With school starting for the year, Muslim parents are likely to find themselves rethinking what the best educational options for...
Today, we would like to take the opportunity to honor our dear sister, Hafizah Ismail. Sister Hafizah is our latest example of Muslims making a positive...
This is a poem that I wrote about 8 years ago. It is a very modest attempt to summarize the Creed of Ahlus-Sunnah in poetry format,...
The Dilemma “You need to be open minded,” we are both told and tell others. This has become the common line to say to anyone who...
Once, while in class at college, an Arab girl I was sitting next to said quite loudly to another, “Hey, give this paper to the ‘abdah”...
Crossposted from: http://thehumblei.com/2012/09/29/have-we-weaned-ourselves-from-the-dunya/ The idea of weaning the soul away from the world, even as a child is weaned off the breast, is a cornerstone of Islam’s...
“If racism is ever to be finally undone—and that remains a very open question indeed—we will have to first and foremost stop lying to ourselves.” —Tim Wise,...
We watched an episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations on ‘Īd day, it was playing in the background at my in-laws’ place, after the presents had been opened...
Consider the headlines that everyday Americans (and increasingly British) see in their papers and news outlets. Is it any wonder that the majority of casual-observing Americans...
Here we go again. Israel has started bombing Gaza using one of the most superior air-force in the world against one of the most inferior resistance...
There is no place on Earth as venerated, as central or as holy to as many people as Makkah. By any objective standard, this valley in...
