This Ramadan, MuslimMatters is pleased to host the Institute Of Knowledge‘s daily Ramadan series: Keys to the Divine Compass. Through this series,...
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...
A short survey on what leading scholars and the four schools of law (madhhabs) have to say on the issue
Let me begin by making two things clear. First, this article is not seeking to defend the positions of any person nor is it related to...
For Muslims in the United States, it is easy to fall for the fallacy of “American Muslim exceptionalism.” Some Muslims view Muslim-majority countries as dark, corrupt,...
What do Indonesia, Greenland, Brazil, Siberia, Turkey, Bolivia, The Canary Islands, and The Congo, have in common? They are losing their forests due to wildfires, commonly...
Reflections on Ustadh Nabeel al-Azami
In this age group, infants were thought by Jean Piaget to develop skills and experience through sensations and movements; that is why he called it the...
He squirmed in his seat as his Middle East history professor–yet again–made a subtle jab about Islam, this time about the jizyah. This professor claimed to...
I don’t really care about grit. Persevering and persisting through difficulties to achieve a higher goal is awesome. High-five. We should all develop that. No one...
