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- 03/11/2024 - SURVEY! Our First Usuli Annual Conference (In-Person!)
- 03/01/2024 - Taking an Ethical Stand on the System That Led to A Genocide
- 03/01/2024 - We Plan and God Plans, and A Gift of Thanks
- 02/23/2024 - Redirecting the Islamic Gaze, Usuli Khutbah by Cherif Abou El Fadl
- 02/17/2024 - Save An Islamic Manuscript and Donkeys Carrying Books?
- 02/16/2024 - Something is very, very wrong...And the Islamic heritage for sale on Ebay
- 02/09/2024 - A Pivotal Moment in History and the Hashish Sellers in Morocco
- 02/09/2024 - Free A Soul from Human Trafficking
- 02/02/2024 - The Power of Moral Unison: Confronting the Bid'ah of Despotism, Usuli Khutbah by Shayan Parsai
- 02/02/2024 - TODAY @ 3 PM ET! "The Complicity of Muslim Leadership" with Dr. Nader Hashemi
- 01/28/2024 - THIS FRIDAY! Real Talk with Dr. Nader Hashemi on The Complicity of Muslim Leadership
- 01/26/2024 - Donkeys Carrying Books or Just Donkeys?
- 01/12/2024 - The Cure to the "Cancer" of Islam
- 01/05/2024 - SPECIAL EVENT THIS SUNDAY @1PM ET! REAL TALK WITH @NICOLEJENES!
- 12/29/2023 - When the House is on Fire, Do We Worry About the Furniture?
- 12/24/2023 - The Best of Usuli in 2023 - Our TOP TEN List!
- 12/22/2023 - The Moment of Truth is Upon Us
- 12/18/2023 - Real Talk on Palestine No. 5: A Conversation with Professor Khaled Beydoun!
- 12/15/2023 - Calamity: The Great Moral Criterion
- 12/10/2023 - UPCOMING: A Conversation with Professor Khaled Beydoun!
- 12/08/2023 - Parable of the Palm Tree: Morality as the Language of Deceit
- 12/03/2023 - Emancipation from "Colonial Islam"
- 11/27/2023 - REAL TALK with Cherif and Baba, Episode 2!
- 11/24/2023 - Built on Racism: Modern Institutions and the Path to Liberation
- 11/19/2023 - When Goliath Wants to Nuke David and More
- 11/17/2023 - Emancipation from "Colonial Islam" and the Uselessness of Muslim Leaders
- 11/10/2023 - The Biblical Narrative on Wicked People and the Paradox of the West
- 11/10/2023 - Real Talk on Palestine, No. 4! Conversation with @GazanGirl
- 11/03/2023 - When Goliath Wants to Nuke David and David's Brothers Help Goliath
- 11/03/2023 - What Can We Do to Help Palestine?
- 10/27/2023 - The Logic of Terrorism and What Can We Do About Palestine
- 10/26/2023 - ANOTHER REAL TALK ON PALESTINE, NO. 3!
- 10/20/2023 - The Logic of Total Victory, Israeli Exceptionalism, and Muslims
- 10/19/2023 - The Truth About Palestine and Real Talk No. 2
- 10/13/2023 - The Truth About Palestine and Why I Will Testify Against You If...
- 10/12/2023 - Real Talk on Palestine 2X!
- 10/06/2023 - When Scholars Stop Testifying for God's Truth
- 10/04/2023 - Remembering Muhammad, the Child, and the Power of Being Human
- 09/29/2023 - On Banning Women's Voices While Living in the Modern World
- 09/27/2023 - A Special and Momentous Week at Usuli
- 09/22/2023 - The Delusion of Fear and the Power of Being Human
- 09/20/2023 - Dignity and The Myth of Victimhood Culture
- 09/15/2023 - The Warning, the Blame, and the Prescription: 'Ilm, Amal, and Hawl
- 09/13/2023 - The Day That Changed Everything and The Logic of Evil
- 09/08/2023 - When Water Shares Space with Poison and the Myth of Public Neutrality
- 09/05/2023 - On Music, Reason, and Real Talk with Mido, Cherif and Baba!
- 09/01/2023 - The Logic of Evil and Trying to Get What You Haven't Earned or Deserve
- 08/29/2023 - Another "Exceptional Converts" Conversation and More Good News!
- 08/25/2023 - On Music and the School of Reason, Rationality, and Beauty
- 08/22/2023 - In Honor of Mido!
- 08/18/2023 - The Case Study of Nahed Metwaly and the False Dignity of Victimhood
- 08/14/2023 - Being 18 and Muslim and An Illuminating Checklist
- 08/11/2023 - Luqman, His Son, and The True Parent
- 08/07/2023 - No Time To Waste and The Lifeline of "Current Events"
- 08/04/2023 - On "Global Boiling," Murdering Mother Earth, and The Greatest Tragedy of All
- 07/28/2023 - The Lifeline of "Current Events" and the Myth of Ijtihad
- 07/25/2023 - Greetings from California! And Meet Rami!
