The American Muslim community has become inextricably linked to the most controversial sports story of 2016. Before an NFL preseason game in Santa Clara, Calif., on...
By the year 2010, Tiger Woods was a self-proclaimed collage of ethnicities, four-time golf master’s champion, Forbes List powerhouse, and a publicly convicted adulterer. Woods’ reputation...
Infidelity is a major topic that too often, like many other embarrassing elements of our community, gets brushed under the rug. Imams routinely have to deal...
Br.Yousef is the moderator of www.straightstruggle.com MuslimMatters has carried a number of articles over the past few years related to the topic of homosexuality. Some of...
By Hamza Andreas Tzortzis ‘And We created not the heavens and the earth, and all that is between them, for mere play.’[1] [The Qur’an] A popular...
The comforting, feel-good narrative was that Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States did not need to win a fencing match, let alone a fencing medal, for...
A pink yoga mat is laid out on the hard wood floor. In a crisp white coat Lani*, the hijama practitioner, takes the Made in Korea...
Think about the typical advertising campaign for the Olympic Games. More often than not, the focus is on finishing: Sticking the landing, crossing the finish line,...
by Sana H. Aaser [dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]hile Muslims were celebrating the final days of Ramadan and Eid, two unarmed black men – Philando Castile and Alton Sterling...
The chapter of Light contains the verse of light; one of the most commented upon verses in the Qur’an. In verse 35, Allah sets forth a...
