Ali had two young children. While he was playing baseball one day, a ball hit his chest. A few days later, he was gone at the...
I believe in the divine plan. I do. I have read up on Islamic eschatology. I know that the current climate of strife and warfare and...
Islam teaches us to be humble, tolerant and position ourselves to be the servants of humanity. There is serenity and bliss in this simplicity. Simplicity in...
Assalamu Alaikum! Welcome to the Drama Mama on Muslimmatters. I’m so happy you’re here. Let us get cozy. My name is Hiba. I’m a ‘very...
By Ismail Shaikh “What do you think of the genital mutilation of those young girls in Africa?” asks Joe during our meeting. The abduction of young...
Dear Son, You are ten and we haven’t had the talk yet. I don’t mean the talk about puberty or sex ed, that we have been...
By Umm Reem Why Teen Girls maybe Joining ISIS In retrospect I became a part of what I believe now was a cult because I had...
The biggest challenge of parenting is to accept that we are facing a world very different from the one in which we grew up. This is...
It was a hot summer day. I had just graduated from high school and was working a summer job to make some side money for college....
By Walid Darab Terrorist groups like ISIS use social media like Twitter to recruit young impressionable minds. They rely on teens who have a “restrictive” household...