A response to “Practicing Islam in Short Shorts” “I suppose it’s natural to feel judged when we know we’re not living right. Our guilty conscience projects...
The great British philosopher, logician and mathematician, Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970) wrote in his autobiography (1950, p. 395): When I survey my life, it seems to...
It was a hot summer day. I had just graduated from high school and was working a summer job to make some side money for college....
It’s easy to feel down these days with everything going on around the world. There’s an awful lot of negativity out there making the headlines. But...
It’s always a pleasure when Shaykh Salah Al-Sawy comes to town. I try to make sure that I have no plans, and if I do have...
By Dawud Walid During Black History Month, I have the intention of writing brief summaries, not in depth biographies, of some of the early figures in...
Written for UK context, for those in non-abusive situations After a marital breakdown, children are all too often used as pawns by feuding parents. In theory,...
Dear families of Razan, Yusor and Deah, Can I please tell you that you guys are incredible—just incredible. And the three precious lives that God has taken...
The Prophet had a special gift known as “jawami’ al-kalam” which means concise speech. He was able to say something with so much meaning in...
Written by Moutasem Atiya “Ahl al-Sunna consists of three groups – the textualists (Atharīs), whose imām is Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal; the Ashʿarīs, whose imām is Abū al-Ḥasan...
