Marriage brings two families together. This can be exciting, but it can be difficult too. Families have different behaviours, ethnicities, and strategies of interacting. In Islam, family is very significant since it is a place of love, support, and growth.
SUMMARY: A reflection on a chance encounter with a person in need.
As I crossed State Street leaving Palmer House for the Ogilvie station, I saw her. She was clad in black jilbab, a neatly placed hijab on head and a mask.
SUMMARY: Stories from the Sunnah, authentically but creatively conveyed in interactive storytelling, are a wonderful way of teaching children engaging lessons about character, morality, decency, and Islamic conduct.
SUMMARY: Ashura is a day of great significance in Islam, on which many Muslims fast to commemorate Allah's rescue of Prophet Musa. In addition it is a day of historical significance for the martyrdom of the champion for justice and truth, Husain ibn Ali.
SUMMARY: With differences between Sunnis and Shias on the significance and actions of such days as Ashura, Muslims must remember not to let their differences become a source of communal strife.
SUMMARY: Eidul-Adha is one of Islam's major holidays. Reenacting parts of its rituals can help children understand and relate to the lessons of Eidul-Adha and the obedience of Prophet Ibrahim and his family to Allah.
SUMMARY: Learn how to explain Islamic concepts of sacrifice, sincerity, and spirituality in order to explain the Eid sacrifice and its message of gratitude and generosity to children.