While a university student, I became overwhelmingly interested in exploring all religions. One of the reasons was that I began to read the Bible. Unfortunately, each time I read the …
Dawah in Mexico
On June 26, 2012, as Nahela Morales-Essouiri stepped off her plane and she and her son Andrew walked through the arrival gates in Mexico City, she was unsure of what …
El Sumarai Latino
For many people, when they think of martial arts, the first thing that comes to mind is Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris; and when they think of a Muslim, the …
A Puerto Rican Imam in Alabama
Deep in the heart of Alabama, in the city of Mobile, rests a small mosque called Masjid AsSalaam, which means “Mosque of the Peace.” The imam of the mosque, Imam …
Prophet Mohammad (pbuh): The Truthful, The Trustworthy
Just outside the city, he stopped and looked back. The place he was being forced to leave had been his home for over fifty years! It was here that he …
Hajj: An Awakening, Realization and Inspiration
James Cameron’s blockbuster “Avatar” is the highest-grossing domestic science fiction film to date. So were “The Time Machine” and “The Matrix” in their releasing years. Interestingly, all of them were …
HHRD’s Syrian and Palestanian Relief Update
Spending time with Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Br. Irfan Khurshid and Br. Ilyas Hasan Choudry of Helping Hand for Relief & Development (HHRD) saw the heart-wrenching suffering of men, women, …
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 …
A Perspective on Free Speech and Common Sense
As protests against the anti-Islam film spread throughout the Muslim world, information has become available about the man behind “Innocence of Muslims.” Nakoula Basseley Nakoula is a convicted criminal, twice …
Ibn Sina: The Prince of Physicians
In a relatively obscure village in the outskirts of Bukhara, the renowned capital of the Samanid dynasty, a Persian empire in Central Asia, a child was born in 370H/980CE. He …