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Trends in American Muslim Divorce and Marriage

Marriage and Divorce: American Muslim Trends*

"The divine wisdom of allowing couples to dissolve their marriages is obvious and essential to healthy community building. But disturbing statistics show an unprecedented rise in divorce among North American Muslims, and the collective community is not showing any signs of improvement…

Children At Tarawih Prayers?

"In 2007, our Southern California community was privileged to host renowned reciter of the Quran, Shaykh Mishary Rashid Alafasi, at a local masjid. The shaykh stayed throughout Ramadan and led the tarâwîḥ prayers, and thousands of Muslims traveled to the Islamic Center…

From White Privilege to American Muslim Minority

FOR MOST OF my life, as a member of the privileged, “white” majority of Americans, I didn’t have to consider the color of my skin, or how the public perceived me. I always felt “normal” – not realizing my advantage nor that…

The Fitna of Mistreating Women

A test is meant to determine who the tested really is. It is not a comment on the thing by which we are tested. Children are not considered inherently evil. But how well we treat our children and whether we allow our…

Rights of Children Over Parents in Islam

The Rights of Children Over Parents | Part 2

When does Tarbiyah begin? What is the role of the mother vs the father? Do fathers even have a role, or should they just relax and leave everything to the mother?

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The Rights of Children Over Parents | Part 1

Yet too few of us, I think, ponder the rights of children in Islam—more specifically, the rights children hold over parents. The fruit of our marriages, the joy of our eyes, so integral a part of the pleasure of our lives, clearly…

Do Islamic Courts Allow DNA Evidence?

THE USE OF DNA fingerprinting, or genetic print, in criminal investigations is a novel legal usage (nâzilah) about which Muslim scholar-jurists (fuqahâ’) are divided in their opinion. The fuqahâ’ differ as to the kinds of cases in which a genetic print may stand…

Refuting ISIS: Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi’s Fatwa

“The Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) constitutes the most serious threat Islam has ever faced,” declares the synopsis of the new and hugely important book, Refuting ISIS: Destroying Its Religious and Ideological Foundations. Written by Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi, Refuting ISIS…

The Marrakesh Declaration: Our Duty to Reaffirm and Protect Religious Pluralism

WHEN THE PROPHET was invited to migrate out of the persecution of Makkah to Medina, he brought tolerance with him. Prophet Muhammad created a community in Medina with mutual respect for people of different tribal and faith-based traditions. He significantly checked infighting,…

Are You a Depressed Muslimah? How to Deal Depression in Islam

Are You A Depressed Muslimah? | Akintobi Aminat

IT IS SOLACE enough to know that symptoms of depression exists in every individual and that makes it normal, but there is a difference between sadness and depression. Sadness is part of being human. It is He who causes you to laugh…