- 07/21/2023 - The Rise [and Fall] of Virtue
- 07/17/2023 - What Happened to Muslims? and The Jazz of Islam
- 07/14/2023 - The Jazz of Islam and Gender Identity Debates
- 07/10/2023 - Boundless Mercy and the Reality of the Post-Muslim World
- 07/07/2023 - What Happened to Muslims? And What To Do About It
- 06/30/2023 - The Myth of the Post-Racial World v. The Reality of the Post-Muslim World
- 06/26/2023 - On the Sacrifice of Eid Al-Adha and #HajjIsNotSafe
- 06/19/2023 - Car or Camel? And the Prophet's Last Will and Testament
- 06/16/2023 - When #HajjIsNotSafe and the Jihad (Hard Work) of Moral Deliberation
- 06/09/2023 - Do We Offer A Car or A Camel? And the Racism of Human Rights
- 06/05/2023 - On Love, Trust, and Conviction
- 06/02/2023 - Weaponizing the Language of Human Rights, The Secular Religion of Our Age
- 05/26/2023 - The "Argument" Your Life Represents and The Palestine Industry
- 05/21/2023 - Individual Excellence as Resistance
- 05/19/2023 - The Human Instinct for Beauty: Nurtured or Suppressed?
- 05/14/2023 - God's Covenant of Love and the People of the Qur'an
- 05/12/2023 - Muslim Exceptionalism and the Individual as Ummah
- 05/08/2023 - WE DID IT! 114 CHAPTERS! AND MIDO AND BABA ARE BACK!
- 05/05/2023 - God's Covenant of Love and The People of Qur'an
- 04/30/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 112: Al Ikhlas and Surah Al Fatiha
- 04/30/2023 - TONIGHT! THE PROJECT ILLUMINE QURAN TAFSIR JOURNEY CONCLUDES
- 04/23/2023 - EID MUBARAK! AND GOD'S INVITATION TO DIGNITY
- 04/21/2023 - "'Eid Mubarak Everyone, But I Don't See How"
- 04/15/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 97: Al Qadr, Surah 113: Al Falaq, and Surah 114: Al Nas
- 04/14/2023 - God's Invitation to Dignity and Liberation, NOT Blind Submission to Power
- 04/09/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 111: Al Masad and Surah 109: Al Kafirun
- 04/09/2023 - Early Usuli Eid Gift!
- 04/07/2023 - The Manipulation of Muslim Consciousness and the Art of Subordination
- 04/02/2023 - We Plan and God Plans, and A Gift of Thanks
- 03/31/2023 - The Dirty Secrets of a Smear Campaign and A Predator Leading Prayer
- 03/26/2023 - Ramadan Reflections on Time and a Visit Back Home
- 03/25/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 103: Al-Asr and Surah 108: Al-Kawthar
- 03/24/2023 - Rethinking "How to Address Islamophobia" as Worship during Ramadan
- 03/18/2023 - The Alchemy of Suffering and Intimacy with God and the Qur'an
- 03/18/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 91: Al Shams and Surah 104: Al Humazah
- 03/17/2023 - The Wellsprings of Islamophobia: It's Not Where You Think
- 03/11/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 100: Al 'Adiyat and Surah 101: Al Qari'ah
- 03/11/2023 - Where is the Love? Where is the Justice? Where is the Ihsan?
- 03/10/2023 - When the Lands of Islam Are No Longer Safe for Muslims
- 03/04/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 90: Al Balad and Surah 95: Al Tin
- 03/04/2023 - More Convert Birthday Presents to Share! WITNESS by Wietske is Launched!
- 03/03/2023 - Where is the Love? Where is the Justice? Where is the Ihsan?
- 02/25/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 98: Al Bayyinah and Surah 99: Al Zalzalah
- 02/25/2023 - Muslim Love and a Review of Project Illumine
- 02/24/2023 - From Kaaba to Mukaab, the "Abrahamic Faith," and Our Virtual Reality
- 02/18/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 105: Al Fil and Surah 106: Quraysh
- 02/18/2023 - Three Bits of Good News Amidst All the Bad News
- 02/17/2023 - How NOT to Become So Attractive that Shaytan Wants to Follow You
- 02/11/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 102: Al Takathur & Surah 107: Al Ma'un
- 02/11/2023 - On Love in the Islamic Tradition and the Arc of the Quran
- 02/10/2023 - Zelzalahs (Earthquakes) and the Moral (and Amoral) Choices We Make
- 02/04/2023 - Project Illumine: Surah 110: Al Nasr
- 02/04/2023 - A Gift of Song - My Birthday Gift to You!
- 02/03/2023 - The Arc of the Qur'an and the Failure of Muslim Capital
- 01/28/2023 - CJ Werleman and The Prophet's Pulpit
- 01/27/2023 - What Do You Do When You Learn the Prophet's Gravesite will be Desecrated?
