Great Cities of Islam Through History 3: Jerusalem — A City That Weeps for a Glory That Will Never Die
Lyla Hamdan
In For New Muslims.11/03/2026
A friend of mine once said to me: “What if the person who created Google Maps were a Muslim? Imagine how much reward he could earn!”
To The Worlds Team
In The path of the believers.10/28/2026
If Makkah is the cradle of revelation and the direction toward which Muslims pray, then Madinah is the place where the Islamic mission took shape as a state, a society, and a civilization. It was here that Islam moved from a period of persecution and vulnerability to the building of an Ummah. Here, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ spent the final years of his life; from here, armies, envoys, letters, and messages were dispatched; here, the Companions gathered around the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; and from here emerged a state that would soon expand beyond the Hijaz and reach far into the wider world.
Lyla Hamdan
In For New Muslims.10/28/2026
Can “love is love” stand without limits, or does Islam offer a better moral compass for desire?
How do I exit Ramadan in a state other than the one I exit with every year? How do I maintain the level of worship after Ramadan? How do I prevent my heart from returning to the state it was in before? I fear that I will be like the one who unraveled her yarn after putting a lot of effort into it.
Lyla Hamdan
In Questions & Doubts.06/13/2025
Sacrificing Islamic education has catastrophic consequences!
Lyla Hamdan
06/13/2025
A Review of the Book “The Consequences of Civil Discourse”
Lyla Hamdan
In Book review.06/13/2025
Summary of the Book “The Dominant Culture Authority”
Lyla Hamdan
In Book review.06/13/2025
Celebrating the Prophet’s Birthday: Why the Controversy?
Lyla Hamdan
In Questions & Doubts.06/13/2025
Islamic civilization was never the story of a single state, a single capital, or a single age. It was a long journey through cities and great urban centers stretching from Makkah and Madinah to Jerusalem, Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo, Kairouan, and Córdoba, and onward to Bukhara,
Lyla Hamdan
In For New Muslims.09/28/2026