Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen

Emotional abuse is dangerous.  When there is physical violence both the perpetrator and the victim are fully aware of the hitting, slapping, pushing, restraining and other life-threatening acts.

Breast cancer is a serious disease.  According to the World Health Organization (WHO) “in 2020 there were 2.3 million women diagnosed with breast cancer and 685, 000 deaths globally.

“Oh You who believe . . . help one another in piety and goodness and do not help one another in sin and aggression, and be careful of your duty to Allah, surely Allah is severe in requiting.”

(Quran 5:2)

The first sin came from the words, “I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay." (Quran 38:76).

Iblis had labeled himself as the greater one because he did not understand that distinctiveness and diversity is the order of creation.

Muharram is a significant and important month. Muharram itself is the first month of the Islamic calendar and is often met with passing interest by the Muslim community as simply a day to  reflect and change the date on the calendar.