The Historical Evidence of Religious Poetry
All praise is for Allah, the Glorified and the Exalted, and may He shower His choicest peace and blessings in perpetuity on His most beloved…
Culture
UK Appeal launched to retain Muslim portrait
Access the original article in the UK Independent here William Hoare’s early eighteenth century portrait of Ayuba Suleiman Diallo, a Gambian prince who was sold…
Soccer and the Sacred
FIFA has spent more than 60 billion U.S. dollars getting ready for the competition now underway in South Africa. It’s a staggering amount for a…
An attitude of gratitude will redound to your benefit
The hallmark of Islam, besides the belief in the Oneness of Allah , is the act of submitting willingly. This is what sets Muslims apart…
Caribbean Muslims of Indian ancestry must embrace and celebrate their heritage.
“O people! Beware of your Lord who created you from a single soul and created from it its mate and spread from those two many…
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…
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 – 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,…
Hafiz, the ‘Interpreter of Secrets’
Born in 1315, Shamseddin Mohammad, known as Hafiz, grew up in the city of Shiraz where he studied Qur’anic sciences. In his youth he learned…