“I love you for the sake of Allah ” This is a phrase that many of us have heard, and perhaps we too have said it...
Squabbles, online or offline, does not need to damage the brotherhood and sisterhood, Imam Omar Suleiman reminds us.
By Janet Kozak Data gathered by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) shows that one in three women and one in four men will be...
Ping! The familiar sound announcing another Whatsapp message arriving. I checked to see if it was anything important. It was a message on the local...
By: Aamir Shamsi I was never really exposed to a Muslim community while I was growing up. The only relatives we had in the country were...
Timeline: Towards the end of Fall semester 2012, my friend Omar and I were talking about how excited he and I were that he was going...
Cross-posted from: http://thehumblei.com/2012/11/30/breaking-bread-as-brothers/ God insists in the Qur’an: And hold fast, all together, to the rope of God, and do not become divided. [3:103] The Qur’an further insists: The believers are...
I’m not gonna lie–being in charge of coming up with ice breakers/fun activities can really suck. It’s hard to find something that will make everyone feel...
I used to exhibit a certain reactionary pattern that seemed to arise whenever I entered a Masjid or Muslim gathering. It was this pesky little habit of...
The Prophet, sal Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was once sitting with his companions when they were approached by some horsemen as delegates from the tribe of...