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[Taken from Mawlana Zakariyya's History of the Shaykhs of Chisht, translated by the Majlis al-Ulama of South Africa, may Allah reward th...

A horrific story in the BBC on how female soldiers in the US Military have been faring in Iraq... We should reflect on how our often times h...

[See News Article Below] Let me get this straight. The Federal Reserve Bank, which is a privately owned, held, and run bank, and to quote De...

The following like was forwarded to me by a young man. It is an analysis of Star Wars, which claims that within the movie, there is no such ...

Hafidh al-Maghrib al-Imam al-Qadhi Abu Umar Yusuf bin `Abd il-Barr relates in his al-Isti'ab fi Ma'rifat al-Ashab: وروى ابن أبي ال...

Ghayrah is an Arabic word that has many simultaneous meanings; at once it is honor, courage, fierceness and loyalty. It is that human qualit...

Assalamu'alaykum A shining star from the constellation of the 'ulama` and `awliya`. Our sanads connect us to such people, despite ou...

I was graciously invited by the Jewish Day school to speak to an 8th grade class about various theological questions and how they are concei...

Islam: To declare that there is no god but Allah Iman: To know in your heart that there is no god but Allah Righteousness: To realize that t...

[Not all in tune with Islamic ideals, but raises alot of important questions...] Friends, The richest 400 Americans -- that's right, jus...

[Muslims are inundated by a sort of post-colonial shame complex which seems to prevent them from adopting the sunnah in their outward dress....