This article is a contribution to hermeneutics (uṣūl al-taʾwīl) with a specific focus on khimār, which is commonly known as the hijab.
The following is an excerpt from the book Fiqh of Social Media: Timeless Islamic Principles for Navigating the Digital Age by Omar Usman. Click here to...
American Muslim promotion of the LGBT freedom and equality platform has drastically undermined the ability of the Muslim community itself to live with, or even conceive...
(This article was originally posted at ibnabeeomar.com. To follow Omar’s work please subscribe to his email list.) I was excited, as a teenager, to join the...
Thanksgiving. Thankstaking. Truthsgiving. These are all names associated with the national holiday in the United States of America which today revolves around a feast involving a...
I remember the time when asking the Subway sandwich artist to change their gloves upon taking my order was an anxiety-inducing moment for me every single...
As countries across the world come to terms with COVID-19 as still a significant threat to global public health, we are facing yet another ‘code red...
Trigger Warning: physical abuse, spiritual abuse, sexual abuse Introduction and Background The latter half of the 20th century saw successive waves of immigration from Muslim lands into...
Trigger warning: miscarriage Losing It I felt it as I hobbled nearly doubled-over towards the car on our way to the ER. The pain that surged...
The Seeds There are seldom few childhood favorites that I obsessively consumed in my formative years –be they books, films, TV shows- that haven’t molded my...