Tag: Quran
Why is Eid celebrated twice a year and how has coronavirus...
Ken Chitwood, Concordia College New York
Editor’s note: At sundown on July 30, Muslims all over the world celebrated one of the principal festivals, Eid...
What Islamic hygienic practices can teach when coronavirus is spreading
Rose S. Aslan, California Lutheran University
As outbreaks of the coronavirus spread throughout the world, people are reminded over and again to limit physical contact,...
How old would you want to be in heaven?
Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Brandeis University
Many religious faiths propose different versions of heaven as a location: There are walled gardens with streams, flowers, pleasing scents,...
The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima...
Kayla Renée Wheeler, Grand Valley State University
Media reports have celebrated Halima Aden becoming the first woman to be featured in the Sports Illustrated...
Why do Muslim women wear a hijab?
Caitlin Killian, Drew University
Nazma Khan, who immigrated to the United States from Bangladesh at age 11, faced years of shaming over wearing a headscarf...
Three things we can learn from contemporary Muslim women’s fashion
Liz Bucar, Northeastern University
Major art museums have realized there is much to learn from clothing that is both religiously coded and fashion forward.
Earlier this...
What are halal foods?
Myriam Renaud, University of Chicago
During the month of Ramadan, for 30 days, Muslims who choose to fast will neither eat nor drink during daylight...
Explaining the Muslim pilgrimage of hajj
Ken Chitwood, University of Florida
Around 1.7 million Muslims have gathered this year in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
