What is the millennial Muslim traveller like?
Hamda Muhumud
Compared to non-Muslim millennials, young Muslim travelers differ in some ways. The greatest differences come from the fact that young Muslims wish to follow the...
Visiting Istanbul and revisiting the Ottoman Empire
Aliya Azam
On 25th March I visited Istanbul for the first time and was overwhelmed with the beauty of this city. I was taking a group...
A Barbaric Cultural Practice
Laura Morlock
Many argue that it’s just a cultural practice. That it has nothing to do with religion, at least not anymore, even if God’s...
Church of Mary
Elif Cansu Guler
In his book, The Culture of Ambiguity: Another History of Islam, the contemporary Islamic scholar Thomas Bauer wrote:
For about a thousand years...
Married to a Turk?!
Mirkena Ozer
“Have you lost your mind?!” Professor Lydia cried as soon as I announced that I had been engaged two days ago to Ali,...
Who Speaks for Islam?
Mirkena Ozer
"Who Speaks for Islam?
What Do 1.3 Billion Muslims Really Think?"
John L. Esposito
Dalia Mogahed
978-1595620170
Gallup Press, 2008
To date, many have spoken for Islam: experts, apologists,...
Time to Say New Things
Jalal ud-Din Rumi
How good it is to migrate every day!
How beautiful it is to stop somewhere every day!
How nice it is to flow without...
You Are the One I Need
Yunus Emre
Your love took me away from me, You are the One I need
Day and night I burn gripped by agony, You are the...
Salawat ‘ala an-Nabi
Alan Godlas
Salawat 'ala an-Nabi (making felt connections with the Prophet)
No doubt when most Muslims recite salawat 'ala al-nabi, they are expressing their love for...
Fireplace: A story untold of a little Syrian hero Soon in...
Fatima Sidaoui
From as many as 620 films across 30 different countries, Fireplace was chosen among 12 other short films to participate in the International...