- 01/21/2023 - Don't Believe The Losers and A Crisis of Faith
- 01/20/2023 - The Garb of Truth and the Courthouse of the Self
- 01/14/2023 - Slave Ship to A Penal Colony and A Riddle
- 01/13/2023 - Don't Believe the Losers
- 01/07/2023 - The Priceless Gift of 2023
- 01/06/2023 - Slave Ship Headed to a Penal Colony
- 12/31/2022 - HAPPIEST OF NEW YEARS FROM THE USULI INSTITUTE!! TOP TEN LIST INCLUDED!
- 12/30/2022 - Is Your Peace Real or Fake? On the Lightness of Treading
- 12/23/2022 - Muslim Girl Magazine Interview: Grace on Islam and Usuli
- 12/23/2022 - Want the Path of the Divine? Don't Follow the Demonic
- 12/17/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 5: Al Ma'idah
- 12/16/2022 - Don't Be Stupid About Your Package, and What About Gaza?
- 12/16/2022 - Surah 5: Al Ma'idah and Necessary Intellectual Armor for Women
- 12/10/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 89: Al Fajr and Surah 92: Al Layl
- 12/09/2022 - Happy 5th Year Anniversary Usuli Institute!!!
- 12/09/2022 - Surah Al Ma'idah and The Feast
- 12/03/2022 - My Heart Beats for Mecca and The Visitor
- 12/03/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 93: Al Duha & Surah 94: Al Sharh
- 12/02/2022 - "Judeo-Christian Values" and the Road to Moral Bankruptcy
- 11/25/2022 - "Choosing Death over Life and the Illusion of Liberty" and Puppy Power!
- 11/25/2022 - The Art of Gratitude and Embodying Beauty as Islam
- 11/18/2022 - "The Moral Potential of Sharia: How are we faring?" and Mapping The Prophet's Pulpit!
- 11/18/2022 - Choosing Death over Life and The Illusion of Liberty
- 11/11/2022 - The Moral Potential of Sharia: How Are We Faring?
- 11/11/2022 - "Alcohol, Gambling, Self-Loathing and the Demonic Instrumentalities of Hate" and More from The Prophet's Pulpit!
- 11/04/2022 - Alcohol, Gambling, Self-Loathing, and the Demonic Instrumentalities of Hate
- 11/04/2022 - The Seeds of Sacred Beauty and The Prophet's Pulpit
- 10/28/2022 - The Seeds of Sacred Beauty: To Be Nurtured or Neutralized?
- 10/28/2022 - Notes to Self and What Happens When You Silence the Birds?
- 10/21/2022 - Doubling Down on Hijab, and the US as the Most Influential Imam in the World Today!
- 10/21/2022 - What Happens When You Silence the Birds?
- 10/14/2022 - How Many Uncovered Women's Heads Are Worth A Single Life Taken? And Self Care...
- 10/14/2022 - The U.S. Government is the Most Influential Imam in World Today
- 10/07/2022 - How Many Uncovered Women's Heads Are Worth A Single Life Taken?
- 10/07/2022 - The Blessing of RAMY, Season Three, Now on Hulu!
- 09/30/2022 - Khaled Abou El Fadl on The Battle Over Women's Hair
- 09/30/2022 - "Duties Before Rights: Are You Complicit in the Genocide of Muslims?"
- 09/25/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 9: Al Tawbah
- 09/23/2022 - "The Pulpit of Truth and the Battle over Women's Hair"
- 09/23/2022 - Ode to Oso! And SAT @ Noon ET: Panel on Blasphemy in the Islamic Tradition!
- 09/17/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 96: Al Alaq
- 09/16/2022 - More On Dogs! and Blasphemy in the Islamic Tradition!
- 09/16/2022 - "How to Kill the Soul of Islam"
- 09/10/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 60: Al Mumtahana
- 09/09/2022 - On Old Doggies, Calling Out Racism, and Liberal Islamophobia
- 09/09/2022 - "The Word of Power in A World of Disempowerment"
- 09/02/2022 - Tomorrow! Q&A for Surah Al Hajj and Surah Al Fath! Send Your ???'s!
- 09/02/2022 - "On Diversity and Inheriting Gold: Will The Qur'an Testify For or Against Us?"
- 08/27/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 48: Al Fath
- 08/26/2022 - "From Where and From Whom Do You Get Your Islam?"
- 08/26/2022 - CJ Werleman's Most Pivotal Moment and The Power of Education
- 08/19/2022 - On Exceptional Converts and Their Superpowers!
- 08/19/2022 - "Measuring One's Moral Illness: The Devil is in the Details"
- 08/13/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 22: Al Hajj
- 08/12/2022 - "The Sunni, The Shi'i, and The Gift of Consciousness"
- 08/12/2022 - It's a Dog's Life, and Share With A Friend Campaign!
