assalamalaikum everyone Our last open thread worked out just fine. So, here it is again. Much happening around the globe: new PM in Pakistan, IlmFest next...
Among the few situations that would amount to ‘million dollar questions’ is “what do the Muslims really mean to the current presidential contenders”? Reading between the...
Back in the mid 90s, when I was a newly single mom living a life that swung between elation at my freedom from an oppressive marriage...
A good look at some of the conditions inside Guantanamo. Confessions of a Gitmo Guard http://www.counterpunch.org/nathan02262008.html By DEBBIE NATHAN A psychiatrist who has treated former military...
As if our youth didn’t have enough distractions and bad habits readily available to pick up, we now have the hookah fad. Step aside cigarette smoking,...
There’s nothing like the thought of a gym or swimming pool running women-only sessions (at the request of Muslim women) to get some men all worked...
The following is an AlMaghrib class project that achieved top honors in the “Heavenly Hues” class given by Shaykh Yaser Birjas. See the other winning paper...
Sister Muslema Purmel sent the following email to us, talking about the hijab ban and her interactions with French sisters who actually LIVED the ban. The...
Wow! It has been nearly one year now since our first post on MuslimMatters.org. It seems like yesterday when we started rounding up like-minded writers to...
Who ever thought that glitz and glamour would be associated with being a “talib al-‘ilm”? Did anyone ever imagine that being a “student of knowledge” would...