The Phoenix Nest: Faith and Feminine Fire

On International Women's Day, the first women we should be commemorating are those who were commemorated in the Qur'an: Hawaa'...

A long time ago, in a land far away, a bird called the Hudhud (Hoopoe) flew over the land of Sheba and gazed in shock at the sight he saw....

One thing I picked up from some really great women I met in Kuwait was how whenever they'd address their kids affectionately, they...

While we 'religious' folk like to talk a lot these days about warm fuzzy spiritual stuff, we also tend to have a rather narrow and...

Either you carry Islam, or Islam carries you. Those in the former category are those who uphold the honor of this  Ummah  and are its stren...

IT IS HUMAN  nature to be hyper aware and critical of those in the public eye, and Muslims are no different. Imams,  shuyûkh , and other p...

“Brother, the fitnah! It’s too difficult! If I don’t get a second wife right now, I’m going to do the haraam!” This statement is not onl...

Archie, Betty, and Veronica:  America's (Polygynous) Sweethearts Polygyny is so often presented as a strange, Eastern concept ro...

POLYGYNY IS THE  pink elephant in the room for so many Muslims – a topic both titillating and embarrassing, one that comes up in questions...

ONE LATE NIGHT , the second  khalîfa  Umar ibn Al-Khaṭṭâb walked through the narrow streets of Madinah in silence, observing the state of ...