Before I get too far and people wrongfully accuse me, I wish to be clear that I am indeed very much in favor of free speech...
An American businessman was once standing on the jetty of a Mexican coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the boat...
The other night I was sat on my sofa not doing very much. Being the easily bored woman-child that I am, I ended up messing around...
A few weeks ago I was scheduled for endoscopic sinus surgery and a septoplasty. Since moving to Houston I have suffered from chronically clogged sinuses and...
In the Qur’an, Allah directs us over and over to ponder over the miracles of His creation, and even swears by them: the sun, the moon,...
I belong to a book discussion group whose members are predominantly converts. We are currently reading Even Angels Ask by Jeffrey Lang. I’ve struggled through the...
Back in the mid 90s, when I was a newly single mom living a life that swung between elation at my freedom from an oppressive marriage...
Far beyond the rusted iron bars On the window of my home I see a world that is utopia to me It watches its children grow...
Who ever thought that glitz and glamour would be associated with being a “talib al-‘ilm”? Did anyone ever imagine that being a “student of knowledge” would...
After reading a recent blog discussion about poor translations of Arabic texts, including the Quran, I though it would be worth reconsidering our insistence on using...
