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...
It’s interesting how a catchy nickname and a strong hit of nostalgia can override conventional wisdom. While basketball fans spend this week and the next (and...
Once I was picking up a scholar from a trip, he was dragging his carry on behind him and as I reached to take it from...
This Khutbah was given on the same day the Anti-Islam rally was supposed to take place in Phoenix, Arizona. Among other things, the Khutbah touched on...
By Maher Budeir The American Muslim Community is making a shift and is generally moving towards professionalizing the operation of our institutions. More and more, I...
Standing is obligatory only for Takbeer Tahreema in Fardh Salah (Obligatory Prayers) with which the prayer begins. After that a person can sit. This is the...
Forty is a special age. It’s the quintessential age of mid-life. It’s older than ‘young’, but younger than ‘old’. It’s an age where one has typically...
When I first heard about teenage girls in the West leaving their homes to join ISIS, I couldn’t begin to fathom how and why they would...
A Follow-up to Blurred Lines: Women, “Celebrity” Shaykhs, and Spiritual Abuse by Ustadha Zaynab Ansari In the Name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver...
A couple of months ago, I spent a few days in Arizona during Major League Baseball’s annual spring training. If you’ve never been, spring training is...