Respecting the Station of One’s Lord – Between Proclivity and Acts – Engaging the Gay Community as Believing Muslims
There are few topics in the American context that are as controversial as homosexuality. Muslims need to make their positions understood without abandoning moral principles and obligations to Islam.
Embracing God By Embracing America: American Muslims, Shari’ah & the Constitution
What is the Shari'ah? Is it taking over America? Can American Muslims embrace the United States' Constitution as believing Muslims?
Islam in a Global Perspective: What Makes Islam Work?
The following is a lecture I gave at the University of Pennsylvania for Penn's MSA. This talk kicked off the Chaplain Chats for the Spring 2012 term.
Required Reading – Neo-Traditionalism vs. Traditionalism
There are few topics I can think of besides "tradition" that hold as much import and confusion for Muslims today. Ustadh Abdullah Ali provides us with a brief synopsis and useful elaboration on just what it means to be (neo-) traditional in an ever changing world.
Do We Need A Fiqh of Facebook? A Khutbah at the University of Pennsylvania
We live in an age where multitasking competes with the remembrance of God. A khutbah I delivered at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday, January 20th, 2012.
3rd Annual “Ivy Muslim Conference” at Yale
3rd Annual “Ivy Muslim Conference” at Yale on February 17-18.
The Imperialists New Clothes
Twenty is a nice round number, in human years. And now I look back on my twenty years as a Muslim with an increasing amount of introspection.
Exercise in Islamization – Should(n’t) Islam Equal Good Design (?)
The following is an exercise in "Islamization". Islamization may feel too large or charged a term but it is precisely the word I plan to use with a group of MSA students this weekend at our retreat.
Religious Dispatches – Da’wah For Our Children
A short audio clip while out and about: Marc Manley - Religious Dispatches - Da'wah For Our Children
Masjid Quba’s 2011 Deen Intensive – The Heart
A talk about the heart as a kick off for Masjid Quba's 2011 Winter Deen Intensive.
