Celebrate What Hijab Means To You
By President ICNA Sisters, Abeer Sher Back in 2011 after human rights activist Tawakkol Karman received her Nobel Peace Prize, she was asked about her hijab by journalists who felt the hijab was out of place with her level of education and intellect. Her response was,...
The man who made a promise to tell the truth
Telling the truth is very good habit. If you always speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of trouble! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of bad things, but his promise to tell the truth saved him. Once a man came to the Prophet Muhammad SAW and...
Eid Ul Adha Mubarak
EID MUBARAK! Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu, Dear and respected Sisters we have reached the Blessed Days of the years Bi IzanAllah. The Prophet said (s.a.w): There is no day on which Allah frees more people fromthe Fire than the day of Arafat (9th Dhul...
Eid Mubarak!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم تَقَبَّلَ اللّهُ مِنَّا وَ مِنْكُمْEID MUBARAKAssalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu, Dear and respected Sisters we have reached the end of Ramadan and its blessings Bi IzanAllah with ease and trials.فَإِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ...
BARAKAH ( Umm Aiman ), Straight from Allah.
Imagine someone as majestic as our beloved RasulAllah (saw) calling you a beautiful name “Ya Ummah” out of love, or lovingly wiping your face and eyes upon seeing you tired. Imagine talking to our beloved Rasul (saw) before even his birth, being the first to cradle...
A Da’eeya, a pioneer, a soldier: Umm Sulaim bint Milhan
When we think of a woman living a thousand years ago, we envision a docile, compliant person burdened by chores, insignificant in societal affairs. The life of Umm Sulaim (also known as Ghumiysa) could not be further from the truth. She was woman of that time...
The importance of family/relatives in today’s world
By : Abida Rahmani The family, which is the basic unit of civilization, is now disintegrating. Islam’s family system brings the rights of the husband, wife, children, and relatives into a fine equilibrium. It nourishes unselfish behavior, generosity, and love in the...
Eid Mubarak!
May Allah Accept (The fast and worship) from us and from you Assalamualikum Warahmatullahi wabarakatuh! Dear Sisters Let us invoke Allah’s blessings and Maghfirah in these last days of Ramadan and make the approaching ‘Eid ul Fitr’ a moment of blessing for every...
Muslim Women and Islamophobia: Nabra, Portland, and Bystander Intervention Training
Ayesha Shahnaz A Different Age We, as Muslim American women, live in different times today; these are not the blissful days of the eighties that my mother often mentions, in which she and my aunt attended a public high school in full hijab and jilbab without facing...
