Published inOccasionalReflectionsI’m Moving…Or rather, I’ve Moved: https://occasionalreflections.substack.com/Feb 20, 2023Feb 20, 2023
Published inOccasionalReflectionsIn Defense of Male Headship in IslamIn a recent BBC “Woman’s Hour” interview, Zara Mohammed, the first woman elected Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain, found…Mar 8, 20213Mar 8, 20213
Published inOccasionalReflectionsOn Muslim MasculinityA rather contentious topic in online debates revolves around the topic of masculinity, and this is especially so on Muslim Social Media…Jan 19, 20213Jan 19, 20213
Published inOccasionalReflectionsThinking About RaceIn recent days I have found myself re-reading the Southern Agrarian manifesto I’ll Take My Stand. Published in 1930, I’ll Take My Stand is…Jul 13, 2020Jul 13, 2020
Published inOccasionalReflectionsWe are not in control (and never were)There is a scene in Cormac McCarthy’s dystopian novel The Road where the boy and father (kept nameless in the book) encounter a haggard…Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020
Published inOccasionalReflectionsEPIC SpeechThe following is a transcript of the speech I delivered recently at the East Plano Islamic Center on the subject of homosexuality. Due to…Feb 17, 20206Feb 17, 20206
Published inOccasionalReflectionsAppraising MotherhoodMom & Me & Mom is the final autobiographical work written by the late Maya Angelou and the last of her seven autobiographical publications…Jan 27, 2020Jan 27, 2020
Published inOccasionalReflectionsWhy Marriage Requires MeaningJohn Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath tells of the Joads, a family of tenant farmers who reside in an Oklahoma beset by drought and soil…Nov 11, 2019Nov 11, 2019
Published inOccasionalReflectionsOn Gender Diversifying Our SpacesCommitment to the gender diversification of Muslim quarters appears to be inching towards a regional ijma‘ in the West. Popular…Oct 14, 2019Oct 14, 2019
Published inOccasionalReflectionsOn Affiliation AnxietyIt is a trite observation by now that our politics and discourse are tribal. Few issues arise in the public sphere except that tribes…Sep 30, 20191Sep 30, 20191
