Solo travel is a rewarding, life-changing experience that is on a lot of people’s bucket list, but it has its challenges. As a female, you may have reservations about traveling solo; this can be especially true if you are a Muslim woman. However, with some common sense and a bit…
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The increasingly heated culture wars in the United States involving the civil rights of homosexuals and trans-gendered individuals has come to the Muslim community. The recent decision of the Supreme Court, Bostock v. Clayton County, unleashed a series of vitriolic tweets by some American Muslims who opposed the Supreme Court’s ruling against American-Muslim…
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When I was a tween, I visited my aunt and her family in Hyderabad, Pakistan. She had heard from my parents that I had become agnostic, and, as someone who had survived a lot of hardship by clinging to an intimate, present sense of God in her own life, she…
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*This is the first part of a series of post related to the impact of COVID-19 Like ripples in water, the whole world is experiencing the waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. And with each wave, we are trying to find ways to cope with this “new normal”. Although some of the…
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Shahrullah-al-Moazzam. Shehrullah. Share-ullah. Share Allah. “Shehrullah” literally translates to “the month of Allah” in Arabic. Or is it in Persian? In a mix of the two? To be honest with you, I couldn’t really care less which exact language it is; or rather, I am out of energy to find…
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I love it when people come together to share an experience. It could be eating in packed restaurants, standing in long lines for concerts or new phones, or packed sports events. Basically, I love everything we cannot partake in during these COVID times. And now with Spring upon us, you can…
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altM editor, Asma Uddin, had a chance to speak with author Rifk Ebeid about her new book, Baba, What Does My Name Mean? You can connect with Rifk at www.BabaWhatDoesMyNameMean.com and on Facebook and Instagram @BabaWhatDoesMyNameMean. Rifk, it was an absolute pleasure to read the book. I felt like it was…
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When times are tough, we come together. We unite. The recent eruption of the coronavirus has been no exception. Viral videos on YouTube depict people across Italy singing from their balconies trying to keep up morale. Extraordinary acts of generosity surface every day on the Internet. Health-care workers hang tough…
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Anas ibn Malik reported: A man said, “O Messenger of Allah, should I tie my camel and trust in Allah, or should I leave her untied and trust in Allah?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Tie her (your camel) and trust in Allah.” Islam is a religion that supports both trust in Allah and trust…
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Muslim Microlessons are regular spiritual nuggets by Omer Mozaffar, who has received Islamic studies training both through traditional and academic sources, and has addressed theological, personal, social matters for college students of all sectarian outlooks. Plague continues. Quarantine continues. Divert stress with Iman. A week into Ramadan fasting, whether you…
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