The Question:
The life and death of planet Earth byastrophysicist Donald Brownlee and paleontologist Peter Ward. Now these two men are saying is that the world will end on some time in 2012. Allah says in the Quran that only he knows when the world will end these men are saying that there calculations are based [...]

On Trials
By Andrew Booso
The arrival of the new year, 1 January 2009, was welcomed in my part of the world with playful and cheerful fireworks; yet there is a painful reminder that there are other people in the world whose lives are currently interacting with a less benign variant on fire. [...]

Exerpts from the book “Think About It?”
By Ali Mujahid
The Reason of Existence
If we look around us we find everything in nature serves a purpose. The trees, mountains, rivers, lakes, insects are all interlinked to serve a purpose. If we look at the harmony in nature it seems that everything that exists knows [...]

Remembering Allah with the Heart
From a talk given Friday Nov. 21st 2008
Bismillahir Rahman ar Raheem, walhamdulillahir Rabbil ‘alameen
waSalatu wa salaam ‘ala sayyidina Muhammad wa ‘ala aalihee wa sahbeehee ‘ajmaeen.
Rabbi ishrahlee sadree wa yassirlee amree wahlul uqdatan min lisaani yafqahu qawlee.
All of us are familiar with the term dhikr - [...]

The Virtues of the first 10 days of Dhul Hijja:
1. Ahadith of the Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam):
قال النبي –صلى الله عليه وسلم-( مامن أيام العمل الصالح فيها أحب إلى الله من هذه الأيام قالوا يا رسول الله : ولا الجهاد في سبيل الله قال ولا الجهاد في سبيل الله إلا [...]

The book is titled Islam the West and the Challenges of Modernity. It is 342 pages long and is in my opinion one of the most important books to come out dealing with the subject in recent memory. Why is it important: A lot of times our scholars, intellectuals, and activists are bogged down in [...]

What Imam Suhaib Webb Taught Me
It’s very easy, growing up in a family that is not only culturally but also theologically conservative, to approach issues from a position of defensiveness.  Defense is not always a bad thing; when it comes to matters of faith, better we think carefully and slowly than jump the gun.  I [...]

Dear respected brother,
If someone is starting out learning about Islam, what program of study do you recommend. Note: this person is trying to avoid the group politics and influences. What should he do? At times he feels like he’s being torn to pieces and the sweetness of Islam is waining.
Thanks
Answer:
The best way to gain knowledge [...]

Take it Back
A recent study by the RAND research organization illustrates the chances of teens becoming pregnant or causing a pregnancy are much higher for those who watch sexually explicit television. This is not a surprising finding and television is only one mode of media that contributes to encouraging risky [...]

Reflections on Riya’– Muslema Purmul al-Azhariyah*
One can be very sincere before an action, very sincere during an action, and then become arrogant/people-seeking after the action is done, thereby removing the blessings and reward from what already transpired. This arrogance and seeking to be seen by the people is what is known as Riya’. Riya’ comes [...]