I work with Wasat Studios, who from time to time records Islamic lectues and other interesting little videos. At the 2008 45th Annual ISNA Convention, we filmed a tiny short Ramadan Shoutout for AlMaghrib Institute. The video was supposed to be a short reminder sent out to all the students of AlMaghrib to give them […]

Have you ever heard of the commonly joked about character, “the convertible hijabi?” The drop-top nickname for sisters within our communities, particularly those who only cover during times like prayer, when Qur’an is recited, and during other Islamic instances, and will remove or wear it improperly during others. You all know of this concept and […]

So I visited IslamToday.com to find an answer to a question and found something very awkward and different for the website under the general supervision of Shaykh Salman Al-Oadah. Here is a screen cap of the main page that I saw.
 
Yes that says Certified Canadian Pharmacy, Xanax, and Viagra with free shipping under the Fatwa […]

The following is not written by me, but by my friend, Siraaj Muhammad. It was a comment on another blog regarding the permissibility/impermissibility of shaking hands with non-mahrams and how that affects us Muslims in our lives (i.e. getting jobs, doing da’wah, etc.).
This is my own personal opinion and experience - what many people […]

One day while walking through the Loop of downtown Chicago, I saw something different from my everyday walk to school.

I noticed a No Parking sign that caught my eye, different from all the hundreds in the Loop. Something was clearly noticeable about it; a bright red sticker attached to its plain black painted pole. The […]