The winter holiday season is once again here, and as converts to Islam, whether we come from observant or secular...
A huge wave of crabs was converging on their position, coming from all directions. A hundred meters aft, a large,...
*Update: See results from this comprehensive poll on Pakistan politics. Nawaz leads the pack interestingly. Courtesy “Procrastination” blog.* Compare Pakistani masses to American masses. In 2004,...
As MuslimMatters grows, we always look for opportunities to add new blood to both our staff and specialists in order to sustain the variety of opinions...
The Qur’an; A Literary Marvel There is enough academic work on the literary beauty of the Qur’an from grammatical, rhetorical, linguistic & other perspectives to take...
As I alluded to earlier in Texas there was a protest of Muslim Day at Six Flags by a group called ‘Americans Against Hate.’ Some Muslims...
*If you and your blog (if you have one) supports this call, then we’ll add you to the list of supporters at the bottom of this...
Nothing really earth-shattering here. Bush’s regime has been always one that wanted to expand executive powers, while compromising the basic tenets of the Constitution of the...
This was quite an interesting Ramadan for me, and one that has personally affected me in a number of ways. What follows is a compendium of...
(Written in response to – can you guess? – an almost disastrous ‘Eid party) Yes, it’s that time of the year again… ‘Eid time! And for...
Whether you are celebrating Eid today, tomorrow or on Saturday, the staff and specialists of MuslimMatters wishes all our readers and friends a blessed Eid. Eid...
This is an old piece that I hastily wrote in regards to the annual disputes about the number of rak`ahs for Tarawih and moonsighting. I am...
