By Na’ima B. Robert When I heard about Nelson Mandela’s death in the early hours of the morning of December 5, via a message on Viber,...
By Maria Karim ‘I love you for the sake of Allah,’ my classmate at the markaz said to me, smiling warmly. It was the first time I had heard...
By: Hina Khan The conversion ceremony was a very frigid one. I was looking for acceptance; they were looking for submission. In a room full of...
by Ammar Alshukry Years ago I was walking down the street with a mentor of mine and he was discussing the importance of reading books. He...
The Prophet remarked: ‘The best of you is the one who learns the Qur’an and teaches it to others.’1 For Muslims, notwithstanding the sheer beauty of...
By: Abu Aaliyah (Surkheel Sharif) This is a short piece translated from Ibn Qudamah’s Mukhtasar Minhaj al-Qasidin. It distills a picture the Quran and ahadeeth build up of the...
We need the scholar who has the ability to see potential in others. We need the teacher who recognizes potential in his students. In the past,...
I recently had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing the Indian scholar, Shaykh Yusuf Islahi, after his lecture at the Islamic Center of Maryland over a...
This article was originally posted here. By: Abu Aaliyah (Surkheel Sharif) ‘There are times where my heart feels clouded (innahu la yughanu ‘ala qalbi); and I...
The hardest part about coming out has got to be coming up with a good opening line. I haven’t got one though. So I’ll give it...
