The Cultural Alternative

The Cultural Alternative

Islam is not a culture. Whether we like it or not, the essence of Islam is religious. The centr ...

4 Wives for Muslims, 9 for the Prophet

4 Wives for Muslims, 9 for the Prophet (PBUH): Why?

Why did Allah the Almighty exempt the Prophet’s (peace and blessings upon him) wives from this ...

New Zealand Shooting

While the Dust is Settling in New Zealand

While the dust is settling in the aftermath of shootings at two mosques in New Zealand, some ra ...

Happiness

Happiness as Understood from the Sunnah

The faces of the old and young – and indeed even the trees and birds around us – rejoice when t ...

the Qur'an

The Qur’an Is a Guide

This aside, the Qur'an has many miraculous attributes, certifying that it is the revelation of ...

Christchurch Mosque

A Message to Christchurch Mosque Perpetrator

Perhaps you didn’t know that doing what you did, at the time and place you chose, it actually m ...

Changing the Qiblah

Rajab: The Month of Peace and Pluralism

Muslim scholars have often focused on recommended acts of worship during this month. However, s ...

How Musa Caplan Became a Muslim

Would a nation of people led by God really be forgiven for such a sin? My view on this story ma ...

Arabic Calligraphy: The Essential Islamic Art (P. 1/2)

Arabic calligraphy is the central original Islamic art, which our ancestors mastered. They perf ...

In Search of the Prophet

In Search of the Prophet

I found my source of adoration for you in the love and respect that the Almighty has proclaimed ...

Muhammad

Muhammad in the Bible

A prophet like unto Moses. There were hardly any two prophets, who were so much alike as Moses ...