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Supporting Muslim Converts During Christmas

Supporting Muslim Converts During Christmas

The year-end holidays can be hard for Muslim converts as they try to navigate family traditions, religious practices or perhaps that uncomfortable stare by an aunt or uncle who has yet to embrace the conversion. While some new Muslims may be invited to the dinner...

17 Goals For Girls: It Is A Woman’s Game, Too

17 Goals For Girls: It Is A Woman’s Game, Too

‘17 Goals For Girls’ is available to watch on Qalbox. We are currently running a limited time promo (more than 60% OFF) for you to enjoy unlimited access to Qalbox and Muslim Pro ad-free! Claim it now! The journey to greatness has never been an easy road. Trials and...

5 Tips for a Fun Movie Night

5 Tips for a Fun Movie Night

A diverse selection of shows including “The Messenger”, “Little Explorers”, and “Casablanca Calling” are available to watch on Qalbox. We are currently running a limited time promo for you to enjoy unlimited access to Qalbox and Muslim Pro ad-free! Claim it now! Among...

5 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Next Islamic Convention

5 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Next Islamic Convention

Part of the American Muslim experience, in my opinion, is to attend an Islamic conference. From state-wide ones to national gatherings, these annual conventions are a great way to learn, engage, and to immerse yourself in the vibrant Muslim ummah. I remember the first...

Baghdad Messi: The Unbeatable Spirit

Baghdad Messi: The Unbeatable Spirit

‘Baghdad Messi’ is available to watch on Qalbox. New users enjoy a 7-day free trial, which also gives access to the full features of the Muslim Pro app ad-free! Claim your free trial today! Which team, and country by extension, will be hoisting the World Cup trophy...

3 Things To Start Your Day

3 Things To Start Your Day

There are many things that we have to grapple with every day. Typically, most would be things snowballing from the previous day. It could either be something we keep putting off by procrastinating to subliminally adding on to that growing to-do-list in our minds and...

3 Ways to Understand the Power of GRIT

3 Ways to Understand the Power of GRIT

GRIT. An Indonesian documentary like nothing you have seen before. Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia.  A silhouette of men sitting motionless at the edge of a mudrock smeared with dirt emerges as the frame lights up the screen. Overlooking an open land as far as the eye...

 4 Reasons Muslims Should Keep Smiling Always

 4 Reasons Muslims Should Keep Smiling Always

Smiling is a universal greeting. A genuine smile makes you approachable and trustworthy. It exudes an aura of warmth and positivity. We share 4 powerful reasons why you should keep a smile on your face. Always!  1. Smiling is Healthy  Smiling releases hormones called...

 5 Reasons Muslims Should Give and Take Gifts

 5 Reasons Muslims Should Give and Take Gifts

There is great importance in exchanging gifts in Islam and our society. Different cultures practice various ways of gift giving. It is a universal fact that offering and accepting gifts develop stronger bonds among people. عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى...

The Etiquette of Eating and Drinking in Islam

The Etiquette of Eating and Drinking in Islam

Bismillah, all praise be to Allah, the Lord of the universes who provide for His obedient and disobedient servants. Allah has provided His servants with food and water as sustenance. As servants, we are obliged to be grateful for the favours bestowed. Besides being...

The Crescent Moon: The Many Faces Of Islam

The Crescent Moon: The Many Faces Of Islam

‘The Crescent Moon’ is available to watch on Qalbox. New users enjoy a 7-day free trial, which also gives access to the full features of the Muslim Pro app ad-free! Claim your free trial today! We have to be at ease with uncomfortable truths. The fact is the global...

Devouring Written Words: Healthy Reading Habits

Devouring Written Words: Healthy Reading Habits

Reading is fundamental when it comes to the pursuit of knowledge. Fortunately, we will never run out of options when it comes to books. The global book market is estimated to grow hit US$124.2 billion by 2025! Even more impressive is that there are already...

Explore Amazing AI Art Generators

Explore Amazing AI Art Generators

There are 750 billion images on the internet, and pictures paint a thousand words. As a writer with miserable artistic skills, sometimes I go speechless. I wanted to create a vision of an Indian man wearing a plain colored turban in a rainbow-colored suit. My...

