Now that we have learnt about the best of you, let’s now talk about Hajar and her sa’i. Question: Can anyone tell me the common steps we have to take when we perform the Umrah or Hajj in Mecca? Yes! We have to make tawaaf around the Ka [Read story...]
Identity Scholarship: Ideological Assabiya And Double Standards
The Prophet ﷺ helped the Arabs overcome their asabiya (tribalism) and enter a new defining bond of Islam. The criterion for right and wrong was no longer clan membership, but rooted in the religion of Islam. Muslims were instructed to defend the tr [Read story...]
30 Khawaatir in 30 Days- A Parent’s Guide | Day 16: The Best of You
Now that we have learnt about fruit out of season, let’s now talk about the best of you. I want you all to think about your closest friends and how you treat them. Question: Would anyone like to share how they try to treat their closest frien [Read story...]
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas | Book Review
In the second decade of the 21st century in America, Muslims consider themselves “as American as apple pie,” don American-flag hijabs, and consider their presence and participation in American politics as a crowning achievement. There is little t [Read story...]
Searching for Signs of Spring: A Short Story
See the Story Index for Wael Abdelgawad’s other stories. The Smoker “I’m going to kill her,” the man in the back seat growled. A moment earlier his phone had beeped, indicating a text message. Randa ignored him. She could already smell [Read story...]
Remembering Mufti Naeem (Jamia Binoria)
Guest post from Areeba Baig 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 and the people who helped you along them. And then something happens which forces you t [Read story...]
The 100
Tomorrow will mark the hundredth day since lockdown started in SA. For businesses in my industry, it marks the hundredth day since patrons were allowed to sit down in our restaurants and enjoy a meal. A hundred days since the day all of us, myself an [Read story...]
Podcast: Priorities and Protest | On Muslim Activism with Shaykhs Dawud Walid and Omar Suleiman
Islam teaches us to stand up for justice, to enjoin good and forbid evil, and to help our brother whether he’s the oppressor or the oppressed, but how? To help us fully understand the answer to this question, we have the honor of speaking to not on [Read story...]
Raised by Converts
Note to the reader: Some Muslims debate which term we should use for someone who has chosen to accept Islam. Is it supposed to be “convert” or “revert?” In this article, I choose to use the word “convert.” Before I start receiving c [Read story...]
The Beginnings Of The Darul Islam Movement In America
Much of the history about Islam in United States of America and of the pioneering Muslims upon who’s shoulders we stand, has never been told. Some of them unfortunately may never be told and may die with the death of those who were there. When [Read story...]
30 Khawaatir in 30 Days- A Parent’s Guide | Day 15: Fruit Out of Season
Now that we have learnt about making our intentions big, let’s now talk about fruit out of season. Who can tell me who Maryam is? Yes, she was the mother of ‘Isa , and also the best woman to ever live. Allah says in the Qur’an that He cho [Read story...]
Fractured Wombs
Motherhood is so beautiful, women are told, even before they have become women. Motherhood is what we are meant for. Motherhood is part and parcel of our womanhood. Motherhood will, sooner or later, define us. What they do not tell us is that for so [Read story...]
On British Muslims & Racism: Do Black Lives Matter?
Q. As Muslims, what should our stance be on racism or racial discrimination, and should we be supporting social justice movements like Black Lives Matter (BLM)? And isn’t all of this support for BLM privileging justice for black people over othe [Read story...]
30 Khawaatir in 30 Days- A Parent’s Guide | Day 14: Making Our Intentions Big
Now that we have learnt about the Prophet Adam and the Shaytan, let’s now talk about Prophet Adam and the Shaytan. Question: Have any of you heard the phrase: إنما الأعمال بالنية (innamal ’amaalu bi-niyyaat)? Does anyone [Read story...]
How to Optimize Your Free Time
Time passes by. Many of us muddle through time, day in and day out. Only the wise and the prophets talked about the art of utilizing time in order to exist. The Prophet Muhammad said: “Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your [Read story...]
When Influencers Remove Their Hijabs | The Muslim Lady
“So another hijabi social media influencer removes her hijab, and social media platforms go into a complete frenzy with people jumping quickly to take sides- some condemning, some supporting, and some just there for the comments…” [Read story...]
Non-Black Muslims Will Need To Do More Than Post Hashtags And Attend Rallies To Combat Anti-Black Racism
The events of the past two weeks have highlighted the disastrous outcomes that emerge when racism and white supremacy interplay with police brutality. The unbridled aggression by the police results from ineffective and insufficient sanctions on polic [Read story...]
Top 10 Books On Black Muslim History
The history of Black Muslims seems to be trapped between Bilal and Malcolm X. While these are particularly bright supernovas in the pantheon of giants from Muslim history, they are far from being the only stars in that history. Recent events have mea [Read story...]
Democracy, Citizenship, And Islamophobia: The Making Of A New India
When tracing the political genealogy of modern India after its partition in 1947, historians identify the two defining principles used by the state as secularism and democracy. Yet the idea of India, post-1947, a newly born nation-state and now-marke [Read story...]
Podcast: What’s the Matter with All Lives Matter? | Imam Khalil Abdur Rasheed
In critiquing this response to the Black Lives Matter movement, we must first understand that the All Lives Matter slogan is a reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement by the wealthy, White American power establishment who are part of and have in [Read story...]
30 Khawaatir in 30 Days- A Parent’s Guide | Day 12: Prophet Musa and Overcoming Fear
Now that we have learnt about gratitude, let’s talk about Prophet Musa and overcoming fear. I want you to close your eyes and think of a moment when you were afraid. Question: How did you feel? Did you feel like running away? Does anyone want [Read story...]
Your Black Muslim Friends Are Not Okay, America’s Knee Is On Their Neck
Your Black Muslim friends are not okay. Your Black Muslim relatives are not okay. Your Black Muslim coworkers are not okay. Your Black Muslim congregants are not okay. When we are witness to yet another modern-day lynching, this time with a knee inst [Read story...]
30 Khawaatir in 30 Days- A Parent’s Guide | Day 11: Gratitude
Now that we have learnt about the dua’ of Umm Salama, let’s talk about gratitude. Question: Let’s all go around and state a few things we’re grateful for. Those are all really great! Alhamdulillah for all of those! Question: Do you [Read story...]
30 Khawaatir in 30 Days- A Parent’s Guide | Day 9: A Good Word
Now that we have learnt about the life of this world, let’s talk about a good word. I want you all to close your eyes and think of a beautiful tree. Question: Who can tell me what their tree looks like? Is the tree big and strong? Does it hav [Read story...]
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