Asalaam alaykum wa rahmatullah
To be able to sit with our dearest Shaykh AbdulKareem after having studied, smiled, and reflected about deep issues under his care for the last year and a bit, this pauper would like to invite you all to share in that experience…
Title: Loving the Prophet of Light in an Age of Darkness
Date: […]

Shaykh Hamza Karamali
Over the course of eight years while also completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Toronto, Shaykh Hamza studied a number of subjects closely with Shaykh Talal Ahdab and memorized the Qur’an. He also spent several summers of intensive study in Damascus and Amman with teachers […]

The Kept University. An article about how corporations are increasingly wielding influence over universities and their research.

Imam Zaid Shakir in the Eid Event “Islam and the Global Future: Community and Chaos”, discusses how Islam is the solution to the chaos and an answer to a bright Global Future. Below are some highlights from the lecture:
Islam: The basis of a Moral Vision predicted on Peace and Brotherhood: Islam presents a vision […]

As our summer semester winded down, I felt like I was going to go through withdrawal. I’ve taken at least one class a semester at SunniPath Academy for a few semesters now. Browsing through the course catalog recently, I felt perplexed. I had (and still have) no idea which courses to take. They’re all just […]

The Dunning-Kruger Effect: “the phenomenon whereby people who have little knowledge systematically
think that they know more than others who have much more knowledge”.
“Across 4 studies, the authors found that participants scoring in the
bottom quartile on tests of humor, grammar, and logic grossly
overestimated their test performance and ability. Although test scores
put them in the 12th percentile, […]

Salam,
I found the Essential Islam: Maliki Fiqh course to be absolutely first class in that it is very flexible and exactly what I have been looking for. I have often been disillusioned by the lack of clarity of intricate fiqh points as the eastern and western mentality has not been merged to arrive at […]

Assalamu Alaikum,
It’s been a week into my Introductory Arabic class, and I’m already very excited. The curriculum seems very well thought out; and Inshallah I intend to follow it to completion. I’ve been impressed with the interface as well as the TAs, who are all responsive and supportive. But most of all, […]

From Mr D’s Notes on Teaching..
Joseph Caro (1488-1575) a Jewish writer once mentioned some of the actions a young man should take when in the presence of a teacher.

He held that the student was to honor his teacher above his parents.
He likened anyone striving or complaining with/to his teacher to striving or complaining with/to the […]

From http://qisas.com/stories/265
A Letter From a King
Imagine that one day a man receives a letter from a grand king. It says:
“Dear so and so, I would like you to come to my court tomorrow. Or if you can’t, then the day after tomorrow. Signed, your King”
He receives that letter and reads it. […]