“Have you ever seen a tornado up close? It’s the most awesome thing I’ve seen in my life. It’s like coming face-to-face with God in a bad mood.” That was …
Serving Others: A Beautiful Loan to Allah SWT
Prophetic wisdom: “The highest level of the intellect, after eman, is to be of service to the creation.” On a Sunday morning in March, a group of Muslim volunteers gathered …
Strictness and Leniency in Teaching: Finding the Balance
Leniency does not mean giving someone a pass from their responsibilities, but that you excuse them when there’s a valid reason without holding it against them, and that you believe …
Nature of Suffering
Too often when we face some difficulties or experience some sort of loss, we feel sorry for ourselves. We wonder why we are suffering, and what we did to deserve …
The Rohingya Muslims: A Tale of Tears
Thirty-four year old Jafar and his family fled to Bangladesh in 1991. He laments his situation, saying “Myanmar is my home and that is where I want to go back …
Struggle for Freedom
It started the very last days of 2010 and continues till today, almost two years later. It began in Tunisia when the poor and frustrated street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set …
NYPD’s Surveillance of Muslim Students
“When will it end?” This is the thought going through the minds of Muslim Americans ever since the news first broke last August of the New York City Police Department …