Mahnaz nervously rings the apartment buzzer. As she’s quickly ushered in, she sees a few well-worn Bibles and smiles on six familiar faces: she’s in the right place. This small Christian fellowship of new believers meets in a different home…
The year 1979 was a significant year for Iran and the entire Muslim world. Widespread social injustices, exiled leaders, Western-oriented politics and religious tumult led to a revolt. The Persian monarchy (installed by US and UK powers in the 1953…
Tariq grew up in a religious Muslim family, regularly attending mosque with his family in a traditional Muslim community. But he began to challenge those traditions as he grew older. Engaged in a global business with a diverse group of…
The Deoband madrasa movement is equipping new leaders across the globe. Islamic seminaries, or madrasas, are places where Muslims study to become mosque leaders, or generally learn more about Islam. Deobandis are Sunni, they don’t necessarily see themselves as a…
The Muslim Brotherhood is considered one of the oldest and most influential modern Islamic movements. Founded in 1928 by an Egyptian schoolteacher, the group sees Islam as a means for personal and social improvement and is widely involved in charitable…
Although India’s Muslim population exceeds 180 million, they remain a minority, making up only 15{1ef34f8f1cacfdc6c19f5319e487deec2393c82eacea09a13da7feed1a24e305} of India’s population of 1.3 billion. Of these 180 million, an estimated 85{1ef34f8f1cacfdc6c19f5319e487deec2393c82eacea09a13da7feed1a24e305} are Sunni Muslims; of which nearly 40 million live within Uttar Pradesh…
Islam was originally brought to the United States by African Muslim slaves. It remained there, hidden and quiet until it began to re-emerge at the beginning of the 20th century. The Nation of Islam is an Islamic political and religious…
I asked Zahra if she knew the book Heavenly Ornaments. She was incredulous, of course she did!!! She told me how her aunt would regularly gather the women in her Muslim neighbourhood to read and discuss this book. As a…
On an ordinary day in June 2017, in a restaurant in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, everything was about to change. Suddenly, phones starting beeping and ringing. We read, in disbelief, the messages that were streaming in. Shrieks of celebration drowned out…
Shabbir looked up from his coffee and explained his dilemma. His college exams were coming, but the Dai, the religious leader of the Daudi Bohra (aka Dawoodi Bohra), a sect within the Shi’a branch of Islam, was in town celebrating…
