She didn’t know that the $20 scarf she wrapped around her head that morning would result in a $25,000 lawsuit . She walked into the job...
That next Friday afternoon, Kadija called. Louis could not have been more surprised if she had leaped onto the roof of his cab and done a...
by Zohair bin Irfan Jiwa It was during my first year at McMaster University, in the fall of 2007, that I first started hearing about the Reviving...
What is the meaning of the statement by the four Imams: Abu Hanifah, Malik, al-Shafi’i, and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, that ‘when a hadith is found to...
By Adnan Majid Bismillah’l-Raḥmān’l-Raḥīm As the Qurʾān’s first verse, the invocation above (known as the basmallah) is our gateway to divine revelation and our...
Islamophobia is stupid: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 The Messenger of Allah said, “The believer does not defame, abuse,...
Barack Obama, when commenting about the recent warfare in Gaza, stated that he supports Israel’s right to defend itself from Gazan rocket attacks. He declared, almost...
The Dilemma “You need to be open minded,” we are both told and tell others. This has become the common line to say to anyone who...
Once, while in class at college, an Arab girl I was sitting next to said quite loudly to another, “Hey, give this paper to the ‘abdah”...
We watched an episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations on ‘Īd day, it was playing in the background at my in-laws’ place, after the presents had been opened...