Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Scholarship – Posted on April 23, 2022April 23, 2022 Maryam’s “Fast”: Silence, Spirituality and Miracles The word “fasting” (ṣawm) is used in the Qur’an to describe the ritual fast or the month of Ramadan. Scholars … Continue reading >Maryam’s “Fast”: Silence, Spirituality and Miracles
Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Scholarship – Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 The Story of Abraham’s Sacrifice in the Qur’an قصة ذبيحة ابراهيم في القرآن Professor Younus Y. Mirza gives a lecture regarding the Qur’anic Sacrifice Story to the Arabic students at the University of … Continue reading >The Story of Abraham’s Sacrifice in the Qur’an قصة ذبيحة ابراهيم في القرآن
Categories: Religion & Spirituality – Posted on June 22, 2020June 23, 2020 Theological Responses to the Pandemic On June 17, 2020, the Network for Vocation in Undergraduate Education (NetVUE) hosted a webinar on “Theological Responses to the … Continue reading >Theological Responses to the Pandemic
Categories: Religion & Spirituality – Posted on August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 What’s in a Name? At the most basic level, we use names to identify ourselves, and distinguish ourselves from one another. However, names are … Continue reading >What’s in a Name?
Categories: Religion & Spirituality – Posted on June 19, 2018June 20, 2018 A Tale of Two Mothers: The Birth of Moses In honor of Mother’s Day, I wanted to speak about how the mother of Moses/Musa represents one of the most … Continue reading >A Tale of Two Mothers: The Birth of Moses
Categories: Religion & Spirituality – Posted on June 18, 2018June 19, 2018 Eid al-Adha: Faith, Family & Sacrifice Eid al-Adha is one of the two Islamic celebrations and commemorates the idea of “sacrifice”. The celebration marks the end … Continue reading >Eid al-Adha: Faith, Family & Sacrifice