hajj

Hajj is one occasion where Muslims have an opportunity to share Islam. There are a couple of tips to consider when approaching the school about presenting, as well as for how you present the information to the child's class.

Apart from getting together with extended family, catching a movie with friends, or going out to eat, Eid ideas are sometimes hard to come by. It’s tempting to fall into old routines. Here are seven unique Eid-ul-Adha 2021 ideas to try out this year with family, friends or both.

How do we keep the bonds of Islamic brother/sisterhood intact to fulfill our goals as an Ummah, especially in North America, where our diversity is even more marked than in other parts of the world? Here are ten practical ways you and your community can build unity:

Here is a sample schedule of activities you and your family can do together in these first 10 days of Zul Hijjah. We have formatted this to fit an activity per day. You can also combine two or three activities together.

For those of us not going to Hajj this year, it's easy to dismiss the journey of a lifetime. But we non-Hajjis can swing into the Hajj spirit too, and we should. Here are a couple of ideas.

This is a video review of "Adam's World 4: Take Me To The Kaba", in which Adam and his friend Asad learn about Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam, while visiting the sites of Makkah, Madinah, and Jerusalem thanks to their trusty transvisualizer. 

Here is an excerpt of a letter El Hajj Malik El Shabazz wrote about his Hajj experience. In it, he explains what it was during this blessed journey that made him so profoundly shift his perspective on race and racism.