Will My Family Go to Heaven?
By Anna Wittman I converted to Islam for many reasons, but the most important of those was the holistic teaching of justice I found pervasive in the Quran and life of Prophet Muhammad. What most people...
View ArticleRamadan 2014 – Fasting Is Supposed to Suck; That’s Why We Do It
This article comes on Day Two of our special Altmuslim/Patheos Muslim Ramadan #30Days30Writers blog project, in which we are showcasing the voices of 30 Muslim leaders, activists, scholars, writers,...
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 ArticleWhen Online Muslim Friends Provide Love and Community – A Convert’s Ramadan...
This is Day Seven of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Sarah Ager I broke my first ever Ramadan fast with a beer. I said my shahada (profession of faith as a Muslim) over Skype....
View ArticleSex, Drugs & the Redemptive Power of Islam – A Ramadan Lesson
This is Day 12 of Altmuslim’s #30Days30Writers series for Ramadan 2015. By Malika MacDonald Rushdan Do you remember the hadith of the prostitute who obtained paradise just by providing water to a...
View ArticleWhite in America vs. White Among American Muslims
By Charles M. Turner When you’re white, conversion to Islam can be accompanied by excessive fanfare. That was my experience as a recent convert. My coming to Islam seemed to be just as emotional for...
View ArticleRamadan Forgiveness: Once I was a Marine, Another Man Finding Islam, Finding...
This is Day Five of the #30Days30Writers 2016 Ramadan series. Dedicated to the people of Iraq. By Ramon Meija A year has come and gone with no liberation in sight. If you can recall, last year my...
View ArticleNight and Day: Elie Wiesel and a Muslim Writer
By Jillian Pikora The world recently lost an amazing man (among many great losses this year), who has influenced the lives of many. I never thought an old Jewish man would be so influential to this...
View ArticleBe an Ansaar: 10 Ways to Care for and Help a New Muslim
Embed from Getty Images By Saud Inam Madinah, which brings to mind the beauty of the Prophet Muhammad’s (SAW) masjid, is considered the first Muslim community in Islamic history. Many of us may think...
View Article¡Feliz Ramadan! Between Latina Identity and Muslim Introspection
I do identify as Latina and American, which are identities that I appreciate and inherited. However, the identity that I strive to hold onto, to maintain, and to die on, is my Islamic identity.
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