by Firas Alkhateeb | Feb 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the Warmth of the Shade is a collection of forty poems by a member of the Darul Qasim community presented in three sections: Creator, Creation, and The Best of Creation. Some poems are stories or historical accounts, others are supplications, and still others offer...
by Firas Alkhateeb | Feb 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
By Shaykh Amin Kholwadia The word tābiʿī literally means someone who follows. Muslims reserve the use of this word for those who met and followed the Companions of the Prophet (upon him blessing and peace). The word ṣaḥābī literally means someone who is a companion. ...
by Firas Alkhateeb | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
The following is a synopsis of a recent talk given by Shaykh Amin. Shaykh Mohammed Amin Kholwadia posits the idea that every successful institution dedicated to learning, evaluating, researching, developing and engaging is inherently based on a philosophy. Hence,...
by Firas Alkhateeb | Jan 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
On the weekend of January 11, 2019, I was blessed to be hosted at Darul Qasim in Chicago. The most striking thing about this institution is the way that it connects its deep focus on traditional religious sciences with the contemporary crisis affecting Muslims in the...
by Firas Alkhateeb | Dec 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
On November 16th, 2018 a group of about 40 students from Al-Amal School in Minnesota came to visit Darul Qasim. The students and their teachers spent the day with our faculty and Shaykh Amin learning about the mission of Darul Qasim, its curriculum, and how they can...
by Firas Alkhateeb | Dec 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
On October 19th, 2018 Darul Qasim faculty member Mawlana Arif Kamal was invited to Masjid Annoor by the Muslim community of Knoxville, Tennessee for a program on Qur’anic recitation. He presented on the various modes of recitation of the Qur’an and...
by Firas Alkhateeb | Sep 3, 2018 | Research
Darul Qasim faculty member Dr. Muhammed Volkan Stodolsky recently wrote a review of The Logic of Law Making in Islam: Women and Prayer in the Legal Tradition by Behnam Sadeghi. A PDF of the review is available below: Review – The Logic of Law Making in...
by Firas Alkhateeb | Aug 15, 2018 | Course, Research
Throughout the month of July, Darul Qasim was fortunate to have hosted Dr. Issam Eido, Senior Lecturer in Arabic Languages and Literatures at Vanderbilt University for a number of courses at our Glendale Heights campus. He is a distinguished scholar from Syria with...
by Firas Alkhateeb | Aug 15, 2018 | Presentation, Research
In March 2018, two of Darul Qasim’s instructors, Dr. Muhammed Volkan Yildiran Stodolsky and Ustadh Firas Alkhateeb presented at the Third Kuala Lumpur International Kalam Symposium in Malaysia. The conference, organized by the Islamic & Strategic Studies...
by alqasim | Jul 3, 2018 | Course, Study
The Darul Qasim summer session begins July 9th. Intensive courses in Arabic, Islamic studies, and Qurʾān recitation are being offered by Darul Qasim’s faculty. The Arabic courses will focus on morphology (ṣarf) and grammar (naḥw) at an introductory level, aiming to...
