Just imagine the year is 2100 CE, long after we are all dead. A school child is studying Muslim history of the last century. He finds extremely disturbing events that took place toward the end of that century.
Prominent American Muslim and career diplomat, Dr. Robert Crane, recently weighed in heavily on the side of a controversial Sufi Sheikh in America, Hisham Kabbani. In a forum at the State department, and in othe
The holiest city for the Muslims is Makkah-tul-Mukarramah. It is not "Mecca". Saudi Arabia had officially changed the spelling of the name of this city to "Makkah" a few years ago after realizing the derogatory usage of
There is more to the story of Baghdad than one can get from the news of the day. Time was when it was the most advanced city in the world. In science and technology, commerce and manufacturing,
Whenever there is any talk of following Islam in the collective life of any Muslim country, one inevitably hears a rhetorical question. Whose Islam? Always the question is posed by those who want an easy out. But in
Fasting during Ramadan was ordained during the second year of Hijrah. Why not earlier? In Makkah the economic conditions of the Muslims were bad. They were being persecuted. Often days would go by before
Ihsan is a special Islamic term, defined by the famous hadith known as the Hadith-Jibreel. Once Angel Jibreel, alayhi salam, visited the Prophet, Salla-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, in the guise of a man and in the presence
Imam Malik bin Anas (b. 93 AH, d. 179 AH) was one of the greatest Islamic scholars of all times. Among his 1300 disciples were people from all walks of life; rulers, judges, historians, Sufis, poets, and scholars of
The crowd was growing in size by the minute. They were beating drums, singing, dancing, and shouting in joy. Pagan Makkah was about to kill Khubaib bin Adi Ansari, Radi-Allahu anhu, who had been captured
He was a contemporary but not a companion of the Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam. Seeing the Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, undoubtedly, would have been the greatest achievement of his life.
