Can Muslims celebrate Halloween? Sure we can. Just like we can celebrate Christmas and listen to any kind of music we want. You might have Muslim family or friends or neighbours that are celebrating Halloween as a ‘commercial’ or ‘cultural’ holiday. There might be activities for young people within the community or even at school …
“I just wanted to be clear that there aren’t any religious connotations in the songs that they’ll be singing” I was told on the phone after requesting to withdraw my daughter from the school’s Christmas concert. But there was. It speaks to a major level of faith illiteracy when a school in a location that is around …
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It’s just a day. Even if you stretch the Christmas period to a week, or two- it’s still a short amount of time. Honestly, it wont last long. And in my experience, it’ll get easier year after year. This year is the second Christmas since my mum passed away in 2017. My family wasn’t Christian, …
Welcome to part 5 in the Living a better life series, all about physical well-being. Our physical well-being might be one of the most obvious states that we maintain… or neglect. When we get physically unwell, it’s arguably always more visible than if we are spiritually or mentally unwell. Yet we still enjoy a binge of …
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New converts to Islam have to ask themselves “How can I learn how to pray if I don’t even know Arabic?” “How do I know if I’m praying salah the correct way?” This post will share some insight into how some converts will experience learning to pray, and what to do if you’re new to …
Reclaim Your Heart by Yasmin Mogahed is a motivational read that helps build iman in any Muslim and is an example of dawah done right. She interchangeably uses the words ‘God’ and ‘Allah’, appealing to all people of faith and making the book accessible to any faithful mindset. In this short review of Reclaim Your Heart we’ll …
Updated 22 Sept 2018 Our last post explained a little about why A Modest Argument started: to better explore conflicting ideas and understandings. To develop that some more; we argue with our loved ones about fiqh or aqeedah or race, gender, and sexuality issues but are we really listening? Or are we just trying to get our point across? As …
Updated 22 Sept 2018 Nahmaduhu wa nusalli ‘ala Rasulihi’l Karim (All praise and thanks is due to Allah, and blessings upon His Messenger) Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam “In this Quran We have presented every kind of description for people but man is more contentious than any other creature.” This ayah (54) in Surah al-Kahf is preceded …
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