Sometimes you are so busy with life you don’t think much of where it all started, how you became who you are, the journeys you took...
The past couple days I haven’t been able to write, thinking and reflecting over the passing of a great man, a mentor, someone I consider among...
By Danish Qasim We have unfortunately created a culture of praise where we vouch for someone’s piety without truly knowing them. We see fan pages for...
One of the most challenging things that Muslim parents can face in their children’s Islamic education is teaching their kids how to read the Qur’an in...
“Too much admiration breeds contempt. It is better, I think, to just be understood.” —the character Salima in His Other Wife by Umm Zakiyyah ~ “It’s...
By Hooyo Said (a pseudonym) I write this on the evening that I told my daughter’s Qur’an teacher that I wanted my child to quit memorising...
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...
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...
Contrary to how it may look, research has shown that doodling while listening leads to increased retention and focus, even when the pictures have nothing to...
By: Mirza Yawar Baig Our present methods of teaching which are inflicted on by far the vast majority of children in the world are the single...