Tag: Islam

Short Fiction

Thank You, Mother

BY KASHIF QAIMI

You are supposed to take care of things you need in your daily life routine, but if Mother is there, she will take care of it, all of it.

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Nonfiction

Listen to the Feminine: Women in Islamic Spirituality

BY JEREMY HENZELL-THOMAS

At the same time the Qur’an tells us that diversity is ordained for us so that we may come to know one another.

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Nonfiction

Rumi, Religion, and Going Beyond Religion

BY YA’QUB IBN YUSUF

Beyond the concepts of “Islam” and “heresy” and attachment to them, there is an open space…of yearning.

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“May He Live Forever!”: A Casual Muslim Reader Reflects on the Christian Fantasy Works of Lewis and Tolkien

BY ADEEL AHMED

As Muslims, we saw that Christians share much of what we believe, and even where we did not, there was still some core understanding.

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Nonfiction

Coming Back to the Meeting Between Shams and Rumi

BY YA’QUB IBN YUSUF

The one who asks the question prepares the ground for the one who’s going to answer, to go beyond his limitations.

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Short Fiction

Soldier’s Eid

BY KASHIF QAIMI

While observing my area of responsibility, I start to think about my family, especially my 3-month-old son, Hassan.

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Nonfiction

Jihad In Islam: What Is The Meaning Of It?

BY KATIE QUIRK

It isn’t jihad in war that’s the best form of jihad. It’s jihad by telling the truth. It’s fighting evil through one’s words rather than through violence.

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Short Fiction

Hope at Damietta

BY PHOENIX

“All suffering here will end, and we will know its purpose some day, but for now…we can only try to do and be good.”

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