In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful Recent events exposing systemic abuse in various Islamic and other religious...
This Ramadan, MuslimMatters is pleased to host the Institute Of Knowledge‘s daily Ramadan series: Keys to the Divine Compass. Through this series,...
The way most Muslims (as well as conservative Christians and Jews) live, a man asks for a woman’s hand in marriage from the father. The father...
From a cognitive-development standpoint, this is called a concrete operational period, according to Jean Piaget. (N.B: Some adults never progress beyond this phase, while 15% of...
Earlier tonight, I was voted off the Women’s March, Inc. national board. This followed an Islamophobic smear campaign led by the usual antagonists, who have long...
As we approach the beginning of another painful year of the full enforcement of Presidential Proclamation 9645 (a.k.a. ‘the Muslim ban’) that effectively bars citizens of...
Monday, September 9, turned out to be a day of profound anguish and sorrow for many around the world. In the early morning hours, news of...
In recent years, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, a notable Islamic scholar from North America, has gained global prominence by supporting efforts by the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...
This is called a pre-operational period by Jean Piaget who was focused on cognitive development. Children this age have difficulty reconciling between different dimensions or seemingly...
“An ocean of knowledge which once resided on the seabed of humbleness has now submerged below it, forever.” “Why didn’t you tell me!! You call me...
I remember driving to college orientation over the summer with my father, may Allah have mercy on him. I was going to be going to school...
The past couple days I haven’t been able to write, thinking and reflecting over the passing of a great man, a mentor, someone I consider among...
