Advice Archives

Manufacturing Islamophobia in the Media

WHEN IT COMES to Islam and Muslims, the Western world by and large has turned on the news to learn about this faith and its people. The danger of this kind of education is manifesting in the actions of Americans, with hate…

Contemplations Over Hajj and Monotheism

The First: This is a journey that was taken by Prophets and Messengers before you. Those who take the path of the Prophets magnify Allah’s tawhid and His House. However, there are some who come to perform hajj while their hearts are…

Cultivating Racial Camaraderie In Children

TO EMBRACE THE diversity around us, and to find our own place in this common humanity is not as easily beautiful as it sounds. Especially so for children. A child in Kindergarten (in the USA) one day asked his teacher when other…

Allah is Enough for Us, But Are We?

FAST ASLEEP, WARM in bed, my eyes flashed open to the shrilling sound of the phone ringing within the family room. I deliberated for a few moments whether I really wanted to get up from my cozy blanket. A look at the…

Trouble Memorizing the Quran, Quran memorization techniques, planner, how to memorize the Quran

Trouble Memorizing the Quran? Activate Your Own Mode | Maryam Amirebrahimi

WHEN I WAS working on memorizing the Quran, I was given advice on different ways to approach memorization. It Worked for Them “Read the page ten times,” one sister told me. “Once you’ve read it that many times, it’ll just stick in…

The Crisis Of Authority Among Muslims: Rediscovering Islamic Tradition | Dr Ovamir Anjum

What Does a (Good) Tradition Do A TRADITION SEPARATES the good answers to the problems it is concerned with from the bad ones, and further develops the good answers and prunes the bad ones. This dynamic of questioning, disagreement, and struggling to…