- 08/06/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 66: Al Tahrim
- 08/05/2022 - "It's a Dog's Life: Reflecting on Rights to Life and Mercy"
- 08/05/2022 - And We Are Back! :) Conversation THIS SUNDAY with KAEF and The Mauritanian!
- 07/15/2022 - Cherif on Surah Al Azhab! We Are Off Next Week! :)
- 07/15/2022 - "Murder, Suicide, and Death by Abarahmic Accords"
- 07/08/2022 - Eid Al Adha Mubarak! 80 Surahs down, 34 to go!
- 07/08/2022 - "The Trust: When You Put Your Hand in the Hands of the Indecent"
- 07/06/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 33: Al Ahzab
- 07/01/2022 - "The Muslim Cost of SCOTUS and the Dawning of the New Colonizer"
- 07/01/2022 - From Cherif Abou El Fadl: "Reflecting on Light...and Makeup?" And KAEF on The Sin of Hajj
- 06/24/2022 - Reflecting on Light Upon Light and Surah Al Nur
- 06/24/2022 - "The Myth of the Decent Person and the Sin of Hajj"
- 06/17/2022 - Khaled Abou El Fadl on The Prophet's Pulpit, Shari'ah and Justice
- 06/17/2022 - "The Calculus of A Moral Decision and the Tapestry of Morality"
- 06/11/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 24: Al Nur
- 06/10/2022 - On Critiquing Hamza Yusuf
- 06/10/2022 - "Applying The Parable of Light Upon Light"
- 06/03/2022 - "On the Engineering of Faith and Being Worthy of God’s Aid"
- 06/03/2022 - A Note From Cherif Abou El Fadl: "On the Conduct of Anticipation"
- 05/28/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 59: Al Hashr
- 05/27/2022 - What Happens When Muslims Allow the Demolition of Al Aqsa?
- 05/27/2022 - "The Lessons of God The Teacher and Muhammad The Student"
- 05/21/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 61: Al Saff
- 05/20/2022 - Honoring Mama and a Beautiful Legacy
- 05/20/2022 - "What Happens When Muslims Allow The Demolition Al Aqsa Mosque?"
- 05/14/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 62: Al Jumu'ah
- 05/13/2022 - This Sunday! Dispelling Myths Q&A on Sexual and Spiritual Abuse, Part 2!
- 05/13/2022 - "And What Should Be Noted of Shireen Abu Akleh, Jared Kushner and Al Aqsa?"
- 05/06/2022 - The Intellectual Revolution Has Begun! Reading The Prophet's Pulpit
- 05/06/2022 - "The Power of the Collective and a Highly Relevant God"
- 04/30/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 63: Al Munafiqun
- 04/29/2022 - "Is Your Dignity Founded in God? Or is it Founded in Your Ego?"
- 04/29/2022 - Eid Mubarak Almost! Time for an Intellectual Revolution!
- 04/22/2022 - "It All Comes Down to Your Individual Choices and The State of Al Aqsa"
- 04/22/2022 - Ramadan Miracles and A Dream Realized!
- 04/16/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 58: Al Mujadilah
- 04/15/2022 - "Dreaming in Darkness and The Plight of Modern Day Israelites"
- 04/15/2022 - 74 Surahs Done. 40 to go. New Surah Tomorrow!
- 04/08/2022 - "Fasting, the Art of Closeness to God Through Denial"
- 04/08/2022 - Q&A on Surah 4: Al Nisa' TOMORROW! and Virtual Taraweeh Prayers!
- 04/01/2022 - "If You Journey Towards the Lord, Your Shaytan Can’t Come Along"
- 04/01/2022 - Ramadan Mubarak! The Latest at The Usuli Institute
- 03/25/2022 - "The Open Book Test That is The Quran & Testifying Against the Ego"
- 03/25/2022 - Recap on Q&A with Khaled Abou El Fadl on Spiritual and Sexual Abuse
- 03/18/2022 - "Are You Alive? Justice, Necropolitics, and The Living Dead"
- 03/18/2022 - This Sunday! Q&A with Khaled Abou El Fadl on Spiritual and Sexual Abuse
- 03/11/2022 - A Special Conversation On Life at Death and Surah Al Nisa' Continues Tomorrow!
