How to understand misfortune, trials, and tribulations in Islam — and how to get through them. We are living in extremely difficult times. COVID-19 and its devastating impact...
Tuesday, the eleventh of July, one thousand-nine-hundred-ninety-five. (“I’d go back to die there!”) That date, around Srebrenica’s neck, was threaded up a thread...
Wednesday, July 19th was our Islamic New Year. It will be the year 1445, which indicates the number of years that have passed since the arrival...
Alḥamdulillah, through the infinite bounty and grace of Allah ﷻ, I have been blessed to perform Hajj for a number of years as a spiritual guide....
Life is hard. It is a testing ground in which we all face multiple trials. Some trials are easier to manage than others. Knowing that a...
Since my youth, faith has been my constant companion and guiding light. Growing up in a religious household, I embraced Islam wholeheartedly, studying Shari’ah and wearing...
The Muslim social commentator, Wajahat Ali, recently (June 23, 2023) penned an op-ed in the New York Times entitled, We Muslims Used to Be the Culture...
The Arab Spring of 2011 was a pivotal moment that shook the foundations of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Egyptian Revolution, in particular,...
“Someone at school has two dads and it’s got a Muslim kid all muddled about what marriage is. Get the lowdown on Allah’s gift to humans...
This is a continuation of a series on the structure and organization of the Quran (though this piece should have been released first, many factors did...
