Her smile was visible even behind her niqab as she weighed my bags at the check-in counter, the souvenirs from Makkah making them slightly heavier than...
The quiet acquisition of popular Muslim dating app Salams by a pro-Israel company is sending shockwaves across the digital world. The deal — which closed in...
A man once asked Abu Hurairah , “What is taqwa?” He asked, “Have you taken a path with thorns?” When the man said yes, he asked,...
Questioning The Modern Condition Through Fasting In a world fragmented by postmodern uncertainty and angst, where does one find substance and meaning beyond fleeting subjectivity? Even...
The irresistible pull towards tahajjud is by the permission of Allah , but it is a part of our lives for as long as we actively...
It begins with a whisper: a message slides into your consciousness with the practiced ease of a skilled assassin. “Have you heard about…” The words hang...
Who Do You Turn to First? A few years ago, my husband and son attended a Muslim father-son camping trip. Within the first few hours of...
Awkward Apologetics There are certain tried and tested truisms that are triumphantly hurled towards inquisitors testing the rationality of rites received by revelation that, in the...
In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful The gates of Heaven are opened, the gates of Hellfire are closed, and the devils are chained....
In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful Evil thoughts savaged me from every angle, more intensely than I had experienced in recent memory. “This...