It can be a bit scary going through a job with a hijab on, especially if you live in the West kind of feel a bit of judgment going for a job. I see that so much with my friends who are hijabi and they haven’t gone for their first job because they’re scared of that. Here are some steps to help you:
Being Muslim and living in the West is something that many of us do on a day-to-day basis. So, I have a couple of pointers to talk about and then we will do a few questions in case anyone has anything in particular they wanted to talk about.
This race towards materialism has not quenched the inner yearning of many in the West for meaning; a fact that has also meant that the failure to fill the void with the spirituality of Islam has led to many pseudo notions of spirituality that are unable to provide…
“For Parents to balance an Islamic personality with interactions in mainstream, non-Muslim, (Canadian) society, they must raise their children to have a strong Islamic identity and self-confidence. This way, the children will find it possible to mix…
Most, if not all problems and challenges facing Muslim youth in the West stem from two major factors: doubts and desires. 1. Doubts The doubts factor shows up in the form of questioning Allah almighty; misconceptions about His revelation; doubts related to faith; misunderstanding of certain practices of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon …
There are so many things we do in our youth that we may not be able to do in the coming years due to physical or mental decline. Though we take it for granted and feel it is a life long ability. This gift of youth must then be acknowledged, cherished and…
In this counseling answer: “Your sister’s behavior did not just come from out of the blue. There are reasons for this that probably started a while back. In fact, they sound quite serious, so I am guessing that there are some problems with the family relationships. You must try to examine the causes and not …
Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger. Dear questioner, we commend your pursuit of knowledge and your eagerness to seek what is lawful and avoid what is not. We earnestly …
Draz’s aim was ambitious to fill the gap in the West’s history of moral philosophy created by its ignorance of Quranic ethics, and to show that the moral insights of philosophers are implicit in the Quran.
With the media propaganda of Islam being equated with terrorism, and that being equated with ‘Arabness’, we can understand how the general population might not be blamed for thinking Muslims to be Arabs.
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