I was listening to the radio this morning, and heard a New York Times writer discussion the growing trend of “Shiitization” in Syria. “Shiitization” refers to...
Several years ago, as a teenager/young-adult in America, I used to hear this quite a bit from my parents: “America kee hawa lug gayi hey” (you...
Chivalry: n. pl. chiv·al·ries a. The qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women. b. A manifestation of any of these...
Update: Lecture now downloadable, and full transcript included. Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh, I have uploaded an awesome lecture from TX Da’wah Convention 2006 about...
While we should be mourning a tragedy, helping families cope, and seeing what led a crazed man to commit such a horrific act of indiscriminate violence,...
Last Update #11 posted on 5/11/07 with pictures of Janazah courtesy Facebook group (updates appended at the top) Action Alerts: (a) Make Dua’ for the brother,...
Zbigniew Brzezinski takes on this really meaningless mantra in The Washington Post: The “war on terror” has created a culture of fear in America. The Bush...
Something that is extremely important, yet which lacking sorely in our community, seems to be positive adult/youth relations. Adult/youth relations refers to the bonds between the...
We know the ideal. When we encounter the statements of Allah and His messenger, we hear and we obey. But in a splintered ummah, in a...
This is an article that someone forwarded to me in an email, and although (apparently) written by a non-Muslim, I thought that it was pretty relevant...