The Islamic sensibility of considering the human body of a very personal realm is connected to the concept of honor, dignity and privacy. Haya, Satr, Nikah, and Hijab are four important concepts that help explain Islamic modesty.
Being shy or bashful, modest in dress, speech, and behavior is considered something archaic, even prehistoric today. Yet, this is a key virtue of Islam. It’s what distinguishes a person of faith and God-consciousness.
In this Dallas Morning News article published in 2000, Susan Hogan Albach reviews Dawud Wharnsby-Ali's audio CD "Sunshine, Dust, and the Messenger", a collection of Islamic songs in English.
In this profile of Dawud Wharnsby Ali by Susan Hogan Albach, which was published in 2000 by the Dallas Morning News, readers learn more about what brought this talented Nasheed artist to Islam, how he expresses spirituality thorugh song, and about his work with Sound Vision.
Schlepping bored children from one activity to after another while you’re exhausted from the heat is neither necessary nor spiritually healthy. Here are some ways to balance fasting and parenting in the heat this Ramadan.
The following speech was given by Jawad Khaki, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Corp, President and a Founding Director of the Ithna-asheri Muslim Association of the Northwest, at the annual dinner of the organization Muslim Advocates in December 2010 in Milbrae, California.