Eid al-Fitr is a festival that gives thanks to Allah for giving Muslims the strength and self-control to maintain their fast during Ramadan.
The Islamic holy month of fasting, Ramadan, began on April 2, 2022 and will end on May 2, 2022. During this month, Musli…
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Sufism is an intense devotion to spirituality usually to the exclusion of worldly matters.
Outside of the Middle East, Islam is poorly understood and often stereotyped as a violent, radicalized religion. While fundamentalist sects often attract a lot of attention i…
There are many meanings to the word “Jihad” in the Muslim faith.
“Jihad” is a word that elicits controversy and fear, thanks to several major events in the last two decades. It’s often associated with terrorist acts, but you might be surprised to …
Different styles of Muslim Dress
Over the summer, many cities in France attempted to ban the burkini on the beaches. Interestingly, here in the United States, girls in schools face a similar but different problem. While the French want to see more skin on the beach…
Muslims
Faith is important to many Americans. Sometimes, it feels as if Christians get all the accommodations made and other religions just have to get in line. When you consider how many Muslims have had problems recently at their jobs, it might be true. Fortunate…
Religious Discrimination
In December, almost 200 workers in a Colorado meatpacking plant were fired after being absent for three days. Cargill Meat Solutions is based in Wichita, Kansas, but it is their plant in Fort Morgan, Colorado, where the incident took place,…
House of One
You’ve heard the old joke, “A rabbi, a priest, and an imam walk into a bar…” Well, this will soon be a reality, except it won’t be a bar, it will be a place of worship, called the House of One. Amazing as it sounds, this religious building in…
Female Muslim Leaders
Muslim women are frequently portrayed as subservient and oppressed without access to education and sometimes even basic human rights. However, that stereotype couldn’t be more wrong for these dynamic political leaders.
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir…
Religious Beliefs
The face of religion is changing. The Pew Research Center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank based in Washington D.C., recently offered formal projections based on six years of research and data from censuses and population registers from around…