SUMMARY: It is important to stay in touch with your grandparents and maintain the relationship. This is now easier through easier methods of communication. Attention, communication and easy manner can help strengthen the relationship.
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: 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: With the arrival of the new Islamic year and the sacred month Muharram, Muslims have an opportunity to set their aims and plans for worship over the upcoming year.
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.