Author Archives for Yasmin Mogahed

About Yasmin Mogahed

Yasmin Mogahed received her B.S. Degree in Psychology and her Masters in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing her graduate work, she taught Islamic Studies and served as the Sisters’ Youth Director for the Islamic Society of Milwaukee. She also worked as a writing instructor for Cardinal Stritch University, and a staff columnist for the Islam section of InFocus News. Currently she’s an independent media consultant, a writer for the Huffington Post, and an author for Suhaibwebb.com, where she focuses most of her work on spiritual and personal development. Her written works, including a book chapter on the portrayal of Islam post-911, have appeared in print and online publications worldwide. Tune in to Serenity, her new show on One Legacy Radio, Wednesdays at 3:30 pm (PST), as she discusses questions on faith, spirituality and relationships from an Islamic spiritual lens.

AIDS: A Reflection on Provision

February 15, 2012 2:29 pm Published by 2 Comments

67:21 to top Sahih International “Or who is it that could provide for you if He withheld His provision? But they have persisted in insolence and aversion.” Reflection: When I first studied this surah, I was taking Biology. We were learning about how the immune system works. If you study... Read More


Giving Life to the Dead Hearts

February 15, 2012 2:04 pm Published by 2 Comments

57:16 to top Sahih International Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth? And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and a... Read More


Wondering why our heart is dead

February 15, 2012 12:20 am Published by 3 Comments

What would happen to a body that was starved, suffocated and then forced to drink poison? It would first suffer and then die an agonizing death. We willingly starve and suffocate our hearts by turning away form the remembrance of God. And then we poison our hearts through the bad... Read More