- 03/11/2022 - "The Elixir of Faith and How to Change the World"
- 03/04/2022 - Reflecting on Our World with the Qur'an
- 03/04/2022 - "Intimacy With God and the Truth of the World Laid Bare"
- 02/25/2022 - What Islam Looks Like in Public and Surah 4: Al Nisa'
- 02/25/2022 - "The Plight of the Individual and the Sunnah of the Maker"
- 02/18/2022 - This Sunday! Khaled Abou El Fadl in Virtual Conversation with the Noor Centre
- 02/18/2022 - "The Hardest Tests of Apathy, Consuming & Being Consumed, and Not Giving Up"
- 02/11/2022 - "Learning Not to be Selfish and the Legacy of Killing the Prophet’s Grandson"
- 02/04/2022 - "The Commercialization of Targeting Muslims and Imprisoning Enlightenment"
- 01/28/2022 - "How Do Our Youth Make Sense of This World"
- 01/22/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 4: Al Nisa'
- 01/21/2022 - "God Talks. If Only We Would Listen"
- 01/15/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 49: Al Hujurat
- 01/14/2022 - "The Parable of the Doctor, the Patient, and the Illness"
- 01/08/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 47: Muhammad
- 01/07/2022 - "Addiction, Suicide, Identity and the Real Costs of Islamophobia"
- 01/01/2022 - Project Illumine: Surah 8: Al Anfal
- 12/31/2021 - "The Prophet's Last Words and the Christian New Year 2022,"
- 12/17/2021 - "The True Measure of Piety"
- 12/11/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 3: Al 'Imran
- 11/27/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 65: Al Talaq
- 11/26/2021 - "Banning Critical Race Theory: A Bellwether for Muslims?"
- 11/19/2021 - "On the American Islamophobia Industry and UAE’s new ‘Islam'"
- 11/12/2021 - "Muslims v. Supreme Court and Colonizing the Muslim Mind - UAE Version"
- 11/05/2021 - "What is Your Contribution to The Muslim Consciousness?"
- 10/29/2021 - "The ‘Angry’ Muslim Intellectual & Commercializing Muslim Murder"
- 10/22/2021 - "Trafficking 'Halal' Organs and Other Symbolic Signs of Our State"
- 10/15/2021 - "On Climate Catastrophe, Facebook's Secret Blacklist and the 'Love Jihad'"
- 10/08/2021 - "What Happens When Artificial Intelligence (AI) Turns Islamophobic?"
- 10/06/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 2: Al Baqarah
- 10/02/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 64: Al Taghabun
- 10/01/2021 - "What Occupies Your Heart? And More On Wolves in Shaykh's Clothing"
- 09/29/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 83: Al Mutaffifin
- 09/25/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 76: Al Insan
- 09/24/2021 - "The Unspoken Truth (Haqq) About Sexual Abuse and the Rights of Victims"
- 09/18/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 56: Al Waqi'ah
- 09/17/2021 - "Hypocrisy, Double Standards, and the Value of Muslim Life"
- 09/15/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 82: Al Infitar
- 09/11/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 30: Al Rum
- 09/10/2021 - "The Other Afghan Women and the American Liberation of the Taliban"
- 09/09/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 78: Al Naba
- 09/03/2021 - "Who Is More Deserving of Safety?"
- 08/28/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 6: Al An'am
- 08/21/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 12: Yusuf
- 08/20/2021 - "How Islam Is Supposed to Take People From Darkness to Light"
- 08/14/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 11: Hud
- 08/13/2021 - "Afghanistan, Self-determination and the Heartbreak of Hajj"
- 08/07/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 10: Yunus
- 08/06/2021 - "The Wisdom of Illness and the State of Muslim Instagram"
- 08/03/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 71: Nuh
- 07/31/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 23: Al Mu'minun
- 07/27/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 87: Al Ala
- 07/25/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 18: Al Kahf
- 07/20/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 88: Al Ghashiyah
- 07/17/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 21: Al Anbiya'
- 07/16/2021 - "The Meaning of Hajj and the Uyghur Holocaust"
- 07/13/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 70: Al Ma'arij
- 07/10/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 14: Ibrahim
- 07/09/2021 - "The Butterfly Effect: Choosing the Divine or the Demonic"
- 07/03/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 7: Al A'raf
- 07/02/2021 - "Bill Cosby, Britney Spears and The Gift of Light"
- 06/29/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 79: Al Nazi'at
- 06/26/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 42: Al Shura
- 06/25/2021 - "The Cost of Speaking Truth and True Feminists"
- 06/22/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 69: Al Haqqah
- 06/19/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 37: Al Saffat
- 06/18/2021 - "The Challenge of The Quran and Losing Our Sense of the Obvious"
- 06/15/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 67: Al Mulk
- 06/12/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 41: Al Fussilat
- 06/11/2021 - "The Tyranny of the Nervous System & The Muslim Betrayal of Uyghur Muslims "
- 06/08/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 51: Al Dhariyat
- 06/05/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 16: Al Nahl
- 06/04/2021 - "The Quranic Impulse and The Fallacy of Political Islam"
- 05/29/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 43: Al Zukhruf
- 05/28/2021 - "Who Invents Our Pharaohs"
- 05/25/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 54: Al Qamar
- 05/22/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 31: Luqman
- 05/21/2021 - "Why Jerusalem Matters"
- 05/15/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 17: Al Isra'
- 05/14/2021 - "Speaking the Unspoken Truth About Israel and Palestine"
- 05/11/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 13: Al Ra'd
- 05/07/2021 - "Habermas and the Immorality of Muslims"
- 05/04/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 77: Al Mursalat
- 05/01/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 34: Saba
- 04/30/2021 - "The Last 10 Days of Ramadan and Bearing Witness for Shaytan"
- 04/27/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 72: Al Jinn
- 04/24/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 27: Al Naml
- 04/23/2021 - "Are Muslims a Countermeasure to Racism or Part of the Problem?"
