This Ramadan, MuslimMatters reached out to our regular (and not-so-regular) crew of writers asking them to share their reflections on...
By Hooyo Said (a pseudonym) I write this on the evening that I told my daughter’s Qur’an teacher that I wanted my child to quit memorising...
By Philip D. Murphy Philip D Murphy is the former U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany and the Chair of New Way for New...
When I first began writing what would eventually become the novel His Other Wife, it wasn’t about marriage or polygamy, or even romantic relationships. It was...
First, we must acknowledge the hypocrisy: That is, how college and pro football players can make a play that sends thousands of fans in the stadium...
The Racial politics of Flint: Racial Politics Collide When African Americans use the term “they” it almost always gets misaddressed as an indictment of white society,...
By Umm Yusra Have you ever spent all your nights and days making dua for one specific thing? I mean crying your eyes dry in the darkness...
On May 8, 2015, Jameel Syed became the first person in the history of the world to make the call to prayer across all 50 states in America...
“Anyone who asks a woman who has been married for several years and does not have a child ‘why?’ is a monster,” I think to myself...
Is Islam (the religion and way of life the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ came with) the only path to God? Does the Qur’an extend the validity of religions beyond...
“…So give me a call, Aliyah. I think this may be the one.” Aliyah rolled her eyes as she deleted the voicemail message then pressed the...
