Mecca Under Siege

The Supreme Court's 2025-26 term has been punctuated with some high-stakes cases: birthright citizenship, voting rights, presidential powers and consequential civil rights cases. Some of the most anticipated and significant cases have yet to be decided. As the justices make the f ...  Show more

What does it mean to be American? For one superhero, it means donning yourself in the colors of the American flag, sticking up for the little guy, and making sure you stick to your morals. This week, we dive into the comics of Captain America, and what happened to him – and to th ...  Show more

In 1979 Islamist militants seized control of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the holiest site in Islam. Hundreds were killed as Saudi security forces battled for two weeks to retake the shrine. The militants were ultra-conservative Sunni Muslims who believed that the Mahdi, the prophe ...  Show more

Prophet Muhammad saw a dream of the Muslims entering the Ka'bah to worship, and he instructs his followers to begin preparations to go to Mecca. They would go in peace, without arms.The call to go for this pilgrimage turns into an opportunity to expose more of the Munafiqeen as t ...  Show more

This khutbah was given on April 22 2016 at Al-Islam Masjid. Surat Al-Israa tells the story of Al-Isra’ wal Miraj, when Allah took Prophet Muhammad overnight from Mecca to Jerusalem then to heaven. The event tested the faith of Muslims as they faced increasing hardships in Mecca, ...  Show more

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan describes in this lecture a scenario what the Prophet ﷺ was facing in his life – Magic. When he was delivering the message of Islam in Mecca, he was tortured, humiliated, ridiculed and made miserable by the political bigwigs and super influential people of ...  Show more