“Peaceful Settlement is Better”
Question: “Peaceful settlement is better” (Nisa 4:128) reads a Qur’anic verse. What are the messages to be drawn…
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Corona and a Call of Revival: An Interfaith Perspective
About 3500 years ago in Egypt, Moses began to preach the religion that calls for submission to God,…
Jihad in Islam and Christianity
Politicians and anti-Muslim activists frequently take to audiences and websites to criticize the term jihad as a form…
Staying behind for Profound Knowledge
Question: What are the lessons today’s believers should draw from the following Divine message: “Believers should not go…
Dialogue with the Qur’an: Understanding the Divine Message in Its Context and Beyond
The message of the Holy Qur’an is believed to be relevant for all Muslims, including those who lived…
Editorial: Diversifying Relationship with God
Evil and violence have always been a part of the human story. While every individual has both angelic…
Ilm Ethos and Convivencia
Journey into Europe: Islam, Immigration and Identity explores the mighty continent of Europe by an academic whose origins…
Jesus: One Man, Two Faiths: A Response to 9/11/01
The September 11th terrorist attack was traumatic for many people. At that point in my life, I had…
Editorial (Circling and Healing)
Circular motions are all around us. Some are visible or perceptible, while many are not. In a contemplative…
Hizmet Embraces the Entire Human Family
I’m saddened to hear that the Hizmet Movement here is being categorized as a terror group. I’ve been…
Globalized Islam and the Muslims in the West
We are living in a globalized world. Different communities live side by side more than any other time…
Wresting Jihad from the Jihadists
I departed Brussels a few days before the March 22, 2016, attacks which killed over thirty people, injured…
The Grand Mosque of Paris
In these days, when tensions – expressed or unexpressed – are running high between Muslim and Jewish communities,…
The Problem with Hate Speech: An Islamic Perspective
According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, hate speech is, “speech not protected by the First Amendment, because it…
The 99 Names Project
Fourteen years ago, two dozen people changed, in the blink of an eye, how 300 million people view…