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Changed by the Qur’an
Changed by the Qur’an is intended as a practical guide to remove the spiritual and intellectual barriers between every Muslim and their personal transformative relationship with the Qur’an
Secrets of Salah: The Hidden Gems of Prayer (Companion Journal)
The Secrets of Salah: The Hidden Gems of Prayer companion journal helps Muslims improve their prayer. It includes commentary and gems for each step of salah, and journaling space for your reflections on your journey to life-changing prayers.
Lowering the Gaze: Prophetic Solutions to Pornography in an Age of Endless Temptation | Essay
Dr. Jibran KhokharLate at night, after a long and exhausting day, a young man lies in bed scrolling through his phone. He is not searching for pornography. At least, that is not what he tells himself. He is simply looking for a distraction, to numb the distress of his day. A few reels become a few more. An image...
Overcoming Intrusive Thoughts and Religious OCD: Prophetic Guidance on Moral Scrupulosity | Essay
Dr. Jibran KhokharMoral scrupulosity is a form of excessive moral anxiety characterized by persistent fear of sin, intrusive thoughts about wrongdoing, and a heightened sense of guilt even in the absence of deliberate action. Often studied within the broader framework of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), it...
Four Ways of Confronting Islamophobia on Campus: Protecting Muslim Students from Abuse
Imam Khalid LatifSince October 2023, the past three academic years have exposed something painful but necessary for our community to confront: We were not prepared. The Prophet ﷺ taught us to tie our camel and trust in Allah. For far too long, in the higher education space, we trusted, but failed to tie the camel....
Post-Ramadan Highs and Lows: How to Protect Your Faith in 4 Steps | Blog
Tarek GhanemEver wondered why our experience in the last ten days of Ramadan, or on its 27th night, diminishes so quickly after the month ends? Where do the light, faith, inspiration to do more, and sense of elation go? Why is it that they are sometimes overtaken by sluggishness, boredom, spiritual emptiness,...
The Systematic Rohingya Genocide and the Muslim Moral Imperative
Dr. Naved BakaliThe Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of our generation. As of July 2025, over 1.1 million Rohingya have been expelled from their homes in Rakhine state, Myanmar, since August 2017. Between January 2024 and mid-2025 alone, over 150,000 Rohingya fled to...
All That We Lost: The Colonized Mind and the Decline of the Islamic Education System
Faisal MalikIn the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful In a 2009 CNN documentary entitled Generation Islam, a segment dedicated to Islamic education in Pakistan stated: “Many madrassas teach a version of Islam that’s locked in the past. Students are rarely taught math or science…” The documentary...
Happiness in Qur’anic ethics The desire for happiness is a natural desire, and both the Greek and Islamic philosophers agree that happiness is the final end, but they differ as to what this end is and how it should be achieved. A key question that philosophers pose is whether virtues are sufficient...
The Prophet's ﷺ Marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh: A Reexamination from a Historiographic Perspective
Dr. Hasan AshrafThe Prophet’s ﷺ marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh (rA) stands unique among all of his marriages because of its explicit pronouncement in the Qur’an. Despite the stated theological, social, and legal goals the Qur’an posits as the reason for its contraction, the marriage has remained a topic of...
Can the Qur'an Be Recited in Different Ways? The Meaning and Wisdom of Qira'at
Sh. Yousef WahbIf the Qur’an is truly one timeless, unchanged book, how can it be read in multiple ways? This article provides a brief account of the origins and canonization of the qirāʾāt.
The Systematic Rohingya Genocide and the Muslim Moral Imperative
Dr. Naved BakaliThe Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of our generation. As of July 2025, over 1.1 million Rohingya have been expelled from their homes in Rakhine state, Myanmar, since August 2017. Between January 2024 and mid-2025 alone, over 150,000 Rohingya fled to...
All That We Lost: The Colonized Mind and the Decline of the Islamic Education System
Faisal MalikIn the Name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful In a 2009 CNN documentary entitled Generation Islam, a segment dedicated to Islamic education in Pakistan stated: “Many madrassas teach a version of Islam that’s locked in the past. Students are rarely taught math or science…” The documentary...
Happiness in Qur’anic ethics The desire for happiness is a natural desire, and both the Greek and Islamic philosophers agree that happiness is the final end, but they differ as to what this end is and how it should be achieved. A key question that philosophers pose is whether virtues are sufficient...
The Prophet's ﷺ Marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh: A Reexamination from a Historiographic Perspective
Dr. Hasan AshrafThe Prophet’s ﷺ marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh (rA) stands unique among all of his marriages because of its explicit pronouncement in the Qur’an. Despite the stated theological, social, and legal goals the Qur’an posits as the reason for its contraction, the marriage has remained a topic of...
Can the Qur'an Be Recited in Different Ways? The Meaning and Wisdom of Qira'at
Sh. Yousef WahbIf the Qur’an is truly one timeless, unchanged book, how can it be read in multiple ways? This article provides a brief account of the origins and canonization of the qirāʾāt.
