How colonization derailed the course of Islamic education in Nigeria was covered previously in Part 1 By the late 1980s,...
Just as in the case of a medical epidemic, the root causes must first be explored before a treatment approach can be presented. Once the origin...
Bismillah walhamdolillah. Yes, score one for the NYT: Homeland Blather It is disturbing to listen to Representative Peter King, the incoming chairman of the Homeland Security...
Bismillah One of the customs of the Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) was to listen to others read the Qur’an. In an incident recorded in...
The clock strikes midnight and all around the sounds of fireworks and celebration fill the air. I am in Alexandria, a port city in Egypt, visiting...
Bismillah walhamdolillah. Margaret Nance was, to put it mildly, a difficult case. Agitated, combative, often reluctant to eat, she would hit staff members and fellow residents...
Muslim Matters is pleased to announce the launch of a new occasional Saturday series called What’s in Your Ear? In this series we hope to ask...
Everything blurs to black around me.
Bismillah walhamdolillah. As reported in the New York Times JERUSALEM — An Israeli court convicted the country’s former president, Moshe Katsav, on two counts of forcible...
I prayed two rakah salah before writing this – I wrote it after her sentencing but honestly have not had the guts to publish it. I...
By Mostapha S. Not that long ago, Turks seemed to be all over the news. Their overwhelming presence was mostly due to the massacre of the...
