Fast Dec. 27th/Muharram 10th (Ashura)

Share It was a tradition of the people before Islam and of the Jews who said that Musa (Moses) himself fasted that day as it was the day Allah saved them from the Pharoah. Muhammaed peace be upon him continued this tradition and it became a practice of the Muslims. Alhamdolillah. The Prophet (peace and... 
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Focus on our Climate

Share The future of our children It was only a week ago that the COP15 Climate Conference was being held in Copenhagen, Denmark, and what really disappointed me was the fact that the outcome wasn’t a new agreement, because the leasers of our world couldn’t agree. It is really sad that a country... 
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Banana Blueberry Loaf

Share I’ve been testing this recipe for several years. It’s a favorite of my husband who requests it every time he opens the freezer to a plethora of frozen bananas I’ve stocked away for ‘that yogurt cake’ he likes so much. One lesson I’ve learned here is that it... 
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Logo Revision & Other Updates

Share Asalamualekom sisters! I wanted to thank all of you for your continued support and comments. If you aren’t already, become a fan of us on our Facebook page to get regular updates and exclusive access to upcoming updates. At the moment on facebook I have some possible logo revisions posted... 
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Sweeping it under the rug

Share I was discussing recently with a sister, the many issues that are Taboo in general Muslim culture (at least some parts of it) and the dangerous potential ignoring some of these things has. Not everything though… We all know the hadith about concealing our sins “All of my people are forgiven,... 
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Discrimination

Share In light of the recent Swiss ban on Minarets and in honor of World AIDS Day Today with UmmHend is going to address discrimination. Against us It’s an unfortunate human mishap for a given group of people to discriminate against another group different from themselves. It has happened since... 
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AIDS Awareness Day (2009)

Share Today is International AIDS Awareness day. More about World AIDS Day. More about the day here. UNAIDS Website. Wikipedia World AIDS Day page. Positive Muslims. See also our AIDS and Muslims post.  Read More →