The past year has been a trying one for Muslims in the United States. The steady drone of anti-Islamic sentiment, growing since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, was catalyzed by a series of unfortunate incidents. We could mention among them the Fort Hood shootings, the failed attempt to detonate a bomb aboard an American-bound aircraft over Detroit, Michigan, the…

Written by the Muslim scholar, Dr. Joseph Lumbard, and co-edited by Imam Zaid Shakir and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, this thoughtful and well-written work beautifully and succinctly summarizes the core beliefs of the Muslim faith.

Islam is the most maligned religion in the West.…

The translation, notes, and commentary of Imam al-Harith al-Muhasibi’s Risala al-Mustarshidin (Treatise For The Seekers Of Guidance) by Zaid Shakir is intended to serve as a layman’s guide to Islamic spirituality. Al - Muhasibi presents most of the major ideas that would both serve as the basis for a full program of spiritual development and comprise an insightful overview of a…

New Book Release by Imam Zaid Shakir. A collection of essays and articles.

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Reviews:
“This collection of Zaid Shakir’s essays is long overdue. For some years now he has brought a clarity…

“The Heirs of the Prophets” is an extraordinary book representing one of the many streams of traditional Islamic scholarship. In addition to huge multi-volume compendiums, many scholars also composed shorter treatises that focused, for example, on one particular statement (hadith) of the Prophet…

This issue includes a brilliant analysis by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf of various scholars’ views on the game of chess throughout history since its introduction to Muslims; a ballad you can sing along with by Dr. Abdal Hakim Murad; an explanation of Islamic calligraphy…