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2015-09-15T17:37:52-04:00

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A Hajj Conversation for Believers: Responding to Saudi Aggression and Corruption

Last updated on: September 15, 2015 at 5:37 pm By Dilshad Ali

Editor’s Note: This article is part of Altmuslim’s Hajj 2015 series, featuring articles and reflections upon Hajj, the holy days of Dhul Hijjah and Eid ul Adha. By May Alhassen and Fatima Ashraf More than two million Muslims gather in Mecca, Saudi Arabia each year to perform Hajj. Hajj is a sacred journey and series of religious rituals that honor Oneness, pay homage to the lives of prophetic figures like Abraham and Hagar and symbolize a unified Ummah, or community... Read more

2015-09-10T20:51:40-04:00

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Call for Submissions: Send Us Your Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha Stories and Reflections

Last updated on: September 10, 2015 at 8:51 pm By Guest Contributor

The first nine days of Dhul Hijjah (the ninth month in the Muslim calendar) are nearly upon us, a most blessed time leading up to the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Millions are converging in Makkah and its surrounding areas for the pilgrimage. You probably know someone departing for the holy pilgrimage, and may have received messages asking for forgiveness or invitations to send in prayers to be uttered in Makkah, Muzdalifah, Mina, Arafat and Madinah. For other Muslims worldwide, the first nine days... Read more

2015-09-01T18:47:21-04:00

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Sexual Abuse Cases: Does Islamic ‘Tawba’ (Repentance) Absolve (Alleged) Abusers of Legal Redress?

Last updated on: September 1, 2015 at 6:47 pm By Guest Contributor

Reflections on culpability, forgiveness, mercy and legal redress in light of the sexual abuse case pending against Imam Mohammed Abdullah Saleem, founder of the Institute of Islamic Education in Elgin, IL. Click here and here for more coverage of this case on Patheos. By Ustadha Zaynab Ansari In March 2015, Imam Mohammad Abdullah Saleem, founder of the Institute of Islamic Education (IIE) in Elgin, IL, was indicted on charges of criminal sexual abuse stemming from a series of encounters between... Read more

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2015-08-21T16:45:34-04:00

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On Motherhood: 22 Things on Having Two Babies Under Two

Last updated on: August 21, 2015 at 4:45 pm By Guest Contributor

By Fatimah Popal 1) Don’t call your daughters a princess. They’ll believe you only to realize years later it was all a lie. I am not living in a palace full of chefs, an au pair or two, gardeners, chauffeurs, butlers and maids, or personal dressers. Instead, I am the commoner providing these services to the two. For free. 2) I can name my tears a river. Maybe a sea. The babies cry a river. Mom tears amount to a... Read more

2015-07-26T22:53:03-04:00

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CVE Critics are Right, and CVE is Still Necessary

Last updated on: July 26, 2015 at 10:53 pm By Guest Contributor

By Junaid M. Afeef & Alejandro J. Beutel The Charlie Hebdo murders in Paris in January 2015 seemed to renew the Obama Administration’s push for implementing countering violent extremism (CVE) as an alternative paradigm to the excesses of the War on Terror. However, many civil liberties groups, including several within the American Muslim community, have raised important criticisms and concerns about CVE that must be addressed to the satisfaction of the public. There are lessons to be learned from the... Read more

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2015-07-24T14:21:56-04:00

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Ramadan Epilogue – Making God the Guest of Our Hearts Throughout the Year

Last updated on: July 24, 2015 at 2:21 pm By Guest Contributor

By Sohayle Sizar One day, there was an honorable and dignified woman who received two marriage proposals. One proposal was from Imam Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (may God’s blessings and peace be upon him). He was described to be the “master of the youth of paradise” by the Prophet and was known to be humble and pious. The other proposal was from Yazid ibn Muwaiya, a tyrant according to respected historians. A messenger carried the... Read more

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2015-07-21T17:26:12-04:00

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Building Sunni-Shi’a Unity, One Mosque Visit at a Time

Last updated on: July 21, 2015 at 5:26 pm By Guest Contributor

By Mohiuddin Ahmed “When do you want to go to Bait-ul-Ilm to pray,” my wife Nausheen asked. “Bait ul Ilm?” “Heena’s mosque,” she reminded me. Her friend had given her an open invitation to visit the masjid at some point, and given the spate of recent attacks on Shi’a masjids in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, this seemed like the right time to take her up on this offer. Although our families had always emphasized to us our unity in Islam, rather... Read more

2015-07-17T14:53:22-04:00

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A Ramadan Cocoon for the Butterflies

Last updated on: July 17, 2015 at 2:53 pm By Guest Contributor

This is Day 30 of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Naazish YarKhan This has been one of my most fulfilling Ramadans. We’ve honored its many nuances together, as a family, and even as an extended family. But I’ve also flitted after distractions. Chances for ibadah (worship) that I let slip, unfulfilled promises to myself. So here I find myself, on July 17th, finally celebrating Eid after a late last night hoping to snag still one more day of... Read more

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2017-04-05T17:37:29-04:00

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The Soul of Our Family – A Ramadan Love story

Last updated on: April 5, 2017 at 5:37 pm By Guest Contributor

This is Day 29 of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Precious Rasheeda Muhammad “There is no soul but has a protector over it.” —The Holy Quran, Surat At-Tariq, 86:4 We were in our navy blue Dodge Caravan, the one my husband Carl travelled from Virginia to New Jersey to buy from a government auction, the one that reads “Secaucus Board of Education” when pollen season hits, because, hard as we try, we just can’t seem to remove the... Read more

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2015-07-16T17:44:47-04:00

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Rama-Done – You’re Better At This Than You Think You Are

Last updated on: July 16, 2015 at 5:44 pm By Guest Contributor

By Aziz Poonawalla This is Day 28 of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. In just a few days, it’s over. We get to eat lunch again, we have the energy to tackle the “to-do” lists that have been piling up, we can reclaim our evenings and watch TV and start putting music back on rotation in our commute. We survived another Ramadan! Really though, if that’s all Ramadan is, what was the point? Rather than seeing Ramadan as a... Read more

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