Muslim Tradition

My Daughter's Choice To Wear A Hijab

Zvezdana Rashkovich | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Daughter Wears Hajib, Religion and Families, Muslim Tradition, Islam, Hajib, Parents News
Zvezdana Rashkovich

Who was this girl? I would ask myself repeatedly. And what had she done with my daughter? Her joyful certainty has me humbled. I'm in awe of her tranquil composure, her highly held head on which a delicately swirling, tenderly wound hijab rests like a crown. She carries it proudly, unflinchingly, unapologetically.

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Mosques, Moolah, and the Importance of Tradition

Victoria Lautman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Islam, Richard Driehaus, Classicism, Driehaus Prize, Mosques, Architecture, Muslim-Tradition, Pritzker Prize, Mies Van Der Rohe, Prince Charles, Saudi Arabia, Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil, Muslim Architecture, Islamic Architecture, Chicago News
Victoria Lautman

El-Wakil is considered one of the most prominent proponents of contemporary Islamic architecture, making him a stimulating choice for the Driehaus Prize, which has thus far gone only to Western architects.

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A Typical Pakistani Eid

Jeanette Khan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muslims, Pakistan, Muslim Tradition, Islam, Eid Ul-Fitr, Sainwian, Religious Fasting, Muslim Holiday, Lunar Calander, Chand Raat, Gregorian, Eidi, Eid, Sehri, Ramadan, Home News
Jeanette Khan

Eid ul-Fitr is much like the Christian holiday of Christmas; it's a time for families to stop the rat race and come together to celebrate a religious holiday.

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