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June 2017

June 19, 2017
The challenge and struggle of our generation is which face of the House of Islam...
June 18, 2017
I don’t cover my head. I don’t pray five times a day. I didn’t marry...
June 17, 2017
The summer season in North Dakota is short, sweet and very precious. It was amazing...
June 16, 2017
I’ve been actively thinking about the last 10 days/nights of Ramadan and how I want...
June 15, 2017
As Muslims spend the month [of Ramadan] coming together, it is important to talk about...
June 14, 2017
For it was in these Ramadan days that I found myself witnessing unabated human suffering...
June 13, 2017
In her wheelchair, with her fidgety hands and distractible mind, I see eyes that hide...
June 12, 2017
To truly move forward in our lives and grow as believers we must learn to...
June 11, 2017
No, fasting isn’t easy. It isn’t shiny and entertaining. It isn’t always comfortable or convenient....
June 10, 2017
From the first set of “Ramadan Mubarak” posts to the “Eid Mubarak” greetings, social media...
June 09, 2017
When we drove to big city, Des Moines, my parents would stop at payphones and...
June 09, 2017
Perhaps Act for America thinks they are meeting a national crisis through this demonstration. But...
June 08, 2017
How can I make others understand what the heck is going on in our mosques...
June 07, 2017
Let us then direct our charity and prayers towards the 20 million people in Yemen,...
June 06, 2017
My fast, faith, and fight are all intertwined just like my ancestor Bartlett, because being...
June 05, 2017
But my Ramadan battles with caffeine-withdrawal, which may seem trivial to some -- and realistically...
June 04, 2017
Minutes later, a door swung open, and I was confronted with jubilant chatter. Muslim men...
June 03, 2017
This Ramadan, think of the pains you have held on to and free yourself (with...
June 02, 2017
Are we supposed to cut ourselves off from others and retreat in our homes for...
June 01, 2017
The number of years it takes our beloved Ramadan to complete a seasonal cycle. A...

May 2017

May 31, 2017
Ramadan is a blessed month where Allah (swt) multiplies our good deeds. Finding ways to...
May 30, 2017
I promise I was paying attention. I knew it was coming. The weekly sermons leading...
May 29, 2017
My point in sharing these experiences, at the start of a new Ramadan, is this:...
May 28, 2017
With hunger and fasting, these words made me examine my own experience of fasting, and...
May 27, 2017
There's lots to reflect upon and worship to embark upon in Ramadan. But, nothing is...
May 21, 2017
President Trump made his first speech on foreign soil today in Saudi Arabia, in which...
May 19, 2017
On Aziz Ansari's "Netflix" comedy, "Master of None," the "Religion" episode tackles the differences between...
May 16, 2017
It is clear that Ramadan and the social activities it fosters – such as tarawih...
May 10, 2017
Regardless of these ongoing battles of community shaming, I am not defeated. I will not...
May 06, 2017
By Samar Kaukab Here is a well-known aphorism: It is hard to see that which...
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