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Reader's Reflections

Muslim Activism in Singapore

Activists in Singapore really have two choices: cooperate with the state or conduct activism in ...

Reflection on Onjali Q. Rauf’s The Boy at the Back of the Class

The child’s narrative voice and innocent internal logic is captured perfectly by Onjali Q. Rauf,...

Reflections on 'Al-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya'

The present edition of the Shama'il, that contains the Arabic text as well as English translatio...

Reflections on 'Rethinking Islam and the West'

The idea of progress-at-any-cost of our age is unsustainable. Continued growth (both in terms of...

Reflections on 'Burdah of Imam al-Busiri'

We think the publishers have achieved their intention in instilling love for the Prophet SAW and...

Reflections on 'With the Heart in Mind'

With the Heart in Mind is a ground-breaking work that should be read by everyone who wants to be...

Reflections on 'Reader, Come Home'

Won't active reading with its underlining, annotations, and cross-referencing slow down one's r...

Reflections on 'Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage'

Marriage is not easy, and Shaykh Abdur-Rahman does not sugar coat things in this book. He addres...

Reflections on 'Apostate'

Van Klaveren's writing and method is academic as well as personal. For the reader, these provide...

Wardah Books of the Year 2019

To wrap up 2019, Wardah's booksellers present four books that we consider Wardah Books of the Ye...

Readers’ Choice Poll 2019

Your favourite book for 2019 is: Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redempti...

Reflections on 'This is What Inequality Looks Like'

Decades from now, people will look back and mark this book as the beginning of a change in Singa...

Reflections on 'The Lies That Bind'

Perhaps the most important lesson here is that 'identity' is not just something we acquire and a...

Reflections on 'A Treasury of Rumi'

Based on extensive research and study of Mevlana Rumi's Diwan, Mathnavi, and his various prose w...

Reflections on 'A Thinking Person's Guide to Our Times'

Vices corrupt the vicegerent, and the vicegerent corrupts the world. Therefore to purify the wor...

Reflections on 'A Thinking Person’s Guide to the Truly Happy Life'

Perhaps the most important question we ask ourselves in the stillness we sometimes find ourselve...

Reflections on 'Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now'

Have you thought for a moment why Facebook is being paid billions to provide a cutting-edge medi...

Reflections on 'The Monk of Mokha'

Reading this book you will learn a lot about the history of coffee, its cultivation, and its dis...

Reflections on 'Amusing Ourselves to Death'

Don't worry. I won't be asking you to throw away your tv. That would be naive. And naivety is wh...

Reflections on 'Joy Jots: Exercises for a Happy Heart'

Ostensibly addressed to Muslim women, all Muslims young and old will be able to gain an understa...