By Diana Rahim I just finished reading “Who Speaks For Islam?: What A Billion Muslims Really Think.” by John L. Esposito & Dalia Mogahed. The book presents the data collected from a 6 year long study conducted by Gallup Organization. They conducted tens of thousands of hour long interviews with people from more than…
Read MorePhoto cred: #sg2gaza I have now been to three separate events at Hong Lim Park, each with a different agenda and each, extremely close to my heart. The first event was held on March 8th, International Women’s Day. It was the first ever celebration for IWD at Hong Lim Park and it was my introduction…
Read MoreI had stumbled across the beautiful words of the Prophet’s (PBUH) last sermon this past week. This sermon was delivered by the Prophet during his pilgrimage to Mecca. The sermon contains universal values of justice, fairness and equality. It touches on, among others, the themes of ‘freedom, equality and human rights’. Finding the sermon was…
Read MoreFasting without my family is not easy. Fasting as a traveller has its problems. But fasting beside people who can barely afford food, and eat just to survive is beyond humbling – I finally understand why I fast. All I think of is how many people fast for more than Ramadan, or those who do…
Read MoreAllah (swt) says: “Take one step towards me, I will take ten steps towards you. Walk towards me, I will run towards you.” Hadith Qudsi. That, is nothing short of apt in describing what happened to me last Ramdhan. I had been facing a lot of personal hardships at that point in time. You could…
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Beyond The Hijab 