1. 2 May



    Why do non-Muslims have such strong opinions on the hijab? I don’t have strong opinions on the kippah or the cross or the Sikh turban. You should be aware of it, sure. But if it doesn’t concern or harm you in anyway, just chill out about it.
     

  2. 16 Apr



    The moment we try to value one life over another is when the ethics of our society start to crumble.

     

  3. 6 Apr



    I fixed a broken drawer all by myself today. I re-did the back, replaced the rails, and added a handle. Now all my things are happy living in a space that doesn’t break every time I open it.

     

  4. 19 Mar



    1. Me: I got this copy of "Quest for Meaning" signed from you two years ago, but I can't read what it says. Nobody on Twitter could decipher it either.
    2. Tariq Ramadan: It says, "Let the light love you"
    3. Me: Oh. Oh, that's kinda pretty.
    4. Tariq Ramadan: I think so!
     

  5. 26 Feb



    Coming Home

    Our brain deals with memories in ways that are almost whimsical in nature. Like when you return to a place you call home after some time and it feels different somehow. It’s like meeting a long lost friend and noticing - seemingly for the first time - the freckles on his nose. It’s like your mind hits refresh and you get to take it all in again. Once more, you get to relearn the lines of his face, and the way his mouth scrunches up when he doesn’t like anything or the twinkle in his eye or how his shoes are almost always slightly muddy.

    It’s a moment of reminiscence - of the good and the bad. And you can’t help but smile, because as broken or dysfunctional or strange as it is, it’s home to you.

     

  6. 27 Jan



    Parents seal a child’s fate by naming it. Nobody wants to cast “John Smith” or wear “Jane Johnson” on the red carpet.

    It’s all about the Coco Chanels and Oscar de la Rentas.

     

  7. 26 Jan



    I like big cities that are overcrowded and not afraid to get dirty with more people than they can fit and bright lights and complicated subway systems and that I can explore on foot if need be.
    — A friend asked me how I liked DC and I told her it was extra clean and very spread out and that I wasn’t a fan. This was my response to when she asked me how I like my cities.
     

  8. 24 Jan



    Winter in Toronto: when making Wudu’ with cold water feels like my personal jihad.

     

  9. 24 Jan



    Stay on the straight path. There are many that will try and deviate you from it, but the only person that suffers when you deviate is you.
    —  Salaam, security staff at the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
     

  10. 28 Oct



    What if we didn’t have the media to define “normal” for us? Would there even be such a thing?