Half of this story is truth and half of this has not yet happened. Let me tell you the true part first. When the doorbell rang...
By: Sabeen Mansoori I died many times today. I also watched many loved ones-husbands, mothers, fathers, grandparents and aunts depart this world. They were all in...
Osama bin Laden is dead. And once again, in this Manichean good-versus-evil, us-versus-them, black-versus-white, world that we are told we live in, we are expected to...
Bismillah I went straight to my room after returning from my uncle’s janazah (funeral prayer). He died from Leukemia and had just returned from umrah a...
Hajj Reflections: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 On the 12th of Dhul Hijjah, I awoke in Mina...
Everything blurs to black around me.
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon. From the BBC (includes video of the funeral procession): “Mr Yar’Adua died late on Wednesday in the capital Abuja. Thousands...
From the International Union of Muslim Women: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon. Our beloved sister, Aminah Assilmi passed away this morning in an automobile accident....
The following is a guest-post by Adnan. More of his reflections on life, love and spirituality on his blog He decides to pack up and fly...
UPDATES H/T Hussein: X17 Online is reporting that Michael Jackson Reportedly Will Be Buried in Muslim Traditions. MM cannot vouch for X17’s credibility. Best to wait...