recently about a decision she had to make and after we had talked for a while I suggested,...