The winter holiday season is once again here, and as converts to Islam, whether we come from observant or secular...
This Ramadan, MuslimMatters reached out to our regular (and not-so-regular) crew of writers asking them to share their reflections on...
By Furqan Shaikh In the current climate of political rhetoric against Islam and Muslims, it can be hard to remember that the United States has always...
Dear Aunty, The biggest mistake I have seen mothers make when it comes to their daughters who are looking to get married is that mothers unreasonably...
“Too much admiration breeds contempt. It is better, I think, to just be understood.” —the character Salima in His Other Wife by Umm Zakiyyah ~ “It’s...
By Dr Hatem Al Haj The issue of slavery may be of the hardest issues to discuss. Our collective conscience as a global community is extremely...
Back in the 1950s when Hitchcock released Psycho, the motion picture association sent the picture back. They couldn’t approve film because the of scene where, Norman the killer,...
By Fatima Barkatulla It was the day after the second Paris attack. Our local Muslim school sent parents a text-message telling them that security guards would...
The United States is one of few countries in the world that has testamentary free alienation of property. What this means is that you can...
By Hiba Akhtar Someone texted a friend of mine a few weeks ago looking for khutbah topics. “Flint,” she replied. It seemed obvious. We live in...
By KN Gratwick Some of us excel in math, some in fine arts, and there is of course the rare talent who does both. Our interests...
And do not insult one another and do not call each other by [offensive] nicknames. Wretched is the name of disobedience after...
