3 days ago6 minHelp with Funeral CostNearly 8,000 people die in the US each day. The rising burial cost has made it difficult for some 40 percent of families to afford it. Ev...
Dec 3, 20203 minWill Despots use the RIS Convention to promote anti-Muslim agenda?In May 2010, the Reviving the Islamic Spirit (RIS) held its first annual American convention in Long Beach, Ca. The organizers discontinu...
Nov 30, 20203 minThe Annual Quran ConferencesEvery year, the Quran center, New Delhi, organizes a public forum focussing on the Last Divine Testament in December. In 2020, the Quran ...
Aug 17, 20204 minMuharram: How the sectarian politics of Muslims observe the month of unity as a month of discord! August 20, 2020, the 1442 of the Hijra will begin in the Muslim world. People will congratulate each other and celebrate little concern a...
Jul 14, 20204 minDr. Maher Hathout: A VisionaryAlas! We will miss Dr. Maher Hathout's opinions and guidance on matters that are often beyond our intellectual confines. But, the methodo...
Jul 14, 20204 minDr. Hassan Hathout, A Noble SoulHe was always smiling, optimistic, cheerful, humble, first to greet and seek Allah's blessings for whomever he met, and ready to serve Hi...
Jul 14, 20206 minDr.Fathi Osman: A Revolutionary ThinkerA prominent Muslim thinker born in Egypt in 1928 was buried in Southern California on September 11, 2010, leaving a void that is impossib...
Jul 11, 20206 minHagia Sophia: Is the Decision in line with Divine Guidance?The copy of the letter Prophet Muhammad sent to the monks of Saint Catherine
Jun 11, 20203 minIs Critiquing a crime? Can Muslims be critical of their community?Speaking at a Muslim public forum recently, a prominent Muslim American leader advised Muslims never to criticize fellow Muslims. In the ...
Jun 8, 20207 minIslam Abolished Slavery, Jurisprudence Kept It AliveIt was 2008 when the world observed the 200th Anniversary of the abolition of slavery in America. Yet the celebrations failed to recogniz...
May 29, 202068 minBeat Them. They say, "So says the One who Calls Him the Most Merciful and the Most Kind. Does He.Note: This article offers an analysis of the translation of Ayah (verse) 34, of Sura An Nisa (chapter 4) of the Quran. The translations a...
Mar 23, 20205 minCoronavirus and Religious Arrogance and IgnoranceCoronavirus has provided a golden opportunity to religious leaders all over the world to explain God and faith in their way. Their first ...
Feb 17, 20204 minWomen's Movement for Dignity and Justice The world is witnessing an unprecedented movement for dignity and self-respect in the narrow streets and crowded lanes of almost every no...
Feb 3, 20205 minSelling Islam is a Good Business for many in Muslim Clergy: I could not believe what I read in a flier promoting Hajj packages sponsored by people who claim they know the Quran and Sunnah of the Pr...
Feb 3, 202029 minSharia: What it is and what it is notIn the US, with each passing day, the debate about Shariah is getting complicated. Some perceive Shariah as a threat to the US constituti...
Feb 3, 20208 minKnowledge: Who Defines it, God or Plato?The ideas of Socrates as explained profoundly by his student, Plato still dominates the religious world. Regardless of the distinctions t...
Feb 3, 20208 minRajam - Stoning to Death Stoning to death is a slow death by collective torture. The Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible introduced it as a legitimate...
Feb 3, 20204 minWho Changed the Priorities in the Quranic Guidance?The discussions, the lectures, the arguments and the topics that Muslims and Muslim scholars have been discussing, debating and giving pr...
Feb 3, 20207 minThe Real Debate About the Status of WomenThe Quran and the Prophet's example show that women and men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and that woman ...
Feb 3, 20203 minIslam & Good Governance: A Book ReviewMuqtedar Khan cites the hadith that Allah has commanded Ihsan in all things, in his new book Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philo...
