Want to Be Closer to Allah, But Don’t Know How!

By Raya Shokatfard        – Freelance Writer – USA In many Islamic circles or prese ...

Who Other Than God?

That space shuttle, with its parts and machines, did not assemble spontaneously; and engines di ...

Hisbah (Islamic Duty of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil)

Hisbah is a broad Qur'anic principle that encompasses both the government's responsibilities as ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Basketball Player, USA

My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. What I learned ...

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Islam, Muslims and the Natural World

Islamic law needs to be applied in environmental cases. For everything ranging from animal righ ...

How Can We Attain Social Justice? (Tell us!)

Do you think there are ways to carry out this mission on earth nowadays and to endeavor spread ...

Islam Encourages Social Justice

I am concerned about the abuse of our environment and exploitation of our natural resources. My ...

A Personal Account of an Ex-Secularist

No other religion professed by a large community have I found so comprehensible and encouraging ...

God Is the Ever-Living (Al-Hayy)

God is the Living who confers life upon others. He creates and sustains all living things in th ...

Jihad

Why Should I Become Muslim?

Truth be told, all humans are born in a natural state of Islam, called the fitrah. It is the pa ...

Allah's Mercy

If Not for His Mercy

Travelers to God, when left solely to their own strength, may be overcome by fatigue of the roa ...

Muhammad Al-Ghazali

A Conversation with an Atheist! (Part 2/2)

It is ignoble that some people may curse heaven when the earth goes bad. Instead of doing what ...