The winter holiday season is once again here, and as converts to Islam, whether we come from observant or secular...
In 2021, MuslimMatters hosted the Muslim Bookstagram Awards to celebrate and uplift Muslim voices in literature. We interviewed the judges...
Something from The Madrasah… one of our younger sisters (we’ll call her S.) wrote this poem: Religiously and Vertically I feel the influence of this religion...
Delivered at Yale University MSA’s Friday Prayer, March 2007. You heard it here first. [audio:http://www.muslimmatters.org/audio/Yasir_Qadhi_Nourishment_of_the_Soul.MP3] (download)
Background: “Wahhabism”—a term used by different people for different reasons. My purpose was to collect some of these uses to serve the end-goal of debunking the...
Alhamdulilah, it is our pleasure to introduce Abu Aaliyah Surkheel Sharif, as Muslim Matter’s newest guest-writer. Abu Aaliyah is the founder of The Jawziyyah Institute in...
I wanted to make some comments on the book Made To Stick, as it contains many lessons that Muslims can apply to their da’wah work. The...
This is quite humorous, yet poignant. [youtube AGHty_S0TU0] On a more serious note, here is a video of US Soldiers shooting at what seems like unarmed...
Drum-roll please… the new RAND Report is out… they love publicity, and we the Muslims have to unfortunately keep giving… we cannot put blinders on and...
One of the greatest blessings that the internet has brought me is the chance to view videos of famous qurra the world over, past and present....
Previous: Between Natural and Religious Loyalties: Part I Next: Between Natural and Religious Loyalties: Part III (Final) Part II Loyalty’s Flip Side (Bara’a) Bara’a or disavowal...
Check out this story, about an ex-NBA player getting suspended for saying he hired a Jewish lawyer because they are crafty and shrewd, I’ve got big-time...