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Friday Khutbah (Sermon) on Domestic Violence in the Muslim Community

The following is a guest post by Hesham Hassaballa, and is the text of the friday khutbah (sermon) he delivered this afternoon as part of a nationwide effort to focus on domestic violence by muslim Americans today. We praise God, [...]

Fasting…yet Sad As Well

Typically, it is quite difficult for me to fast outside of the month of Ramadan…I love my coffee WAY too much (it’s now decaffeinated, though). But, there are a few days during which I am happy to do so. Two [...]

Happy New Year and…Happy New Year!

This year is rare: the Islamic New Year and the Solar New Year are very close together. The first of Muharram, the Islamic New Year, was December 29. The passing of the New Year is a special time of celebration, [...]

Remember the Holy Land

As the bloodshed continues in the Holy Land, and the Israeli government says that what we have seen so far is the “first stage,” I am reminded of the Prophet Muhammad’s saying: “If you see something evil, try to change [...]

Previous Posts

"The veil is on my face, not my mind" #Egypt
Sometimes, Twitter's forced succinctness produces the most insightful commentary: Almost fell over when a niqabi in Luxor told us she voted for Hamdeen Sabahi. "The veil is

posted 10:45:47am May. 24, 2012 | read full post »

Muhammad Asad and Islam as a rational faith
There's a lengthy essay by Talal Asad of his father, Muhammad Asad (b. Leopold Weiss 1900 d. 1992), a convert to Islam from Judaism and one of the 20th century's great Islamic thinkers. I found this part p

posted 7:49:11pm May. 22, 2012 | read full post »

Mubarak, Facebook! and shukran
Today, Facebook goes public, and begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange at 11:00am Eastern time (the truly addicted stockwatchers may want to bookmark this). Amidst all the

posted 10:32:41am May. 18, 2012 | read full post »

Islam and Star Wars Day: Allah is the Force
Jumah Mubarak, and May the 4th be with you! Today is Star Wars day, the day we remember with fondness the three greatest movies of our childhood

posted 8:57:52am May. 04, 2012 | read full post »

the post-Osama world, Year One
It's the one-year anniversary of the successful killing of Osama bin Laden. Having gone through the requisite 5 stages of emotion over the act long ago, I find that looking back at it now, it feels as though little has changed. Al Qaeda remains a distributed threat still seeking to harm America, tho

posted 8:49:01am May. 01, 2012 | read full post »


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