Reclaim Your Heart
“The mutual rivalry for piling up (of worldly things) has preoccupied you.” (Qur’an, 102:1) Whether that rivalry is in piling up ...
THIS IS AWAKENING It’s hard to describe the feeling. Imagine living your entire life in a cave and believing it was your whole w ...
hidden pride and may look down on others who don’t share similar zeal. Despair and Hopelessness- This pitfall corresponds to not ...
Since you believe you don’t have permission to be human and fallible, when you do make a mistake, you are so hard on yourself th ...
WOMEN’S STATUS ...
THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN When the companion of the Prophet entered a town to bring them the message of Islam, he put it very bea ...
So we were told to put on their make-up and wear their short skirts. Instructed to give our lives, our bodies, and our dignity f ...
standard of beauty or fashion, to define our worth. We don’t need to become just like men to be honored, and we don’t need to wa ...
A LETTER TO THE CULTURE THAT RAISED ME Growing up, you read me the Ugly Duckling. And for years I believed that was me. For so l ...
A WOMAN’S REFLECTION ON LEADING PRAYER On March 18, 2005, Amina Wadud led the first female-led jum`ah (Friday) prayer. On that d ...
want to lead prayer too. Somewhere along the line we’ve accepted the notion that having a position of worldly leadership is some ...
MANHOOD AND THE FACADE OF BEING HARD Last week my sister called. She has been studying abroad since summer began, so naturally I ...
Prophet was very clear. He said: “If a man loves his brother in faith, he should tell him that he loves him.” [Abu Dawud] The Pr ...
UMMAH ...
DROP THE PREFIX What kind of Muslim are you? The question seems odd, but for those who seek to divide and conquer Islam, the ans ...
(Qur’an, 3:103) So although we really appreciate this effort to ‘civilize’ us and our religion—we’ll have to pass. You only refo ...
BE MUSLIM, BUT ONLY IN MODERATION In his first 2004 presidential debate, Senator John Kerry began the night in the favor-of-the- ...
prayer-the cornerstone of the Islamic faith: ′′Instead, she said, she began praying on her own. After washing her feet, arms and ...
UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY AND THE CONDITION OF OUR UMMAH I think there’s a place in the human mind where we hide when there’s nowhere ...
destroy it. It does not even have enough power to determine its own course. Instead, it goes wherever the water carries it. This ...
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