Muslims and Islam

June 28, 2024

A Perfect Match, Except for God and Dogs

What happens when deal breakers don’t break the deal? When he wrote early in our correspondence that he thought his religion wasn’t compatible with mine but […]
August 4, 2023

Would Marrying Her Be a Giant Mistake?

I was warned not to marry outside my faith, but when Jillian was asleep in my bed, I would cry, unable to imagine a world without […]
August 4, 2023

Would Marrying Her Be a Giant Mistake?

I was warned not to marry outside my faith, but when Jillian was asleep in my bed, I would cry, unable to imagine a world without […]
April 21, 2023

South Asian Muslims Herald in Eid al-Fitr With a Night of Communal Revelry

Eliyah Haque, 6, was getting her hands painted with henna in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of Queens. Asked what her favorite part of Eid celebrations was, […]
April 11, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘What the Ukrainian Grandmothers Have Written’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Ukrainian Springtime Love Song At my Ukrainian grandmother’s house in Chicago, circa 1970, […]
January 28, 2022

What He Hadn’t Told Me

We met on a dating app, where his profile lacked a few crucial details. At first, he was a fairy tale. Later, an addiction. We met […]
December 15, 2021

Statement Dressing in a Red Carpet Kurta

“I want to bring all the parts of myself,” Riz Ahmed said of wearing Prada’s version of the traditional garment at the premiere of his new […]
April 16, 2021

Modern Love: I Tried to Filter Him Out

As a Pakistani Muslim, I knew that falling for a Hindu Indian would break me. And it did. We started texting during the early months of […]
May 19, 2020

Will Mandatory Face Masks End the Burqa Bans?

While face coverings are fast becoming the norm to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, visible on city streets and public transportation everywhere, the global […]
March 3, 2017

Vows: An Islamic Romance, Soundtrack by Kanye and Drake

Vows By BROOKE LEA FOSTER In fall 2013, Samir Nurmohamed wanted desperately to go out with Salimah Nooruddin. There was only one problem: He had decided […]