Miscellaneous

And His Cries Went Unheard : Husband Abuse Unveiled

Written By : Umm Zakiyyah “I DON’T care who’s listening,” the sister spoke angrily into her friend’s phone, prompting the other sisters in the room to look in her direction, concerned expressions on their faces as they halted their own chatter amongst themselves. “I have somewhere to go, Abdullah.  I’m …

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After Being Raped, I Was Wounded; My Honor Wasn’t

Posted from NYTimes | By: Sohaila Abdulali THIRTY-TWO years ago, when I was 17 and living in Bombay, I was gang raped and nearly killed. Three years later, outraged at the silence and misconceptions around rape, I wrote a fiery essay under my own name describing my experience for an Indian women’s …

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The Conversion of the Mongols : The Power of Da’wah

The Conversion of the Mongols : The Power of Da’wah – By ‘Allamah Abu ‘l-Hasan ‘Ali al-Nadwi Islam was about to be submerged in the whirlpool of the Mongol ardor of slaughter and destruction, as several Muslim writers had then expressed the fear, wiping it out of existence, but Islam …

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