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In recent years, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, a notable Islamic scholar from North America, has gained global prominence by supporting efforts by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to deal with the fallout of the Arab revolutions. The UAE is a Middle Eastern autocracy that has...
Raising A Child Between Ages 2-7 | Dr Hatem Al Haj
This is called a pre-operational period by Jean Piaget who was focused on cognitive development. Children this age have difficulty reconciling between different dimensions or seemingly contradictory concepts. One dimension will dominate and the other will be ignored....
Open Secrets: Clandestine Polygamous Marriages in the Muslim Community
He married another woman without his wife’s knowledge. Everything seemed to be going well until the secret of his double life was finally exposed. It sounds like the storyline of a new Netflix series, a Lifetime movie, or a foreign soap opera, but this is an...
Reflection On The Legacy of Mufti Umer Esmail | Imam Azhar Subedar
“An ocean of knowledge which once resided on the seabed of humbleness has now submerged below it, forever.” “Why didn’t you tell me!! You call me your younger brother, but you couldn’t even tell me you were ailing?!” I could’ve...
Advice To Students Starting A New School Year
I remember driving to college orientation over the summer with my father, may Allah have mercy on him. I was going to be going to school out of state, and at the age of eighteen, this was the first time that I would be living away from home. We talked about a lot of...
The Passing Of A Mentor: Shaykh Mufti Mohamed Umer Esmail
The past couple days I haven’t been able to write, thinking and reflecting over the passing of a great man, a mentor, someone I consider among the people that helped me become who I am. He was the Imam of Austin, a man who dedicated 18 years of his life to the...
Can Women Attend The Burial Of The Deceased?
A few weeks ago, my brother passed away, may Allah have mercy on his soul. By Allah’s grace, his funeral was well-attended by many friends, relatives, and students of his, including a number of women. In this context, someone asked me about the Sharia’s guidance...
Criticism, Accountability and the Exclusion of Quran and Sunnah – Critiquing Ahmed Sheikh’s Critique
Let me begin by making two things clear. First, this article is not seeking to defend the positions of any person nor is it related to the issue of CVE and what it means to the Muslim American community. I am in no way claiming that CVE is not controversial or harmful...
Sherman Jackson, Tony Blair CVE, UAE And Some Questions
For Muslims in the United States, it is easy to fall for the fallacy of “American Muslim exceptionalism.” Some Muslims view Muslim-majority countries as dark, corrupt, and authoritarian places while we in the United States are the light. As we have written...
On Divine Gifts And Tribulations: Reflections on Ustadh Nabeel al-Azami
By Dr. H.A. Hellyer In the early hours of the 14th of August 2019, corresponding to the first day following the ‘Eid al-Adha’ of the Muslim community, my friend Nabeel, son of Mamoon al-Azami, passed away peacefully in London. He was 39 years old. He honoured me by...
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Shaykh Hamza Yusuf And The Question of Rebellion In The Islamic Tradition
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Raising A Child Between Ages 2-7 | Dr Hatem Al Haj
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Open Secrets: Clandestine Polygamous Marriages in the Muslim Community
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Reflection On The Legacy of Mufti Umer Esmail | Imam Azhar Subedar
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Advice To Students Starting A New School Year