An American Muslim writer, thinker, and educator, working to remove the accidental and the incidental from quintessential discussion on Islam in America.
Monthly archive June, 2009

Astuteness In Islam

Dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, I greet you today with the greeting of Paradise, “as-Salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu”. First Khutbah – Main Points اقترب للناس حسابهم و هم في غفلة معرضون “The Reckoning is ever drawing closer to Mankind, yet they are woefully heedless of it, turning away.” [Q: 21: 1]...

Faqir

Ya faqir! How long have you traveled on this path? Your trousers caked with the dust of unleavened prayers. How many moons have you orphaned yourself from the world? Seek it in solitude, during the pitch of eventide for that sin which crept in your heart like the coming of a black ant on a...
Man in the Age of Heedlessness

Man in the Age of Heedlessness

Dear respected brothers and sisters in Islam, I greet you today with the greeting of Paradise, “as-Salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu”. First Khutbah – Main Points اقترب للناس حسابهم و هم في ذلك غفلة معرضون “The Reckoning is ever drawing closer to Mankind, yet they are woefully heedless of it, turning away.” [Q: 21:...

New Muslim Cool

New Muslim Cool – One of my images made it in the new documentary film, New Muslim Cool, a PBS special. Look for it here.

Knowledge and Salvation in Islam

Modern man [both Muslim and non-Muslim alike] are bombarded with a number of information theories that pretend to be knowledge. But what is knowledge according to Islam? Is there a difference between information and knowledge? We examine this question in this khutbah.