Using comedy to guide young Muslims away from extremism
“By Hussein Kesvani
“Since the show began broadcasting from Arshad’s bedroom, it has racked up more than 62 million views and has taken Arshad all over the world…”
The Challenges of Old Age
By Zeba Hashmi
“The effects of Dementia with the added on tragedy of multiple strokes were heartbreaking. It was a terrible reality of old age to cope with lost memories, hallucinations and paralysis. What must she remember and what had she forgotten…?”
Healthy, dead and sick hearts
By Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
” The first heart is alive, submitted to God, humble, sensitive, and aware; the second is brittle and dead; the third wavers between either its safety or its ruin…”
Islam & the West: A Clash of Civilizations?
“Ambassador Akbar Ahmed explores Samuel Huntington’s thesis of a clash of civilizations and challenge it in light of his own research examining relations between the West and the World of Islam after 9/11…”
Why is Rumi the best-selling poet in the USA?
“The ecstatic poems of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi master born 808 years ago in 1207, have sold millions of copies in recent years, making him the most popular poet in the US. Globally, his fans are legion…”
Islamic Perspective in Stress Management
By Shahid Athar, MD While stress may be necessary for human survival, the excess of it certainly affects our health and productivity. …
Merits of the Fajr prayer
“For many of us, waking up for Fajr can be difficult and burdensome however, there are some virtues that we fail to realize! In this article, we will analyze some of the merits of this blessed prayer…”
Five great philosophers every Muslim should read
By Dr Muqtedar Khan.
“Islamic intellectual culture suffers from a philosophy deficit. While there are a few philosophical thinkers in the Muslim World today none of them enjoys the rock star status that many pedestrian preachers and YouTube stalwarts enjoy. What this tells us is that people are beginning to value knowledge but are unable to distinguish between preaching and thinking….”