The Green Scare: Islamophobia, Foreign Policy, and the Making of American Identity
Akan Malici
Governments have an incentive to exaggerate foreign danger or even manufacture it. Doing so strengthens the state’s identity and facilitates the government’s social control over its people. Toward these ends, after 9/11, the US government cast not only al-Qaeda but also Islam as America’s enemy....
The Systematic Rohingya Genocide and the Muslim Moral Imperative
Dr. Naved Bakali
The Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of our generation. As of July 2025, over 1.1 million Rohingya have been expelled from their homes in Rakhine state, Myanmar, since August 2017. Between January 2024 and mid-2025 alone, over 150,000 Rohingya fled to...
What is Islamophobia? Race, Power, and the Roots of Anti-Muslim Discrimination
Nour Soubani
This paper looks at 3 lenses through which we can understand what Islamophobia is & how it functions in society: Culture Talk, the subjectification of Muslims, & race.
Hindutva and Anti-Muslim Violence: How to Navigate Hindu Supremacy
Safa Ahmed
Hindutva does not only harm Muslims in India; it has found resonance in diasporic communities, involves itself in transnational repression, and openly pledges its allegiance to other far-right movements. Its supporters amplify Zionist propaganda that enables Israel’s genocide in Palestine, provide...
Dr. Osman Umarji
American Muslims have historically supported the Democratic party due to perceptions that they have Muslims’ interests closer to heart. In recent years, they have grown disenchanted with this political alliance. What are the political attiudes of Muslims going into the 2024 US elections?
The Green Scare: Islamophobia, Foreign Policy, and the Making of American Identity
Akan Malici
Governments have an incentive to exaggerate foreign danger or even manufacture it. Doing so strengthens the state’s identity and facilitates the government’s social control over its people. Toward these ends, after 9/11, the US government cast not only al-Qaeda but also Islam as America’s enemy....
The Systematic Rohingya Genocide and the Muslim Moral Imperative
Dr. Naved Bakali
The Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of our generation. As of July 2025, over 1.1 million Rohingya have been expelled from their homes in Rakhine state, Myanmar, since August 2017. Between January 2024 and mid-2025 alone, over 150,000 Rohingya fled to...
What is Islamophobia? Race, Power, and the Roots of Anti-Muslim Discrimination
Nour Soubani
This paper looks at 3 lenses through which we can understand what Islamophobia is & how it functions in society: Culture Talk, the subjectification of Muslims, & race.
Hindutva and Anti-Muslim Violence: How to Navigate Hindu Supremacy
Safa Ahmed
Hindutva does not only harm Muslims in India; it has found resonance in diasporic communities, involves itself in transnational repression, and openly pledges its allegiance to other far-right movements. Its supporters amplify Zionist propaganda that enables Israel’s genocide in Palestine, provide...
Dr. Osman Umarji
American Muslims have historically supported the Democratic party due to perceptions that they have Muslims’ interests closer to heart. In recent years, they have grown disenchanted with this political alliance. What are the political attiudes of Muslims going into the 2024 US elections?
Prophetic Cure refers to the health and wellness practices recommended by the Prophet Muhammad, often termed Tibb an-Nabawi. These methods emphasize natural remedies, dietary balance, and spiritual health as components of a holistic lifestyle. This field combines traditional wisdom with a focus on physical and spiritual purification.
Prophetic Cure refers to the health and wellness practices recommended by the Prophet Muhammad, often termed Tibb an-Nabawi. These methods emphasize natural remedies, dietary balance, and spiritual health as components of a holistic lifestyle. This field combines traditional wisdom with a focus on physical and spiritual purification.
Dr. Jibran Khokhar
Living through economic whiplash Last winter, after his usual nine-to-five job, a young father in Michigan found himself taking on extra work driving for food delivery apps late into the night. Prices had climbed, his rent had doubled, and he was still trying to keep his kids warm in a drafty...
Prophetic Solutions for Doom Spiraling: Cultivating Hope in a Cycle of Negativity | Essay
Dr. Jibran Khokhar
Doom spiraling can worsen stress and impair decision-making. Prophetic tradition gives us a path to optimism, trust in Allah, and action in the face of fear.
How to Overcome the Fear of Death: A Prophetic Cure for Death Anxiety | Essay
Dr. Jibran Khokhar
Living with the awareness of death is part of what makes us human. But for many, that awareness is destabilizing, manifesting as fear, avoidance, or death anxiety. Death anxiety is an intense and persistent fear of one’s death that is often magnified in times of illness, loss, or global...
When Scrolling Breeds Despair: A Prophetic Cure to Comparison Culture | Essay
Dr. Jibran Khokhar
In seven short verses, we will see how every single word has been perfectly selected to convey the greatest moral lessons.
Overcoming Intrusive Thoughts and Religious OCD: Prophetic Guidance on Moral Scrupulosity | Essay
Dr. Jibran Khokhar
Moral scrupulosity is a form of excessive moral anxiety characterized by persistent fear of sin, intrusive thoughts about wrongdoing, and a heightened sense of guilt even in the absence of deliberate action. Often studied within the broader framework of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), it...
