Muslims, as a group, do not fare so well in a free-speech, free-market economy.

A Primer on U.S. Elections Here is a short primer for my international readers unfamiliar with the U.S. election cycle. Every two years,...

On Jan 1 of this year, I posted an article entitled "Why Americans Should Worry About H.R. 5665." The U.S. House of Representatives...

It's time for the Hajj, and the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has revealed the official Hajj 2022 logo, which is displayed...

During the past two weeks, the movie, The Lady of Heaven, was in the news for causing numerous protests in the U.K. There was an online...

First, let me credit the accompanying image to Wikipedia Commons and the artist, Leon Benett, circa 1882, of a picture of a muadhan...

It is not often that I report what other blogs are writing, but I happened to chance upon an article written on The Islamic Information...

Last week, I mentioned that of the 6,000 verses in the Qur'an, only about 750 deal with natural phenomena. Starting in the 1970s and 80s,...

Of the 6.000 verses in the Qur'an, only about 750 deal with natural phenomena. Many verses of the Qur'an ask humankind to study nature,...

Last week I posted an article about the headscarves and head coverings worn by Muslim women. This week, I thought I should give equal...

The picture that accompanies this article shows a woman wearing a burqa (Photo credit to Daderot, Wikipedia Commons). The country of...

The picture that accompanies this article is a screen grab widely shared on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, showing hundreds of Saudi men...

A few months back, I stumbled upon an article that mentioned that keeping dogs as pets in Islam is haram. I spent a little time...

I recently ran across an old video on dailymotion.com, a website that still has an inventory of videos taken down from YouTube. The video...

Every religion has rituals, such as celebrating an important religious occasion by attending services conducted in much the same way they...

In a 2016 presidential election campaign speech, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton described her opponent's supporters, Republican...

If you missed it, there was a huge music festival in Saudi Arabia just a couple of weeks ago in mid-December. Somehow, I missed it and...

Most Christians are familiar with the concept of tithing. Tithing is first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 14: 19-20. A priest blessed...

Several weeks ago, when I was discussing the movie DUNE, I mentioned that one of the similarities the movie had to Islam was that Paul...

Most sci-fi geeks and seasonal moviegoers know that DUNE, Part 1 was recently released into local theatres and will soon be on HBO Max. ...