I stepped out of the airport and was confronted by the sight of eight boisterous girls stuffed into a minivan with their luggage and junk food. I was to be …
Prophet Yusuf (p): From Trials to Triumph
In surah Baqarah, verse 253, as in so many verses in the Qur’an, we are told that Allah (SWT) does what He wills. We observe this principle in everyday life. …
Book Review: Islam: An Essential Understanding
When the author, Dr. Manzoor Hussain, an American Muslim, found his fellow Americans laboring under many misconceptions and misunderstandings about the Islamic faith, he concluded that Islam was the most …
Mohammad Ali, Champion in the Ring to Champion of the Disadvantaged
In 1954 Muhammad Ali was 12 years-old and his bike was stolen after he left it in front of a Louisville, Kentucky department store. A police officer happened to be …
How to be a Muslim in America?
In a Q&A session with the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), Prof. Tariq Ramadan answered questions on how Muslims in a western society could proactively give back to their …
How to Accommodate Shariah in the West?
Recently, Emory University law professor John Witte, Jr. laid out a bold but reasoned approach on how to accommodate sharia (Islamic law) in the United States and other Western nations …
Maqasid (Higher Objectives) of Shariah
Al-Maqasid al-Shari’ah, or the Higher Objectives of Shari’ah, is a manifestly important and yet somewhat neglected discipline of the Shari’ah. The Shari’ah generally is predicated on benefits to the individual …
What is Shariah for, and What Does it Aim to Do?
The law plays a central role in Islam and yet the law is also the least understood aspect of the Islamic faith by Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Some even go …
What is Shariah and Why Does it Matter?
In the past year or so, one of the hottest topics in America is Shari’ah. There are those who spend tremendous amounts of human and financial resources to create the …
Fatima Al-Fihri
The name Fatima Al-Fihri crowns the annals of history with the distinction of having established the world’s very first university. Yes, it was a Muslim woman who pioneered a model …