Category: Muslim Reflections

When you apply pressure and heat to pure coal, you get diamonds.  It’s more complicated than that of course (for one, you need to have pure coal instead of any…

The wind is alive, the air is crisp, and the tress are spectacularly, figuratively ablaze. It’s fall, and, as my mother says, nature is showing off. As much as time…

In this chapter of life where time has perhaps never felt so nebulous, this past Saturday a gigantic clock was reset in New York’s Union Square. Known as the Climate…

When we talk about endings, it is sometimes a comfort to say they go hand-in-hand with beginnings. “Every ending is a beginning.” Right now, we’re experiencing a beginning in the…

The meaning of the word ‘ummah’ is community. The word’s usage varies depending on time, place, and space, but it is rooted in a common Islamic faith. It is bigger…

For many of us, Eid is about two things: food and community. It’s about seeing your friends, embracing shoulder to shoulder, questioning whether you’re going in for the hug once…

Depending on when you started Ramadan, sundown this Wednesday marked the first odd night of the last ten days of this blessed month. According to many sources, one of these…

Whether it’s zooming by (no pun intended) or dragging on, nearly two weeks of Ramadan have passed, and we are now in the second third of this month. According to…

Those who had access to clear sky this past Tuesday night may have seen a particularly bright full moon, known as a pink moon. A pink moon is a supermoon…

One of my favorite hadiths or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), involves a camel. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, the hadith outlines the story of a Bedouin man who was leaving…