From Moscow to Mecca: Preparing for Umrah
I’ve only gone on one real ‘pilgrimage’ before in my life. In 2013, I travelled to Moscow — our beloved ‘Third Rome’ — during my time as a…
Lent & Ramadan: Seasons of Faith
“Let us cleanse our senses and we shall see God.”
Tolstoy on Islam
Tolstoy on 23 May 1908 at Yasnaya Polyana
Gratitude to God: A Thanksgiving Reflection
‘Saying Grace’ by Norman Rockwell
“Thou Art Preferred Among Women”: The Virgin Mary in the Temple in Islam
A friend of mine this evening — an Orthodox Christian convert to Islam like myself — messaged me and reminded me that tonight is the eve…
Palestine, Islam, and the West
New anti-US mural on the walls of the former US embassy in Tehran
The ‘Muslim Priest’: An Introduction (Part 4)
Christmas-time reading in Texas. December of 2021.
Our Loss of Silence
“Your Old Life was a Frantic Running from Silence…”
Moving Forward
When I was a teenager, I was a fan of Radiohead. As a kid of a divorce living in the later years of the 20th century, their sounds and…
Eid Mubarak!
“Prepare yourself for Eid
Wear new clothes of kindness, and never wear off
Scent yourself with the perfume of love, and spread it…
