Love was in the air at the masjid on Valentine’s Day 2016. As a youth group teacher for our masjid’s Sunday School, I organized a panel...
By Umm Aasiya I’ll never forget the morning I found out that my husband was having an emotional affair with one of my close friends. They...
To be Muslim in America is to be a direct beneficiary of the gorgeous triumph of Black Muslims since the inception of the young nation. On...
[dropcap size=small]W[/dropcap]hile all Muslim women face intense backlash when challenging authority, Black Muslim women’s intersecting identities make them even more vulnerable to marginalization when they speak...
Over the last two years, Muslim bloggers and writers have published countless articles that challenge or outright reject the traditionally normative Islamic view on social issues...
By Janet Kozak Data gathered by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) shows that one in three women and one in four men will be...
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...
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...
“Nigg%r.” I was ten or eleven years old at the time, and I remember being overcome with shock and offense as I sat in the school...