The Hypocrisy of “Islamic Reform”
Sometimes Muslim reformists or Muslims taking on certain reformist positions will cite a rare, unusual classical opinion to support their view. This is, of...
Nasiha and Its Pitfalls
If you give someone nasihah and you feel offended when he or she doesn't take your advice, then that may be a sign that...
How to Be a Stronger Thinker
One of the things they teach you in academic philosophy is to anticipate the strongest argument of the other side. If you are able...
Who Cares About the Kuffar?!
Acceptance is important. As Muslims, we want acceptance from society at large and we seek that. Our attitude should not be: Who cares about...
The Ikhlas of Hate
If you can't get comfortable with people hating you, you will never escape being defined by haters.
Just make sure that if you're hated, you're...
Prayer and Intention
If you maintain a good, Godly intention for everything you do, whether it is your job, your quality time with friends and family, your...
Don’t Take It Personally
Sometimes you meet a person and you just don't get along. You might feel that the person doesn't like you or is cold towards...
Take What You Can of Ramadan
Allah gives some of us a lot of time for worship in Ramadan and He gives others less time due to their work and...
Death By Ego
Make a list of the people you have distanced yourself from or you don't want to have anything to do with or you feel...
Tawhid and Ikhlas, Salafi and Sufi
From one perspective, we would never have expected conflict, let alone bitter disagreement, between the so-called salafi and the so-called sufi. The former has...
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The Absurdity of Cultural Appropriation
Cultural Appropriation has become a confusing, intellectually inconsistent, and fanatical modern notion. Whatever value the term may have had in the past has since...
Seriously?! Muslim Orgs Endorsing the Women’s March
Thankfully, the Women's March has been mostly a flop this year.
Fortune:
Just two years after the original Women’s March drew widespread support and millions of...
Big Win for Beards: Gillette Goes White Knight
Someone sent me this amazing, beautiful, profound commercial from Gillette.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koPmuEyP3a0
It is just so inspiring. I really benefited from it. I think that, as a...
An Attack on Polygamy Is an Attack on Marriage Itself
Why is everyone suddenly talking about polygamy?
CBC:
A man 'cannot do that to a woman': Why polygamy in Canadian Muslim community could be another #MeToo...
The Delusion of Individualism Spreading to the Muslim World
If you thought the Muslim world was safe from the extreme individualism and hedonism of the West, think again. Westernized Muslims are pushing these...
Pornography as Israel’s Weapon of Choice
As the US Senate contemplates an anti-BDS (Boycott Divest Sanction) bill as well as billions in "aid" to the Zionist terror state, let's recall...
Is Feminism the Cause of Women Leaving Islam?
Yes. Without a doubt. The evidence is overwhelming, as I have explained before.
It's really not hard to understand why. Feminism is a liberal secular...