Salam aleikum. After hearing of some Muslims emphasize their perceived need to make disbelievers like us so they'll think Islam is "cool" and accept it and then eventually...
Because Allah is not Haile Selassie.... A brother of mine was going to do this, but he gave me his recorder device before he made hijrah. Click to get the mp3 file.
This is in my home state of Louisiana, where hauntings are common. We got some really active jinn, we've had them for a while now. Anyone else got any interesting...
Salam aleikum, readers. It's probably the 50th time this morning I saw that commercial for NutriSystem, the one with that ugly blonde chick named Sarah with the short...
Malcolm X, who was assassinated in New York on February 21, 1965, was a unique figure in the history of Islam in America, and a leader who has inspired generations of Muslim...
Salam aleikum, Muslimeen. I've uploaded two thrilling nashids with inspiring lecture clips edited in. Please share with others who might like them. You can click here or you...
And other trifling Muslims They're everywhere in the community. Especially outside of the masajid during Jumua and Eid. Or outside of a Muslim-owned business. Or maybe even...
again by Shariffa Carlo... I have noticed a disheartening trend among our teachers of Islam. Too many are trying to "make the deen easier" by watering it down. This can range...
You know you're a no-good Muslim when... You think DJ Khaled is an admirable American Muslim, but you rank on Samir Khan. You're not the least bit worried about Hamza Yusuf,...
again, this was written by Shariffa Carlo in 2003 or before. When I was a Christian, I used to believe that my way of worship was the easiest, and that my Lord was the Most...
written by Shariffa Carlo for Islamicakening.com The other day, I attended an awards banquet for a Muslim organization. I was extremely surprised when I arrived. This was...
"You can't worship a trinity and still go to Paradise in Islam," Ali was telling Arnold McLeod, back in Washington, DC, after he had been flown back there from the damage of...
Salam aleikum, Muslims. I'm writing this to give the proper respect due to those who often get the least of it. Sometimes because of privacy and modesty, brothers don't...
Jim McLeod, ironically a Lebanese Christian with a Scottish last name, knew the arguments that Muslims have to convince others to accept their religion. At least he knew most...
When Ryan came out of the movie theater from seeing I Am Legend, one of the things he remembered most was the rumor that its starring actor, Will Smith, had become Muslim...
Today, I saw the movie The Kingdom starring Jamie Foxx. Let me tell you, that movie seemed on point in a few ways, but it also seemed quite the stereotypical depiction of the...
Luthuli Tate, Pan-Africanist scholar with a PhD in African History, was attending an open forum on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. What made this forum stand out was that it...
Musa Chastain had never been public about his wealth when he made it. He had begun by buying homes at tax lien auctions. He’d purchase and re-sell later. As he did so, he...
Jungle knew he was home when he stepped off of the plane onto the stairs. Outdoors, it wasn’t cold at all despite it being December. It wasn’t even 9:30 am local time and yet...
This is an excerpt from my fictional work entitled Attakapas, in which a Muslim named Jabril is hired as a private eye to investigate and bust up a ring of Satanists in rural...
Malik Freeman had been born Malcolm Freeman and named after Malcolm X. His brother had been named Martin after Martin Luther King, Junior. They had grown up close and loved...