Practicing Islam is Not an All or Nothing Attitude
By Nasia Ullas A few weeks back, at an office get together, a colleague (who isn’t Muslim) told me how he used to fast four days for a particular festival observed in his faith. But he stopped fasting...
View ArticleThe First Ten Days of Ramadan – The Days of Mercy
This is Day Three of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Arzu Kaya-Uranli If the brain and the belly are burning clean with fasting, every moment a new song comes out of the...
View ArticleLonging for Mercy and the Comfort of Suhoor in Ramadan
This is Day Four of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Ambata Kazi-Nance I took my shahada (declaration of faith as a Muslim) on October 30, 2001, just two weeks before the start...
View ArticleClearing the Ramadan Mirror to Find Our Spiritual Clarity
This is Day Six of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Omer M. Mozaffar When you look in a mirror, do you first glance at your perfections or your flaws? In public, we show not our...
View ArticleThe Mercy of Allah – My Favorite Du’a in Ramadan and Beyond (VIDEO)
This is Day 14 of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Joohi Tahir Did we ever stop to think how easy Allah SWT has made things for us? Did we grow up thinking that our deen (faith)...
View ArticleThe Year of my Discontent: Ramadan Reflections on the First 10 Days of Mercy
This is Day Seven of the #30Days30Writers 2016 Ramadan series. By Kristin Szremski Eventually, I stopped praying. It happened gradually. First, I’d oversleep Fajr, and then I’d be too tired for Ishaa....
View ArticleWorking Through Pain and Rage to a Place of Mercy and Forgiveness
This Ramadan, think of the pains you have held on to and free yourself (with guided help). If we want His forgiveness and His Mercy, we need to be able to give it unconditionally. Only then will...
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