Recently I came across the following video of Shaykh al-Fawzan giving his opinion on why women should not be permitted to drive cars. May Allah bless the Shaykh and increase him in knowledge and goodness. Ameen. With all respect to him, I don’t see that any of the points he raised are valid, and Allah knows best. Deconstructing the Opinion The greatest proof against this ban against women...
The Context Recently, I was on Reddit (this was my first mistake), on one of the cancerous default subs (mistake #2), and I came across a post, the like of which we see fairly often. It was essentially crying about why the religion is so hard, how everything is haram. This poster decided to take a particularly irreverent tone, and, as usual, their entire argument began and was built on false...
The availability of halal food (and meat in particular) is widespread in Muslim countries. You can walk into any shop or restaurant and be confident you’re feeding yourself and your family permissible food. In the States where I live, you have to travel to special markets to acquire it, and it’s invariably more expensive than the regular fare. I live in one of the largest cities in...