Prophet Muhammad

I’d just finished getting my hair cut and styled at the one salon in London...

My childhood memories of the mosque hardly evoke the idea of sacred space. I recall...

Several years ago, one of the most-thoughtful readers of my blog commented on a piece...

        Dearest M, Where do we go from here? For the last...

Dearest M, My heart is heavy as I write this. Not because of anything between...

Dearest M, I’ve been thinking about something you said: “Islam began as something strange and...

  Dearest M, Before I came to Islam, the only story I’d ever heard about...

    Islam and the Divine Feminine? Really? Yes, as improbable as it may seem,...

Dearest M, Expatriates are supposed to fall into one of three categories: missionary, mercenary or...

  My dearest M, There’s the Hadith that says, “Anyone who sees me in a...

Each time I open the door to leave my apartment, I recite three poignant yet...

  This is the fifth in my series of 11 Love Letters to the Prophet...

My heart knocked against my ribs as I took the stairs two at a time....

In the name of God, the Infinitely Compassionate, the Infinitely Merciful We sent it (the...

My journey to Islam started with Leonard Cohen. In his album, Recent Songs, Cohen writes...

I knew very little about the Prophet (peace be upon him) before coming to Islam....

  What’s Love Got To Do With It?     As Tina Turner once famously...

Lately a number of people have asked me when I became Muslim, but I’ve found...