From the MuslimMatters Bookshelf is a monthly column from MM staff members on their latest reads – the good, the...
Former Iraqi insurgents have spoken for the first time about the moment that turned them away from al-Qa’ida and swung the conflict in favour of the...
I recently finished a great book, Confessions of a Public Speaker by Scott Berkun, and thought it would be interesting to contrast some of what is...
By Abu Zaynab At the workplace (i.e. in non-Muslim environments), we sometimes feel we need to compromise and maybe even do things which may go against...
A mosque was built less than 100 yards away from an 18-year-old Clear Lake church last year, and the two religious organizations have acted as neighbors...
Fatima and Omar were “hard-core” volunteers. They volunteered at Islamic events, lectures, their local masaajids- you name it! If something needed to get done in the...
Washington, D.C. (CNN) — At a time when our nation’s top university is more diverse than ever before, Harvard’s recent decision to honor its former professor...
This article first appeared in The Huffington Post, and is being posted here by permission of author By: Shabina S. Khatri 8/26/10 It’s good to get...
Preface: Originally posted on my personal blog, I debated whether or not to put this (partially edited version) up on MuslimMatters. It’s a pretty introspective piece and I’m...
By Nadya Aweinat Oh Ikhlaas…The Islamic concept of sincerity we hear repeated like a broken record at each and every Islamic function. Whether it be a...
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