AlMaghrib Institute is offering its one weekend seminar Love Notes: Marriage and Family Life taught by Shaykh Yaser Birjas in…
Gem
Ali ibn Abee Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say, “Certainly this life has begun traveling away,…
Shaykh Waleed Basyouni: Eid Mubarak
General well-wishes for Eid and a reminder that just because Ramadan is over our duties are not, and a special…
Case Dismissed Again
I was in court again this morning, for a “failure to yield right of way on left turn” traffic citation,…
Feds Recommend Closing Islamic Saudi Academy in Virginia
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a federal panel that reports to Congress has recommended that the Islamic Saudi…
Slate Explainer: Muslim Beards 101
Some local Muslims helped contribute to this Explainer article on Slate including Imam Johari Abdul Malik and Taha Jabir al-Alwani.…
Who is Ify Okoye?
I am Ify Okoye or more precisely, one of the many people with the name Ify Okoye. Ify is a…
NPR: Imam Sheikh Rashid Lamptey
Here is a positive story about the imam of the Dar al Noor community in Manassas, Viriginia. NPR: Young Imam…
Muhammad Ali’s Sufistic Journey
Deborah Caldwell of Beliefnet interviewed one of Muhamamd Ali’s daughters about her father and a new book co-authored by both…
Second Class Believers: An Unfortunate Sign at the Masjid
The other day, I was praying fajr in a local masjid and I saw a sign that had been left…