IN the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, Most MercifulAllah (SWT) reminds us that even if the believers do not support the Prophet (SAW), he already has Allah’s assurance. Allah (SWT) will aid His ...

Kristina Wilfore is Director of Innovation and Global Projects at Reset Tech and cofounder of #ShePersisted. She has worked ...

Is the promise of 72 virgins in paradise real? We explore what the Qur’an truly says about heaven, gender roles, and the afterlife in Islam.

The Election Commission (EC) today (16 July) included Jamaat-e-Islami's electoral symbol 'scales' (Dāripalla) on its website. Akhtar Ahmed, senior secretary of the EC Secretariat, confirmed that ...

In the mid-1990s, my then-husband passed away from complications of HIV/AIDS. From the time he was diagnosed until he died, all of us, friends and family, but most of all, him, knew how it would end.

Armed with the Mahmoud decision, parents now have a legal foundation to resist when schools impose teachings that violate ...

Muslim African-American women in the U.S. sometimes wear a hijab to signal their religious affiliation. They also want to dispel the assumption that all African-Americans are Christians, and that only ...

During Muharram, Shia Muslims observe deep mourning with symbolic elements like Taziya (replica of Imam Hussain's tomb), Alam ...

It’s one of the most mesmerizing passages in the history of knowledge. In the 9th of his Theses on the Philosophy of History, Walter Benjamin – Jewish, tragic figure, solitary ...

What is Hajj and why is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca important to Muslims? Faithfuls attending this year's Hajj will have to contend with excess heat, a ban on children under the age of 12 and ...