This Ramadan, MuslimMatters reached out to our regular (and not-so-regular) crew of writers asking them to share their reflections on...
By Imam Zia Sheikh Is Beer Halal According to the Hanafi Fiqh? You might be forgiven for thinking so if you believed the recent viral posting of...
Seeing the Anwars enter through my door, I could not have been more surprised if it had been Barack and Michelle Obama dressed in evening wear...
Q. When non-Muslims embrace Islam, is ghusl (bathing) obligatory upon them? The process of becoming a Muslim is very straightforward and undemanding. Allah desires ease for...
Navigating the murky waters of CVE funding and establishing transparency in the American Muslim community In the closing days of the Obama Administration, several nonprofits were...
Islam is a faith concerned with the wellbeing of all humankind. Like other Abrahamic religions, it combines service to God with service to humanity. It is...
“And He taught Adam the names – all of them.” (Qur’an 2:31) Colonial era historians depicted Africans as peoples without a history, while exceptionalizing African Muslim...
At the age of 30, Zaid Karim feels worn out. An ex-convict working as a private investigator, Zaid is broke, separated from his wife and daughter,...
“You Pray, We Stay! You Pray, We Stay!” Such were the cheers protesters chanted as thousands across the US gathered at airports to express their disapproval of...
By Najiyah Maxfield March On! After a brief respite to put my feet up and catch my breath after the Women’s March, which I attended with two of...
The Prophet ﷺ advised; “don’t get angry”, yet, anger is arguably the single most unifying emotion of Muslims today. When it comes to Muslims, anger is...
