Sister Muslema Purmel sent the following email to us, talking about the hijab ban and her interactions with French sisters who actually LIVED the ban. The...
Wow! It has been nearly one year now since our first post on MuslimMatters.org. It seems like yesterday when we started rounding up like-minded writers to...
Who ever thought that glitz and glamour would be associated with being a “talib al-‘ilm”? Did anyone ever imagine that being a “student of knowledge” would...
Some people ask why do people engage in terrorism. While it is never okay to justify it, it is in our interests to evaluate its root-causes...
For too long, Israel has not been getting a fair shake in the media. Everyone loves the Palestinian propaganda but no one is buying Israel’s. It’s...
Authority of Sunnah Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 We bring to you a short series on some of the basics...
For those who stubbornly insist that Islamophobia is nothing but a figment of the Muslim imagination (read this: Islamophobia Part-1: It Exists), ABC News has pretty...
Help me out here. I am confused. Two stories, very similar in basic facts, yet with highly different consequences. So, let’s introduce our first bigot: Louis...
Last Thursday (February 21), the Houston Chronicle, my hometown paper, published an editorial discussing the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent remarks about integrating sharia-based courts into the...
I never thought there would be a follow up to the Muslim Man’s Guide to Style but I have good news for the brothers. Mullah fashion...