Self Reflection Practices Through the Lens of Islam

Self Reflection Practices Through the Lens of Islam

The Importance of Self Reflection in Islam Our daily lives are filled with infinite distractions. Our mind, heart, and body need regular detoxification. Prophet Muhammed ﷺ took time to reflect on his thoughts and feelings in the cave of Hira. The life of Prophet...

Healthy Habits Of Contemporary Global Muslims

Healthy Habits Of Contemporary Global Muslims

Demands of the contemporary world just keep on compounding. In schools we were taught subjects encompassing various matters from understanding and applying grammatical rules in our writing and speech, solving a particular mathematical problem, the significance of the...

Our Destiny: Ruminating Revelatory Days Ahead

Our Destiny: Ruminating Revelatory Days Ahead

Are you a Taurus or an Aries? All these years, have you often heard those around you typecasting your amazing personality and reducing your complex nuanced being to simply being obstinate? Or, were you born in the year of the rat? Which would explain why some of your...

Eco-Heroes: We Are Our Only Hope

Eco-Heroes: We Are Our Only Hope

Under the scorching heat, people of Jacobabad, Pakistan, have to contend with temperatures surpassing 40°C (104°F). It is not an excerpt taken from a science fiction novel that is based on our lived realities peppered with exaggerations and amplified figments of...

7 ways to excite your children about Hajj

7 ways to excite your children about Hajj

We immerse ourselves in ibadah during the first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah, it is equally important to help our children understand the importance of these days.  We explore different aspects of Ramadan with our kids, we satisfy their thirst for knowledge and help them...

School Zone: Learning Never Stops

School Zone: Learning Never Stops

We have all been there. In fact, some of us are still in the thick of it as working adults. Whether you are a parent of young school-age children or an adult juggling work responsibilities and study commitments, there would be times we might start doubting our sense...

The Healing Benefits of Travelling

The Healing Benefits of Travelling

Is there any memorable place that makes you always wanted to go back there? The place may seem ordinary to others, but it is a special place for you. It’s not only the place that makes you always want to come back, but also the journey to get there that you enjoy...

My 4 Day Zanzibar Experience

My 4 Day Zanzibar Experience

I had the opportunity to travel to East Africa: Tanzania, and Zanzibar with my family during August 2021. The pandemic was still causing chaos all over the world. However, this pleasant trip was a reunion of my family after many years. I spent four days in Zanzibar...

A Journey: With Hardship Comes Ease

A Journey: With Hardship Comes Ease

"I cannot fathom a way out of this problem." "Why is Allah not hearing my prayers?" We tend to ponder over such thoughts when we are facing hardships that seem insurmountable. Do we choose to run away in order to avoid facing our fears or stand our ground and take...

Nurturing Positive Post-Ramadan Habits

Nurturing Positive Post-Ramadan Habits

The blessed month of Ramadan has come and gone. Yet, that does not translate into abandonment of all things good and return to our pre-Ramadan selves. Instead, let's strive to keep on practising diligently our spiritual piety with discipline, which allows us to emerge...

5 Unknown Facts of Global Eid

5 Unknown Facts of Global Eid

With an estimated 1.8 billion Muslims in the world today, the intersectionality of cultures and traditions has produced a multitude of Muslim identities in the various pockets of Islamic communities scattered across the globe. What is the significance of such lived...

Reconnect with Food by Rabia Rashad

Reconnect with Food by Rabia Rashad

Learn how our food creator from Europe creates a starch and carbohydrate rich potato-based savoury suhoor and iftar this Ramadan. Suhoor: Potato Hash Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (550g) 2 large potatoes peeled and cut into ½ inch...

Reconnect with Food by Hanan Al Badri

Reconnect with Food by Hanan Al Badri

Learn how our food creator from France creates an irresistible french omelet for suhoor and a creamy baked potato classic for iftar this Ramadan.   Suhoor: French Omelette Ingredients: 3 eggs 25 gram of butter Some chives for garnish Emmental cheese Salt...