بسم اللّٰہ الرحمٰن الرحیم And another one; another friend of mine recently named her baby girl “Maryam”. I reflect upon how many friends named “Maryam” I have. And...
Na’ima B. Robert is “Muslim, Black, mixed-race, South African, Western, revert and woman all in one”. Descended from Scottish Highlanders on her father’s side and the...
By Pankaj Mishra Was the prophet Muhammad a pervert and a tyrant? Does Islam promote terrorism and enslave women? Does Islam oblige its followers to wage...
Khadija Ahmed, a 32-year old veiled businesswoman, and Abdelaziz Aouragh, a 29-year old Amsterdam-born practicing Muslim of Moroccan heritage with the instincts of a Dutch trader,...
The following guest post by Hena Zuberi caused great debate and discussion among the MM staffers as to whether to ignore the subject or let Sr....
U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell’s recent return to the Middle East marks the tentative resumption of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process through “proximity talks,” as U.S....
Guest-post by Loga’Abdullah, originally posted here. Below that is audio of a panel discussion with ulema in South Africa (uploaded on Youtube by Dawud). Bismillah. At...
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم At several places in the Quran, Allah has described events in history by mentioning some details and leaving others out. It is...
Ross Douthat, The New York Times, today: In a way, the muzzling of “South Park” is no more disquieting than any other example of Western institutions’ cowering before...
Innalhamdolillah. Faced with the absurdity of banning the niqab to protect the women who wear it by choice on the grounds that a few of them...