As we know, the Glorious Quran contains many stories related to the Messengers that were sent by Allah (SWT). These stories about the great men are not bedtime stories, nor …
Hunger Next Door: What Needs to be Done?
Those high powered celebrity chefs! The single mother watches cooking shows while sitting on an old couch with a bag of salty chips and a crying baby. Meanwhile, the young …
Living Within Our Means
We live in an age of extremism. No, not just violent manifestations of extremism that the media tends to focus on almost exclusively. Extremism of every kind: from the way …
Rush to Virtue
The Prophet Muhammad (saws) said: “You should rush towards virtuous deeds before you are overtaken by turbulent times like a portion of a pitch-dark night, times in which a person …
Literary Beauty of Divine Speech
On the subject of words that are closely related to one another yet carry slightly different shades of meaning, I am going to be contributing three more posts including this …
Wife Responsibilities with In-Laws
Q What is a woman’s responsibility when it comes to her in-laws? A by Sh. Abdool Rahman Khan: The relationship with in-laws is nothing new in Islam. It is perhaps …
Searching porn on internet
What should a mother do when she finds out her son has been searching for pornography on the internet? A by Imam Jawad Ahmed: First of all, the mother should …
From Mulberry to Silk: The Journey of Islam in China
China is sometimes referred to as a “riddle wrapped in an enigma”. A nation with an ancient civilization that is one of the fastest growing economies of the modern world, …
Interview: ICNA Relief
ICNA has been involved in the relief work since its inception in 1968. In 1992, ICNA Relief was established as a separate department of ICNA in order to better coordinate …
Interfaith Action on Hunger: A Shared Obligation
With more than 1 billion undernourished people – many of them children – across the globe, hunger is a problem that affects all religions and nationalities. The roots of hunger …