The Universal Tradition of Modesty and Head Covering
What history tells us and what caused the change in modesty
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Exploring Politics with Intention: Nothing's perfect, the world's not perfect, but it's there for us and we need to be the stewards of this planet.
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I wanted to expand on my last article, The Missing Chapters: How Islamic History Was Edited Out of the Story of the West, and connect it to the previous articles:
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There is something I did not fully appreciate until I began studying history beyond what I had been taught in school.
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Every year on the 10th of Muharram, Muslims fast on Ashura following the example of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
Ashura: Islamic Practice and Islamic History
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