Hizmet Embraces the Entire Human Family
I’m saddened to hear that the Hizmet Movement here is being categorized as a terror group. I’ve been…
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Hizmet Is a True Embodiment of the Islamic Ideals of Love and Service to the Other
I have seen many un-Islamic cults play out in the word today: ISIS, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, al-Shabab. Hizmet…
Lullaby, My Baby
Sleep, baby, sleepYour father tends the sheepYour mother shakes the dreamland treeAnd from it fall sweet dreams for…
Relax – I Am Out Of The Game
I tell myself: “It’s ok, there is no race, step aside. Be humble. Keep your beauty within. Liberate…
A Present of The Presence Through Three Dripping Snow-cones
“I want to start fasting this year during the month of Ramadan” she said with a serious tone…
All of Your Beautiful Names
O Allah I know You say There is no compulsion in religion But I don’t want this freedom…
Abdyl
His name was Abdyl. Everybody I knew called him Dyli. The only other Dyli in our small town…
Story in Progress
Every year, 12 to 25 million people attempt suicide worldwide, and 1 million of them achieve what they…
Hearing the Light
On a Saturday morning, I was sitting in the nearby park in our neighborhood. It was especially lovely…
My Sadness
It is as though my world is a blurI can’t seem to make things make senseNothing makes senseIt’s…
The Challenge of Peaceful Coexistence
‘Peaceful coexistence is the most important project of our era. But we cannot do it alone or in…
Science in the Islamic world: an interview with Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail
For over a hundred years, the Nobel Prize has been awarded for the highest achievements in physical sciences,…
Abstaining From Alcohol
Like all converts to Islam, I am sometimes haunted by my past and always in awe of the…
A Rationale For Tolerance
My dearest friend, This time, with your permission, I won’t be talking about the last two weeks that…
Religion and the Environment
When Rev. Sally Bingham steps up to the pulpit at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, her mission isn’t to…