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Gender barriers in the mosque: is it a Sunnah?

“I would argue that the root of the problem is not the barrier itself, because we cannot deny that some women enjoy the privacy it affords, allowing them to unabashedly rest or even nurse, but rather the lack of choice on the matter. We were never asked whether or not we would like a separation between us and the Imam…”

Jihad and Hanukkah

“Unfortunately, the struggle (Jihad) for religious freedom exemplified by Hanukah still goes on. Thank God, those of us who live in democratic states can fight for religious freedom non-violently within the laws of our own countries. This was not the situation in the past…”

Muslim American Women are the new ‘normal’

“When you hide an entire group of women behind lazy, monolithic, and often inaccurate clichés, you impede the understanding and respect that come when people from different backgrounds get to know one another. You discount that we have something to learn from each other. You preclude the possibility of affection.

In effect, you keep us from being friends, and that is a loss for all of us.”

The miracle of Ayat ul kursi

  By Nouman Ali Khan To see this very interesting video clip, please click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYuLLA1nTa0    

Love in Islam

By Katerina Nordin The Platform, 1 March 2013 As the rose-tinted spectacles fade and the heart shaped balloons slowly shrivel, a fresh look …