An elderly grandmother who comes to taraweeh every night turns out to be a war hero living in our midst....
I was listening to the radio this morning, and heard a New York Times writer discussion the growing trend of “Shiitization” in Syria. “Shiitization” refers to...
Several years ago, as a teenager/young-adult in America, I used to hear this quite a bit from my parents: “America kee hawa lug gayi hey” (you...
Sometime ago the Australian Medical Association asked our medical department for our vote on legalizing Mifeprestone (RU486) in Australia in yet another attempt to make non-invasive...
Chivalry: n. pl. chiv·al·ries a. The qualities idealized by knighthood, such as bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women. b. A manifestation of any of these...
A while back I wrote on my Houston Chronicle blog about whether or not Islam can be “reformed.” The post was written for non-Muslim readers, and...
Previous: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 The Earth’s Complaint (Final) 4. SANCTITY Another tenet in Islam’s weltanschauung or worldview concerns sanctity of life: both human...
Update: Lecture now downloadable, and full transcript included. Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh, I have uploaded an awesome lecture from TX Da’wah Convention 2006 about...
Inshallah, we plan to print out all the tributes/comments posted for Br. Waleed and package them nicely to send to his family, as a small memorial....
The following article by Virginia Tech graduate student, Bradford B. Wiles, was published in the Roanoke Times yesterday. He writes of the feeling of helplessness and...
Previous: Part 1, Part 2; Next: Final The Earth’s Complaint (Part 3) Window Into A Worldview Having broached the subject of politics, let us conclude this...
