Ramadan Reflection 2023/1444 Ramadan Mubarak to all celebrating the start of this holy month! May God, Allah the All-Merciful (Rahmān), the Infinitely Merciful (Rahīm), accept our fasting, prayers, devotions, and charities for His sake, for the illumination of our spirits, the purification of our souls, minds, and bodies, and the…

Prayer-hymns in honour of the Most Praised Man: Muhammadan Elegies (to be sung at meter or spoken) 3 March 2023 O Prophet, who from God received His Word, Your life a shining light for all to see, Your teachings, wisdom, and your deeds have stirred The hearts of millions, setting spirits free…

On Sa’id Abdul Latif / Hilarion Heagy’s conversion to Islam I wish to examine this topic in relation to the question of conversions individually and sociologically, and the history of how Islam and Christianity dealt with conversions to and apostasy away from them: Initially shared on my Facebook page on…

Call the Capitol attack what it is: attempted domestic terrorism A day that shall live in infamy… I am not a liberal by the standards of the Democratic Party, nor am I a conservative by the standards of either the pre-Trumpian Republican establishment or the current Trumpian nativist/populist authoritarian captivity…

Reflections on Lady Fatima bint Muhammad On Lady Fatima as-Zahra, her disagreements with, opposition to, and mistreatment by Abu Bakr and Umar, her tragic death, and the legacy thereof *using Sunni sources* Written on the AH 1442/AC 2020 anniversary of the death of the luminous Lady Fatima bint Muhammad, the…

Some Words About Faith, Knowledge, Christmas, and Jesus and Mary Friday 25 December 2020 Bismillāhir Rahmānir Rahīm Dearly beloved brothers and sisters, Salāmu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh! Peace be upon you, and the Mercy of God and His Blessings! Merry Christmas to all commemorating the birth of Jesus the…

Uncovering the Adamic Priesthood in Islam An essay examining the theory, practice, and spiritual implications of the daily Muslim canonical prayers (salāt/namāz) and invocatory remembrance (dhikr) rites as 1) universalized sacred mystagogical liturgies of communion with God and the heavenly realm patterned on Biblical and Quranic typologies of angelic worship…

Responding to an Eastern Catholic hieromonk about Islam Written March 8, 2019 Below is a letter I wrote recently in reply to a polite, kind, and well-learned American Eastern Catholic priest-monk about Islam: Hello, dear Father [Name redacted]! May God’s peace and blessings be with you now and always. …

Some of my inspired prayer-poems from Fall 2019 October 2, 2019 I was not, and the Lord said to my potential being within Himself, "Be!", and I was. I was not a thing yet conceived in the Divine Mind, and then the Lord made me "be" in His Spirit from…