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Islamic Birthing (1): Understanding Intervention | Janet Kozak

ISLAMIC BIRTH, A form of “natural birth,” is a way of approaching the experience of conception, pregnancy, labor and delivery as an Islamic ʿibada (worship) and personal responsibility. It entails making the most of the whole experience—using it to boost spirituality and…

Risking A Spiritual Heart Attack | Olivia Kompier

ISLAMIC TALKS ABOUT the heart are all well and good, but often times we can be lost (even pleasantly) in the discussion of this mysterious muscle, which is fixed in the world of the unseen just as much as it is the…

Mother-Martyr and Spiritual Burnout - Rights of Mother in Islam

The Mother-Martyr and Spiritual Burnout | Olivia Kompier

THE STATUS OF the mother is greatly extolled in our religion. The Prophet ﷺ is reported to have said, Jannah lies beneath the feet of your mother, a metaphorical call to treat our mothers with excellence, as our attainment of Jannah…

TAQWA (God-consciousness) | Part 1

Taqwa and its Purpose “Verily, the muttaqun will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers (Paradise). In a great seat of truth (i. e., Paradise), near the Omnipotent King (Allah, the One, the Blessed, the Most-High, the Owner of Majesty and…

Islamic Perspectives on Abortion

Current Status of Abortion: Categories ABORTION IS THE termination of pregnancy by removing a fetus or embryo from the womb, before it can survive on its own. An abortion which occurs spontaneously is known as a “miscarriage.” An abortion may be initiated…

Food Matters – When Less Is More (3)

IN PART 2 we focused on the modern question of what we humans are meant to eat. This question is currently being repeatedly asked relative to discussions of Vegetarianism. While taking the life of our fellow human beings is forbidden and punishable…

F-R-E-E-D-O-M!

I WONDER IF the all-caps, hyphenated form of the word does it the same justice as Mel Gibson’s holler at the end of Braveheart. Indeed, freedom is quite the weighty word. And however philosophers, linguistic scholars, and lawmakers have defined it, it…

Regulations on Divorce: Biblical Perspectives vs. the Qur’anic Program (4)

WE CONCLUDE FROM Part 3 the details of Qur’anic divorce regulations, showing how they better serve the individual and society than do their Biblical counterpart. Remarriage for the Widow and the Widower: Permission for One vs. Permission for Both The Old Testament…

Food Matters – When Less Is More (2)

IN PART 1 we discussed how Islam accepts the norm of eating the flesh of [properly slaughtered] animals as one of the sources of our food. Until recent times meat was consumed on an irregular basis, and generally for special occasions. Vegetarianism…

Regulations on Divorce: Biblical Perspectives vs. the Qur’anic Program (3)

IN PARTS 1 and 2 we looked at the sparse representation of regulations on divorce in the Judeo-Christian Bible (Old Testament and New Testament). Their marriage is based upon faithfulness of the man and the woman to each other, and divorce is…