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Where's the most livable city for Muslims? Is it somewhere in the Middle East? Despite all the negative sentiments of late, could it be in Europe? Or is it home to of one of the many thriving communities in America? The answer is not readily apparent, but certainly worth looking into. 
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For Shaykh Yaser Birjas, the Quran features some of the world’s most unique language.The world-renowned Muslim lecturer and teacher delivered a speech titled “Quran: Book of Guidance” to the Muslim Student Association Monday night.Muslims’ love of the Quran is [...] 
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The marketing, or perceived "commercialization" of Islamic knowledge, has been a huge source of controversy over many a cup of chai for budding Islamic activists. I want to take the discussion to a more macro level and force us to evaluate how the manner in which we market Islamic programs affects the perception of Islamic organizations, and to some extent 'ilm in general? 
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Welcome to the another edition of MuslimMatters.org’s regular Islamic Art feature. If you want to see your work on MM, then either email us your images to art[@]muslimmatters[.]org or submit them to our Flickr group.Click on the images below to view the original.Lastly, check out the photos of what some claim to be the Tomb [...] 
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Islam is a religion meant to be easy and therefore Muslims set up organizations to deliver Islam to brothers’ and sisters’ locales. This is all fine until those same people stop learning Islam on their own because they figure they can just buy it in the form of Powerpoint slideshows, class notebooks, and conference badges – all giving access to wide selections of religious entertainment. Pretty s 
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Do different formats of seeking knowledge need to be catered to different audiences? Which formats may be best suited for specifically catered audiences? Are all audiences the same? When attempting to understand the best format one may use in seeking knowledge, we have to realize there is a difference in the audience that is receiving such knowledge and in lieu of this, the format must be tailore 
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“The sisters would be interested, if they noticed any guys who would act mature. The main complaint I’m hearing on the girls’ side is that the guys aren’t acting like candidates that the girls would be interested in. For example, today when the shaykh mentioned the phrase “second wife,” the brothers started giggling and high-fiving like...boys! Just watch for the next couple of days and tell me wh 
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Our mosques are riddled with youth who lack a truly Islamic identity, and we ourselves are often-times confused at how to instill that identity in their lives. Many problems that existed ‘back home’ are now being compounded in the American experience, such as divorce and spousal abuse, but because of cultural taboos, communities are reluctant to publicly discuss them. There is also the very real 
