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6 March 2026
I have always felt—and still feel—that legal language is almost a non-human language. Although its primary goal is to define concepts with precision, for the general public it is anything but clear. In practice, it often pushes you to immediately call a lawyer. Even legal professionals—lawyers or judges—never speak this way in their homes or […]
17 February 2026
I have personally been subjected to numerous scam attempts that fortunately did not succeed. Among them were repeated phone calls at spaced intervals from individuals speaking in a Gulf dialect that, to my Egyptian ear, sounded perfectly convincing. They falsely claimed to be calling from the bank or the police and asked for my ID […]
4 January 2026
Born in 2010 with dwarfism, Quaden Bayles, a child from one of Australia’s Indigenous tribes, suffered from people’s stares and being photographed because of his different appearance, and he was repeatedly subjected to bullying and humiliating mockery at school. I was deeply moved, as were millions around the world, by the video his mother shared […]
29 December 2025
Cryptocurrencies represent a form of digital money that relies on cryptography to secure transactions and control the creation of new units. They operate through decentralized computer networks without the control of a single central authority such as banks or governments, and are used as a medium of exchange, a store of value, or a unit […]
10 October 2025
I won’t hide it from you, dear reader — when I reached the middle of this article, I began to feel a growing urge to become a vegetarian, or at least a semi-vegetarian. That’s the last thing I ever expected of myself — someone who sees cooking as an art, a culture, and an identity, […]
6 October 2025
As the world’s oldest digital library, it offers more than 75,000 public-domain books for free. It was founded in the United States in 1971 by Michael Hart, who made it his life’s mission to digitize and share cultural works. He named it Project Gutenberg in tribute to Johannes Gutenberg, the German inventor of the printing […]
19 September 2025
One of the most fundamental human rights is the right to treatment free of charge, for human life cannot ethically be subject to bargaining. Yet the dilemma that has troubled both East and West is this: how can the right of patients to receive free healthcare be reconciled with the right of medical staff and […]
17 August 2025
“Until I thought he would make him an heir”This phrase stopped me many times and amazed me even more—how could the neighbor’s right reach such a lofty status in Islam, to the extent that the Prophet ﷺ thought revelation was about to assign him a share of inheritance? It is not merely a passing recommendation, […]
15 August 2025
Abraham Zapruder was born on May 15, 1905, in the city of Kovel, which at the time was part of the Russian Empire and is today part of Ukraine. Zapruder belonged to a Jewish family that emigrated to the United States in 1920, fleeing political unrest and waves of anti-Jewish violence that followed the Bolshevik […]
27 July 2025
In light of the accelerating geopolitical shifts around the world, the need has become increasingly urgent—especially for Muslims, including refugees and the oppressed—to seek alternative homelands that not only offer the essentials of a dignified life, but also respect their values and principles, and support their just causes, foremost among them, in the eyes of […]
5 July 2025
On a cold morning in December 2023, in the quiet town of Bonsall, north of San Diego in California, Michelle Mack stepped out onto her front porch, as she usually did, to sip her morning coffee. The air was still, undisturbed, as if time itself had paused to offer her a moment of peace. She […]
3 July 2025
Among the strangest modern intrusive phenomena is a group that claims to be Muslim but takes pleasure in discarding the Sunnah and insists it adheres only to what is found in the Qur’an, arguing that it is preserved by God’s promise in His words from Surah Al-Hijr: “Indeed, it is We who sent down the […]
1 June 2025
I had intended to perform Hajj in the year 1425 AH, corresponding to 2005 AD, with my sister accompanying me, as I would be her mahram. We applied through one of the Egyptian associations that organize Hajj and paid the required fees, which, as I recall, were around 15,000 Egyptian pounds each—approximately $2,600 per person […]
11 May 2025
The role of legal legislation is not limited to establishing justice and achieving social peace; it also carries an essential media dimension that should not be underestimated. It is inconceivable for laws to be issued in isolation from the society they address and seek to regulate. This communicative nature of legislation is evident in the […]
12 April 2025
I cannot recall giving charity or paying zakat without, shortly afterward, as if an action followed immediately by a reaction, receiving a job opportunity or a sum of money from an unexpected source, from where I had not anticipated. I often made it a point to take a pledge from the charity recipient or zakat […]
20 February 2025
All religions and laws have criminalized the act of taking a life and imposed severe penalties for it. Even beyond religious and legal frameworks, it is a crime that repulses any sane human being. It often occurs in intense anger that clouds one’s judgment or in a moment of fear of being exposed for a […]
8 February 2025
Humans are not just social beings but also dependent ones, with multiple needs they cannot fulfil independently. They contribute to society by offering services or goods in exchange for others. As societies advanced scientifically and economically, the list of essential products and services grew, ranging from food and healthcare to education, technology, and beyond. In […]
14 January 2025
Freedom of expression and privacy protection have always been, and continue to be, among the most essential principles of democracy enshrined in the constitutions and laws of Western systems. For example, the First Amendment of the United States Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise […]
7 January 2025
I watched Schindler’s List at least seven times, and each time, I was deeply moved by one of the greatest cinematic icons ever created. The film, released in 1993, is among the most successful works by Jewish-American director Steven Spielberg, who waived his fee for this project as a testament to his unconditional solidarity with […]
17 December 2024
Israeli media reports emerged about the disappearance of a dual-national individual holding both Israeli and Moldovan citizenship, named Zvi Kogan (28), in the United Arab Emirates. He was last seen on the afternoon of Thursday, November 21, 2024. On November 24 of the same month, UAE authorities discovered his body, with reports suggesting he might […]
14 November 2024
It is a bitter irony that the anniversary of your expulsion from your homeland is also a day the world celebrates your wandering in foreign lands, an annual sting to your bleeding tragedy, a silent cry proclaiming that this land belongs to you and your ancestors before you, yet only the void hears you. The […]
6 November 2024
Some contemporary Muslims feel uncomfortable discussing the punishment for apostasy in Islam, especially as many scholars consider it a definitive legal penalty. They base this on a hadith exclusively reported by Al-Bukhari, in which Ikrimah, reporting from Abdullah bin Abbas, says: “Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) burned some people, and this reached Ibn […]
1 October 2024
When I enrolled my son Omar in the German school in Doha in 2011, the administration asked me if I wanted him to take Islamic education or ethics. I chose Islamic education at the time and specified on the registration papers that my son follows Sunni Islam. A few days later, I received a phone […]
20 September 2024
On that day in 1981, I was a 12-year-old boy, sitting in front of the TV watching the military parade and listening to the commentator’s passionate speech on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the October 6th War between Egypt and Syria on one side, and Israel on the other. During a scene of […]