Maryam Sullivan 10 February, 2022 Celebrating this year’s Black History Month, AboutIslam will host the 4th annual Black Muslim Authors Conference, in a series of virtual discussions on Facebook during February….

Theresa Corbin 22 January, 2022 Living in a country where Muslims make up a minority of 1% of the population, questions about my Islamic identity are so much a part of my…

Salman al-Ouda 03 January, 2022 This name of Allah appears only once in the Quran, in the second verse of the chapter entitled al-Ikhlas: Allah, the Self-Subsisting. (112:2) It appears in the…

Deena El Shamy 02 January, 2022 “Is a day shorter than a year?” Asking this question would strangely generate different replies. A rushing answer will be “Yes”. But, a smart…

Najma Mohamed 03 December, 2021 By the fig and the olive, by Mount Sinai, by this city of security. Verily, We created man in the best stature. (Surat At-Tin 95:…

Theresa Corbin 07 November, 2021 For those of us living in the West, qadar (divine will or destiny) is a difficult topic to grapple with. The Western world is based on the…

Islam is now the fastest-growing religion in the country, says Statistics Canada. Blacklock’s Reporter says the Muslim population as a portion of the entire country has more than tripled since 1996…

It seems to be a well-known truth: we cannot live without worldly goods, but they also pose a considerable danger in themselves. But in life … Companions, their followers and scholars…

Theresa Corbin Like many who have come before me and many who will come after me, I have felt a dramatic shift in my life when I came to Islam. Many describe…

I was thinking about how rich in meaning Surah al-Fatihah[1] is.  Take verse six, for instance, where we say “Guide us to the straight way.” Here we are offering a supplication, not…