The winter holiday season is once again here, and as converts to Islam, whether we come from observant or secular...
The Window in the Prison We live in a world where windows are more than mere glass: they are silent...
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...
I needed information about Angie’s family. The most likely person to supply the information was Tarek, but I had no idea where to find him.
American Muslims are scared and rightfully so. Many are worried about what the future might hold with Trump’s presidency and the increase in public expressions of...
So I’ve learned a few things over the last couple of days. First, I want to apologize to those hurt by how I addressed the topic...
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...
