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...
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...
Zbigniew Brzezinski takes on this really meaningless mantra in The Washington Post: The “war on terror” has created a culture of fear in America. The Bush...
Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, and the ships which sail through the sea...
And We have enjoined on man (to be good) to his parents: in travail upon travail did his mother bear him, and in years twain was...
Previous: Part 1; Next: Part 3, Final The Earth’s Complaint (Part 2) Essential Truths But why, it may be asked, will the earth be inspired to...
Next: Part 2, Part 3, Final In H.G. Wells’s, “The Sleeper Awakes”, Graham, a troubled insomniac in 1890s England, falls into a sleep-like trance from which...