- 04/20/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 68 Al Qalam
- 04/17/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 28 Al Qasas
- 04/16/2021 - "Where Will You Be Next Ramadan? And the Pain of Racism"
- 04/10/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 26 Al Shu'ara
- 04/09/2021 - "Pathologies of A Defeated People and Aiding Muslim Prisoners"
- 04/06/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 86 Al Tariq
- 04/03/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 19 Maryam
- 04/02/2021 - "The Journey to God and Empowering Women"
- 03/30/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 75 Al Qiyamah
- 03/27/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 44 Al Dukhan
- 03/26/2021 - "On Nawal al Saadawi, Alhurra Channel and the Limits of Free Thinking"
- 03/23/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 85 Al Buruj
- 03/20/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 20 Ta Ha
- 03/19/2021 - "Surah al Najm and the Idols Within"
- 03/16/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 53 Al Najm
- 03/13/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 40 Ghafir
- 03/12/2021 - "The Unshackling of Human Beings"
- 03/09/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 80 Al Abasa
- 03/06/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 39 Al Zumar
- 03/05/2021 - "What Does Your Iman Amount To?"
- 03/02/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 84 Al Inshiqaq
- 02/27/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 35 Fatir
- 02/23/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 81 Al Takwir
- 02/20/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 38 Saad
- 02/19/2021 - "Mystifications of Power & The Eradication of the Prophet's Sunnah"
- 02/16/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 73 Al Muzzammil
- 02/13/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 50 Qaf
- 02/12/2021 - "The Legacy of Monotheism and the Seat of Power"
- 02/09/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 74 Al Muddaththir
- 02/06/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 25 Al Furqan
- 02/05/2021 - "The Prophet's Du'a and an Usuli Cult?"
- 01/30/2021 - Project Illumine: Surah 52 Al Tur
- 01/29/2021 - "The Paradigm Shift That is the Qur'an"
- 01/22/2021 - "What Does Islam Offer? On Taking God Seriously"
- 01/15/2021 - "Transporting The Library"
- 12/25/2020 - "Truth Justice, and Hope at Christmas"
- 12/18/2020 - "The Niche for Divine Light"
- 12/11/2020 - "A Profound Question From His Younger Son"
- 11/27/2020 - "What SubhanAllah Really Means and Which Muslims Orgs to Boycott"
- 11/20/2020 - "Allahu Akbar, "Political Islam" and the Radical Liberation of Faith"
- 11/13/2020 - "On the Representation and Perception of Muslims"
- 11/06/2020 - "Godliness, Democracy and The Post Colonial Muslim Super Ego"
- 10/30/2020 - "A Great Prophet and the Racism of France"
- 10/16/2020 - "The Prophet's Pulpit and French Islamophobia"
- 10/10/2020 - Project Illumine: Surah 29 Al Ankabut
- 10/09/2020 - "On Preserving Women and Female Reciters of the Quran"
- 10/02/2020 - "The Prophet's Hadith on the Intellect"
- 09/25/2020 - "Death by Doctrine of the 'Legitimacy of the Usurpers'"
- 09/18/2020 - "On Critical Race Studies and What is the Point of Religion?"
- 09/12/2020 - Project Illumine: Surah 46 Al Ahqaf
- 09/11/2020 - "The New Islam of Absolute Silence"
- 09/04/2020 - "On Democracy, Voting and Defending Dictators"
- 08/29/2020 - Project Illumine: Surah 15 Al Hijr
- 08/28/2020 - "All Lives vs Black Lives and the Sin of Holy Rhetoric"
- 08/21/2020 - "When Truth, Principle and Ethics are Trumped by Politics"
- 08/15/2020 - Project Illumine: Surah 36 Ya Sin
- 08/14/2020 - "The State of Jerusalem and the Test of Wealth"
- 08/07/2020 - "The Shame of the 'Commission on Unalienable Rights Report"
- 08/01/2020 - Project Illumine: Surah 32 Al Sajdah
- 07/31/2020 - "On Eid Al Adha and the Prophet's Last Will and Testament"
- 07/18/2020 - Project Illumine: Surah 55 Al Rahman
- 07/17/2020 - "The Entire Philosophy of Existence in a Paragraph"
- 07/11/2020 - Surah 89: Al Fajr, Verses 17 to 30 (Conclusion)
- 07/10/2020 - "The Story of Prophet Yunus and Why Despair is Not an Option"
- 07/04/2020 - Project Illumine: Surah 57 Al Hadid (Iron) and Surah 45 Al Jathiya
- 07/03/2020 - "Who is the Better Muslim and What Would God Think?"
