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Do you really need to recline your seat?
I was on an international flight recently, and in true capitalist fashion, the airline packed us in like sardines.
It’s a flight. You deal with it. The discomfort is temporary.
But about two hours in, the chaos began. A few folks in my line of sight decided it was time to recline their seats. And just like that, three arguments broke out.
MORE INFOWhy We Must Recapture Scholarly Discourse from Extreme Bloggers
One cannot deny the move towards rhetoric and practice in the Western Muslim community that is more liberal, reformist, and progressive, but the extreme position some have taken in response to it is not only harmful, ineffective, and unwise, but decidedly un-Islamic.
Living and Dying on a Prayer: How Jumu’ah Orients Us to the Next Life
In the wake of last Friday’s tragedy in New Zealand, we may find ourselves consumed by the images and the reporting, which then gives way to fears of future copycat attacks or reprisals. It is in such moments that each of us should look deeply at the significance of Jumu'ah and our central rites and traditions, as a way to connect us to the enduring reality of God.
The One With Two Coarse Cloths – The Martyr of Tabuk
It is not only the famous Companions who are gifted an elevated status. There were many hidden ones, some whose stories have come to us, and some, undoubtedly, whom we will never know. And, to this day there are people amongst us who are beloved to God but who live in obscurity.