By Sarah Salih The Quran is Allah’s message to us. It was entrusted to the Prophet (saws) who sacrificed everything to get it to you and I. There’s no doubt that it should play a significant role in our day to day lives, but sometimes we can wonder, how? Before the how, though, a more pressing question would be the why. One of our predecessors, … Continue reading “I want to connect to the Quran, but how?”
By Umm Mohammed “Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death]”. (Surah Al Ahzab, Verse 23) Amongst all the noble and poignant accounts of the Sahaba, for all their nobility, justice and sacrifice; there is one that stands alone. It is a biography that inspires the deepest … Continue reading The first ambassador of Islam: Mus’ab ibn ‘Umayr
Umar ibn Al Khattab (ra) reported that Allah’s Messenger (saws) said: “For everything there is a polish, and the polish for the hearts is the dhikr of Allah. There is nothing more potent in saving a person from the punishment of Allah than the dhikr of Allah”[1] The idea of polishing the heart can seem alien at first. “Polishing” evokes images of scrubbing hard at … Continue reading Polishing the Heart
Nura S. On Saturday, I was visiting the Art of Qur’an exhibition at the Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC. It was the last day of the exhibition and it was packed, you could probably find the largest concentration of the Muslims in the city in and around the building on that day. Expectedly, there were non-Muslims who were also visiting, and I noticed … Continue reading “Did non-Muslims pay more taxes?”
The news hit the headlines last week. British department store Debenhams is to feature the Islamic clothing line Aab. Other than those of the far right, who claimed this is part of some ploy for Islam to take over Europe, most people reacted positively at the news, arguing that this will make Islamic clothing more accessible to those who wish to wear it. There is … Continue reading We need to talk about the commercialisation of hijab
The Qarawiyyin Project 