Dr. Abdullah's Blog

Alas! We will miss Dr. Maher Hathout's opinions and guidance on matters that are often beyond our intellectual confines. But, the...

He was always smiling, optimistic, cheerful, humble, first to greet and seek Allah's blessings for whomever he met, and ready to serve...

A prominent Muslim thinker born in Egypt in 1928 was buried in Southern California on September 11, 2010, leaving a void that is...

The copy of the letter Prophet Muhammad sent to the monks of Saint Catherine

Speaking at a Muslim public forum recently, a prominent Muslim American leader advised Muslims never to criticize fellow Muslims. In the...

It was 2008 when the world observed the 200th Anniversary of the abolition of slavery in America. Yet the celebrations failed to...

Note: This article offers an analysis of the translation of Ayah (verse) 34, of Sura An Nisa (chapter 4) of the Quran. The translations...

Sha'ban is the eight-month of Islamic lunar calendar. In the pre-Islamic era, the month following Rajab was a month of trade and warfare...

Coronavirus has provided a golden opportunity to religious leaders all over the world to explain God and faith in their way. Their first...

In the seventeenth chapter of the Quran, Isra, or Bani Israel, the discussion begins about the night journey of the Prophet Muhammad from...

The world is witnessing an unprecedented movement for dignity and self-respect in the narrow streets and crowded lanes of almost every...

I could not believe what I read in a flier promoting Hajj packages sponsored by people who claim they know the Quran and Sunnah of the...

In the US, with each passing day, the debate about Shariah is getting complicated. Some perceive Shariah as a threat to the US...

The ideas of Socrates as explained profoundly by his student, Plato still dominates the religious world. Regardless of the distinctions...

Stoning to death is a slow death by collective torture. The Torah, the first five books of the Hebrew Bible introduced it as a legitimate...

The discussions, the lectures, the arguments and the topics that Muslims and Muslim scholars have been discussing, debating and giving...

The Quran and the Prophet's example show that women and men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and that woman...

Muqtedar Khan cites the hadith that Allah has commanded Ihsan in all things, in his new book Islam and Good Governance: A Political...

Is Allah (God) so insecure of his majesty that he wants us to kill those who insult him or his Messenger and Prophet? Mumtaz Qadri, was...

A growing number of Muslims, especially in the US and Canada, now identifies with an Islam that is non-denominational. They can simply be...