When it comes to Islam’s teachings about Muslims’ relationship with the natural world, Allah (SWT) has given us much to consider. In honor of Earth Day on April 22, we …
About Ramadan From a Convert, With Love
A few years ago, I was sitting with a friend chatting just before the start of Ramadan, Islam’s holy month of fasting. Just as I was about to launch into …
A Singular Struggle: How Black Muslim Woman Experience Islamophobia and Racism
In 2020, I wrote an article titled “On Being Othered In Muslim & Non-Muslim Spaces” where I discussed the anti-black racism, colorism, prejudice, and Islamophobia black Muslim women face. Five years …
Teen Talk: Answering Tough Questions About Islam
It’s a good bet many Muslims parents worry their child may go astray of Islam. Today, raising children who remain rooted in the faith presents immense challenges. For teens, embracing …
Freedom Through Faith
It’s a universal truth that we are born free and die untethered, our minds and souls unconfined in those moments. We can be physically enslaved, but our minds can never …
The Burden and Beauty of Black Hijabis
It was a chilly night more than 20 years ago when my sister, mother, and I were getting out of our car to head into Walmart. Out of nowhere, we …
December Conventions Set to Welcome Thousands
It’s the holiday season, and Christmas festivities are everywhere. As Muslims, it can be hard to find anything else to enjoy during the holidays, but we’ve got you covered! Islamic …
An Unacknowledged Addiction
Because many of us are feeling overwhelmed these days with the trials of this dunya, probably the last thing we want to read about is yet another serious problem, especially …
The Tremendous Harms of Pornography: Guarding Ourselves and Our Youth
A previous article discussed the dangers of pornography, for both adults and youth. The obvious question follows: What are we to do? Many of us behave like ostriches, putting our …
The Tremendous Harms of Pornography to Adults and Youth
In an otherwise normal, decent world, pornography is not a topic that we would wish to publicly discuss. Talking about issues with negative connotations often brings out the very destructive …