By Adnan Majid Bismillah’l-Raḥmān’l-Raḥīm As the Qurʾān’s first verse, the invocation above (known as the basmallah) is our gateway to divine revelation and our...
The Dilemma “You need to be open minded,” we are both told and tell others. This has become the common line to say to anyone who...
Once, while in class at college, an Arab girl I was sitting next to said quite loudly to another, “Hey, give this paper to the ‘abdah”...
We watched an episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations on ‘Īd day, it was playing in the background at my in-laws’ place, after the presents had been opened...
Here we go again. Israel has started bombing Gaza using one of the most superior air-force in the world against one of the most inferior resistance...
There is no place on Earth as venerated, as central or as holy to as many people as Makkah. By any objective standard, this valley in...
by Humaira Khan Asma was always one to focus on what was missing: the sun on a cloudy day, the tiny smudge on her otherwise beautiful...
“We were making the future, and hardly any of us troubled to think what future we were making. And here it is!” MM Treasures are posts...
Every single conference. Every single lecture. Every single guest speaker. Every single gathering of friends… …Every single time, a halal meat discussion. Is it halal? Is...
In recent days, the incident of Malala Yousafzai shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls has flowed across all media outlets. It was the story...