Assalamualaikum. Signs in the Creation: the ‘Adhaan Flower’ Ever experienced one of those rare moments when the sound of the Adhaan really touches you? The words of...
Muslims have, alhamdulilah, a long history in America. InshaAllah, too, they will have a long and prosperous future in this country. Crucial to Muslim advancement, I...
Innalhamdolillah. Allah Knows what reason you wear your watch — to tell time or as a status symbol. Maybe you use your mobile phone to tell...
A little over two years ago, I attended my first ever Al-Maghrib event: IlmFest. Today, fittingly, IlmFest will be my last Al-Maghrib event for quite a...
Statistics on Muslim-Americans are notoriously imprecise. Demographic figures especially tend to be either bloated or truncated depending on who’s carrying out the study. Yet, some reliable data...
Alhamdulilah Spring is upon us! The birds are chirping, the trees are blossoming and wedding bells are ringing…and walima duffs are beating! It’s not all non-Muslim...
Going back to the Open Thread’s roots this week with a healthy sampling of interesting stuff. First, an article that lit up the Egyptian twittersphere: Why...
A couple of weeks back, I highlighted an episode of the public radio series Inside Islam that examined the relationship of Islam & Science. The next...
Though Islam’s spiritual fruits are the primary concern of all Muslims, we’d be remiss to ignore the rich intellectual history of our tradition. The wide-ranging contributions...
As many of us are aware (certainly those living in America and most Western countries), today is the greeting card companies’ favorite day to display your...