Zainab bint Younus catches up with Aliyah Umm Raiyaan, the author of “Ramadan Reflections: A Guided Journal – 30 days...
The Muslim ummah and the world at large has lost a beloved hero. Muhammad Ali touched the lives of so many in the US and around...
He was too young, too brash, too fast, too pretty. Too hateful, too playful, too charming, too witty, With too many quotes to mention, too many...
Muhammad Ali was either the best athlete the world has ever seen, the most influential athlete the world has ever seen, or both. The former three-time...
Somewhere between the eulogies, the obituaries, the tweets, the memes and the acres of press coverage on the passing of Muhammad Ali… lies a set of...
By Ahmed Motiar In June, more than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will begin to observe Ramadan. For Muslims fasting is a religious obligation (al-Qur’an...
I have often found myself at the crossroads. The greatest decisions I’ve made in my life have been at the fork of the road, often with...
Recent discussions about the critical thinking skills of students who graduate from Islamic religious institutions have brought to question the aims of an Islamic pedagogy and...
“Nigg%r.” I was ten or eleven years old at the time, and I remember being overcome with shock and offense as I sat in the school...
When your name gets called in the throne room, you know you’ve hit the jackpot! Ramadan of 1998 was my first trip for Umrah. A gift...
‘And here is the tragedy. Muslims, African-Americans, and other oppressed groups learn that suffering is something they must endure “for the greater good.” So private abuses...
