The Only Man Who Truly Loves You

  A candid guest post by newly-wed writer, Imratul Ozair. “The whole notion of modern day lovveee is overrated, unrealistic and superficial!” declared the handsome new mehram in my life - my husband.  I nodded in approval. We, under an influence of media and peer pressure, have confined the idea of sincere love between opposite...

Ramblings of a Closet Feminist

By Mariam Riaz All of us reach a certain point in our lives when directly, or indirectly, pressure is exerted on us to “settle down”. I have nothing against the institute of marriage, for indeed, it is a sacred Sunnah. However, I do have some scores to settle with our twisted society regarding what this...

The Barakahs of Islamic Injunctions

By Mohammad Ali I remember a married couple who attended my wedding. I remember hearing the wife complaining to her husband that he did not compliment her despite the fact that she had spent so much time adorning herself. This is not just the story of one couple, but it is a occurence and cause...

Broken hearts and picture frames

  I feel like Professor Snape toiling with an essay on "Being Unbiased". Not that I'm at a loss for what to write but because- it is complicated. To break love into categories, to stop loving someone when you're already in it, fall out of love... draft 11 discarded, crumpled and all thoughts brushed aside....

“CHARGE!”, says the Devil, and we do!

“It started out as a feeling, Which then grew into a hope... Which then turned into a quiet thought, Which then turned into a quiet word...” - Regina Spektor With the advent of the free media and unchecked foreign movies flowing in, our senses are now quite desensitized to the free-mixing of both genders. When...

The Fantasy World

By Fareed Ahmed Drugs and Sex- these are the two thing playing havoc with the lives of the youth these day, all over the world.  Like most of us, my school and college life has been spent in liberal co-educational institutions.  I have witnessed numerous boys and girls deviating from decency, ethics and morality- all...

The Inseparable Two

By Umm 'AishaBismillah.Our beloved Prophet (sallalahu alaihi wasallam) said: "Indeed Haya (modesty) and Iman (faith) are Companions. When one of them is lifted, the other leaves as well. (Baihaqi)Haya and Iman- these two remain joined together like Siamese twins!Today we see shameless and immodest acts being committed openly around us by 'Muslims' in 'Islamic' countries. ...

#Lovestruck – Did you know what YC is talking about these days?

#Lovestruck… That’s the newest trending hashtag for the Youth Clubbers! Before you say: “But we are encouraged to love our parents, siblings, thy neighbour etc..” Or “But I love my car, my job etc…” Allow us to clarify that the kind of love YouthClub is talking/tweeting/blogging/posting about is: the love that a man feels for...