- 06/27/2020 - Project Illumine: Surah al Hadid (Iron)
- 06/27/2020 - EXCERPT: New Quran Halaqa Project Description
- 06/26/2020 - "Our Character is Built On Our Stories"
- 06/19/2020 - "The Islam of Dignity: Are You on the Right Side of History?"
- 06/12/2020 - "The Prophet's First Khutbah and the Cornerstone of Faith"
- 06/06/2020 - Surah 89: Al Fajr, Verses 4 to 16
- 06/05/2020 - "Why All Evil is Interconnected and Why Muslims Should Protest"
- 05/29/2020 - "Jahiliyya and the Murder of George Flynn"
- 05/22/2020 - "The Bismillah Covenant"
- 05/15/2020 - "Narratives of Finding Dignity and Justice with God"
- 05/08/2020 - "What is Your Muslim Spirit? Why Islam was given to the Arabs"
- 05/02/2020 - Surah 89: Al Fajr, 1st Three Verses
- 05/01/2020 - "Bilal, The Prophet, and Casting Ourselves Unto Ruin"
- 04/24/2020 - "The Power of Ramadan: Fasting, Guidance and The Criterion"
- 04/17/2020 - "When Mecca is Empty, What Remains?"
- 04/10/2020 - "Addressing the Generational Divide Among Younger and Older Muslims (Note Accompanying Addendum)"
- 04/04/2020 - Surah 90: Al Balad (End)
- 04/03/2020 - "To God We Belong and To God We Return"
- 03/27/2020 - "More On Virtual Khutbahs and the Personal Nature of a Pandemic"
- 03/20/2020 - "Perhaps You Will Turn To God: On the Coronavirus and God's Love"
- 03/13/2020 - "Trials of a Prophet Loved and The Mirror of the Coronavirus"
- 03/06/2020 - "What Do You Hear When the World Goes Silent?"
- 02/28/2020 - "When the World Goes Silent: Reflecting on Loss"
- 02/15/2020 - Surah 90: Al Balad, Part 2
- 02/14/2020 - "The Theology of Despotism and Reflecting on the Coronavirus"
- 02/07/2020 - "The Higher Aspirations of Justice"
- 01/31/2020 - "Humility, Certitude and 'The Deal of the Century''"
- 01/24/2020 - "Reason and Revelation: On Becoming A Moral Human Being'"
- 01/17/2020 - "True Monotheism and Returning the Gaze, Part II'"
- 01/11/2020 - Surah 90: Al Balad (Start: 1st three verses)
- 01/10/2020 - "Resisting the Colonizing of Muslim Minds and Salat al Istisqa'"
- 12/27/2019 - "Tawheed and Trinity: Why is Monotheism so Hard?"
- 12/20/2019 - "The Symbolic Caliphate"
- 12/14/2019 - Surah 91: Al Shams (Conclusion)
- 12/13/2019 - "Liberation from Mythology and the Power of A White Jesus"
- 12/06/2019 - "Returning the Gaze: A Walk Through the Bible"
- 11/29/2019 - "On Knowing the Strength of Your Inner Light"
- 11/22/2019 - "Your Existence is No Coincidence"
- 11/15/2019 - "What God Expects From Us"
- 11/09/2019 - Surah 92: Al Layl (End) and Surah 91: Al Shams (Start)
- 11/08/2019 - "Parables of Light and Darkness"
- 11/01/2019 - "Cleansing Oneself of the Companionship of Satan"
- 10/25/2019 - "On Asserting the Truth of Al Haqq"
- 10/18/2019 - "On Internalizing Ayat al Kursi"
- 10/12/2019 - Surah 92: Al Layl (The Night), Part 1
- 10/11/2019 - "On Injustice and Muslims Defending the Muslim Ban"
- 10/04/2019 - "On the Definition of a Scholar"
- 09/27/2019 - "On Failing the Inheritance of the Prophets"
- 09/20/2019 - "More Lethal Than the Islamophobes - The Modern Day Murji'ah"
- 09/13/2019 - "On Reviving the Ideas of the Trash Bin of History"
- 09/06/2019 - "On Asking God for Light Upon Light"
- 08/31/2019 - Surah 93: Al Duha, Part 2 (Conclusion)
- 08/30/2019 - "On Slavery and a Moral Reading of the Quran"
- 08/23/2019 - "From Bearing Witness to Becoming the Opiate of the Masses'"
- 08/16/2019 - "On Fitna, Ethics and the Modern Day 'Marketplace'"
- 08/10/2019 - Surah 93: Al Duha, Part 1
- 08/09/2019 - "On Hajj and The Selling of the Soul of Islam"
- 08/02/2019 - "How to Live the Philosophy of Islam"
- 07/26/2019 - "On Reading and Testing the State of Your Faith"
- 07/19/2019 - "On Muslim Pharoahs, Terrorists and Recognizing the Straight Path"
- 07/13/2019 - Surah 94: Al Sharh (Relief)
- 07/12/2019 - "On the Price of Silence, Nicki Minaj, and the U.S. Commission on Human Rights"
- 07/05/2019 - "On Logic, Justice and Obeying Unjust Rulers"
- 06/28/2019 - "On Witnessing, and Closing the ICSC Chapter"
- 06/21/2019 - "On Being Banned: Shaming or Schooling the ICSC?"
