“We don’t make deals with Allah,” Kadija said. “Making a deal implies that each side needs something from the other, and they’re coming to an accommodation.
“That’s my bike,” Jamilah said forcefully. “You stole it. And I’m taking it back.” She picked the bike up from the ground and began to walk...
Do you ever wonder about the purpose of hijab? Do you sometimes think that wearing a hijab might be too much for you? Are you interested...
January 2010 San Francisco, California If Jamilah didn’t get that bike back, she was done. What could she do? Go back home to the nowhere town...
I feel like this message is far too important to me and far too sensitive for all of us for me to leave it unexplained. —–...
Louis and Kadija sat in the crowded waiting room at Highland Hospital. The room smelled faintly of bleach...
This is an extremely poignant khutbah by Sh. Mustafa Umar. This provides a much needed step in moving past the dialogue of things like ‘is it...
What time was it? Louis had been dreaming that he was riding in a personnel carrier in the southern suburbs of Baghdad...
That next Friday afternoon, Kadija called. Louis could not have been more surprised if she had leaped onto the roof of his cab and done a...
Red-What? Whether you’ve heard of Reddit or not, chances are your kids are spending time on it. In some cases—upwards of a couple of hours a...