Youth

Difficult Teen

QUESTION: I have a teenage son who is a Hafez.He does not listen to us,he goes out when he wants and sometimes does not come home.He becomes very arrogant when we question him. He does not spend time with his family at all and only wants to be with his …

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The Usual Scenario of Life

  By: A. A. Jin A group of children go to the beach. Each of them finds a suitable spot and settles down with his/her beach toys. The white sand is scattered everywhere. Each one starts gathering the sand in the bucket and starts making a sandcastle. Some are successful …

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The Choice is Yours

  A recent article in the Detroit News contrasted the lives of two ordinary persons from Palestinian refuge camps in Jordan. Two persons joined by faith and circumstances, yet separated by choices of their lifestyles. One awakens at 4 a.m. every day and walks a mile to the mosque for …

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How a Lifeless Object has become Our ‘Most Beloved’!

  By M.B. Ahmed THE SMARTPHONE Almost 30 years ago a digital device called the SMARTPHONE was invented! In a short period of time this lifeless entity has taken the entire humanity by storms! In fact its popularity is so widespread that there almost isn’t a single human being who does not know …

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Intergenerational Baggage

  I had a long conversation with an older relative, a loosely-practicing Muslim gentleman in his seventies. His life has got me reflecting on the issues we inherit and pass down through the generations. Let’s call him Nabil. Nabil, as a young man in his mid-twenties, deliberately missed his beloved …

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The Poisoned Arrow

  Allah Ta‘ala has blessed every person with five basic senses; taste, smell, touch, hearing and sight. It is through these five faculties that each person perceives the world around him, responds to the stimuli he experiences and is able to interact with his environment. On hearing a pleasant sound, …

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Why Muslims Should Be Concerned By the Metaverse

By Muslim Skeptic Team November 10, 2021 Let us imagine two scenarios. One of a hero riding a red dragon, soaring over a volcano with his sword held high, ready to strike down the monster that has been dwelling within that volcano for thousands of years. Accomplishing this would mean …

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