- 06/15/2019 - Surah 95: Al Tin (The Fig)
- 06/14/2019 - "On Rupert Murdoch, Power and Resisting the Party of the Devil"
- 06/07/2019 - "On Eid, Sudan, and What to Do When the Muslim Body Ails"
- 05/31/2019 - "Which Islam? Dignity or Death?"
- 05/24/2019 - "On Divinity, Justice and Muslims Murdering Muslims"
- 05/18/2019 - Surah 97: Al Qadr
- 05/17/2019 - "School of Fasting for the Divine," ICSC Khutbah
- 05/10/2019 - "Why Our Youth Leave Islam; When Moses Will Not Confront the Pharoah"
- 05/03/2019 - "The Dalil (Evidence) of Love"
- 04/26/2019 - "The Prophet's Prayer of Love"
- 04/20/2019 - Surah 98: Al Bayyinah
- 04/19/2019 - "The Power of Love," ICSC Khutbah
- 04/12/2019 - "On Love and A Loving God in Islam"
- 04/05/2019 - "On the Truth of Jumu'a, Orphans and Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem"
- 03/29/2019 - "On the Accountability of Privilege," Princeton University Khutbah
- 03/22/2019 - "American Muslims - Moral Pilots or Moral Failures?"
- 03/16/2019 - Surah 99: Al Zalzalah
- 03/15/2019 - "Islamophobia, Racism and the New Zealand Massacre," ICSC Khutbah
- 03/08/2019 - "The New Crusades"
- 03/01/2019 - "On Evaluating Moral Character, Trusting Intuition and Cleaning your Vessel"
- 02/22/2019 - "Recolonization, Racism and the Role of Reason"
- 02/16/2019 - Surah 100: Al 'Adiyat
- 02/15/2019 - "Thinking Islam Anew Away from the Lands of Despotism and Hypocrisy"
- 02/08/2019 - "The Cycle of Life and Honoring Guido Santi"
- 02/01/2019 - "The Lifeline of Prayer, Perseverance and Patience," ICSC Khutbah
- 01/25/2019 - Usuli Institute First Virtual Khutbah
- 01/12/2019 - Surah 101: Al Qaria
- 12/22/2018 - Halaqa: The Meaning, Purpose and Effect of Prayer
- 12/08/2018 - Surah 102: At-Takathur
- 10/06/2018 - Surah 104: Al-Humazah
- 09/15/2018 - Surah 110: Al Nasr
- 09/01/2018 - Surah 55: Al Rahman, Verses 66 to 78 (End)
- 08/25/2018 - Surah 55: Al Rahman, Verses 49 to 65
- 08/11/2018 - Surah 55: Al Rahman, Verses 34 to 48
- 07/28/2018 - Surah 55: Al Rahman, Verses 26 to 33
- 07/14/2018 - Surah 55: Al Rahman, Verses 15 to 25
- 06/23/2018 - Surah 55: Al Rahman, Verses 1 to 14
- 05/19/2018 - Halaqa: On Luminosity
- 04/21/2018 - An Evening with Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl and The Usuli Institute
- 04/07/2018 - Conversation with Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl and Dr. Heather Laird on Muslim Mental Health
- 03/17/2018 - Conversation with Khaled Beydoun and Salam al-Marayati
- 02/03/2018 - The Usuli Institute Third Halaqa, 3 February 2018
- 01/06/2018 - The Usuli Institute Second Halaqa, 6 January 2018
- 12/09/2017 - The Inauguration of The Usuli Institute
- 12/01/2004 - English Translations of the Quran: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - References Sources Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - The WORST Books on Islam: Identified by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Books on Miscellany: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Books on Culture, Economics and Politics: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Books on Geographic Regions and Nation-states: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Books on History: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Books on Islamic Jurisprudence: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Books on Theology and Philosophy: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Books on Sufism: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Books on Shi'ism: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Books on The Quran (Translations, Commentaries, Studies): Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Books on The Prophet Muhammad: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl
- 12/01/2003 - Comprehensive Islamic Studies Bibliography by Professor Patrick O'Donnell (2003)
- 12/01/2003 - General Books on Islam: Recommended by Dr. Abou El Fadl