The Murshid (Spiritual Guide) of today do not meet the standard
Shaykh Sa`id Ramadan al-Bouti is a well-respected modern-day scholar and author who is most popularly known for his esteemed work Fiqh us-Seerah. In my time…
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Mainstream Islam in the African-American Experience
Muslim slaves – involuntary immigrants, who had been the urban-ruling elite in West Africa – constituted at least 15% of the slave population in North…
Humor and free speech are ideals that Islam cherishes
In the name of God, the most Gracious, Most Merciful. The recent arrest in New York of Faisal Shahzad raises the scepter of fear and…
Dr. Umar Abd’Allah Georgetown, Guyana sermon on the Islamic perspective of the Christian doctrine of the Crucifixion of Christ
This Khutbah was delivered by Dr. Umar Faruq Abd’Allah, scholar in residence at the Nawawi Foundation in Chicago. It was delivered at the compound of…
Dr. Umar Abd-Allah – The roots project interview on Trinidad’s IBN
Between March 26 and April 7, 2010 Nazim Baksh, a Guyanese-born award-winning Canadian Journalist, accompanied Dr. Umar Faruq Abd’Allah, an American Islamic scholar and author,…
Guyana should join ISESCO
Guyana should join the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), an arm of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC). Both Guyana and Suriname are…
A woman can lead.
Some Muslims are confused as to what they should do in the up coming General Elections of Trinidad and Tobago. The reason for being uncertain…
Can Islam and Secularism dialogue with each other?
By Maulana Waris Mazhari, (Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand) First published at Two Circles here The question of whether or not there can be…
American scholar visited the region on fact finding tour.
“Wherever sugar went, slavery followed it like a parasite.” Dr. Umar Faruq Abd’Allah, scholar-in-residence at the Nawawi Foundation,Chicago, U.S.A. Between March 26 and April 7,…
Islam in India since 629 AD (4H)
Cheraman Juma Masjid is a mosque in Kodungallur (anglicised name: Cranganore) in the Indian state of Kerala. The story about this masjid is that the…