The winter holiday season is once again here, and as converts to Islam, whether we come from observant or secular...
Maryam (an alias) writes about her painful physical, emotional, and spiritual experience with the loss of her dearest fetus, and...
Further to the previous post on this subject, Sister ‘Medina’ forwarded us an emotional eye-witness account and pictures, jazakumAllahkhair… It is amazing how tragic events can...
I am somewhat surprised that it took NY Times, the ‘liberal’ media giant, to throw a light one at CAIR in an article that appeared in...
A difficult time has come to me… a time which every Muslim child in the West will reach, an event which every Muslim child in the...
Now I am pregnant: Umm Reem has some interesting commentary on gender relations and ‘innocent beginnings’. Check it out. Do you agree or disagree? Also, the...
Ten causes that result in Allah’s love for His slave and the slave’s love for his Lord by Imam ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (RH): Reciting the Qur’aan...
As-salaamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatu! Welcome to MuslimMatters.org – Discourses in the Intellectual Traditions, Political Situation, and Social Ethics of Muslim Life. (Don’t be intimidated...
“Did you hear what she said earlier? I don’t believe her!” “Acha, she’s such a liar! I spoke to Motabhai myself, and he said nothing of...
Well, for most of our American/Canadian friends, cricket usually refers to the annoying insects that keep you up at nights. But, for the rest of the...
(Updated 4/2/07) Ok, time for a not-so-intellectual, yet extremely important topic. Probably more applicable in our daily lives than most other issues we blog about. So,...
This is a rather old post on Hood’s Islamic Law, etc. blog, but many may have missed this rather remarkable tour of Madinah: A Sky-View in...
