Okay, so one week ago yesterday, I had the honor of attending my first ever United For Change conference. It was the third conference of its kind and the theme this year was “United We Stand: One Nation, One Destiny”. Sporting scholars such as Karen Armstrong, Anya Cordell, Dr. John Esposito, Altaf Hussein, Dr. Merve…
On this day, July the 4th, in 1187, which was later to become America’s Independence Day and the day of my marriage anniversary, Salahuddin Ayyubi (ra) recaptured Jerusalem. It was called the Battle of Hattin, and it was the time of the Crusades. Salahuddin was vizier-sultan-caliph of Egypt, and he then extended his rule to…
I’ve been going on a googling search frenzy to find out more about the Battle of Tabuk which happened in Rajab. Surah Al-Tawbah (Bara’ah), the 9th surah of the Qu’ran, tells us the majority of what we know about the Battle of Tabuk and the lessons to be learned from it in verses 30-129. Surah…
THE SANDAL 