Mary, Beloved of God
Introduction, offered by Camille Hamilton Adams Helminski. Forthcoming from Sweet Lady Press, Spring 2020, Inshallah
Blessed Maryam
Shaikha Camille Helminski reflects on Beloved Mary, Mother of Jesus, and how the early Muslims found refuge in a Christian kingdom.
Dec 2017: Blessed Maryam
Shaikha Camille reflects on Blessed Maryam, Fatimah Ashrif shares some beauty and kindness, and upcoming Urs celebrations...
Feminine Symbols in Islam
Reflections on the Divine Feminine in Islam and its symoblism, by Mahmoud Mostafa.
Dec 2014
Reflection on November’s theme: Wash your hands of the cheap metals of existence like the mature, so that you may find the philosopher’s Stone of love and become gold yourself. Reflecting on this month’s theme is quite a painful experience for this one. Though it is my deep longing and aspiration to be in this [...]
Islam and Human Values
Islam and Human Values by Kabir Helminski (with input from leading scholars) was written to address the urgent questions, misunderstandings, and distortions of Islam that are all too prevalent today. The need for a document like this seems to grow daily in the face of Islamophobic propaganda and extremist versions of Islam. Islam and Human Values makes the case that there is an intrinsic Islam with the Qur’an as its reference point that stands for religious pluralism, freedom of conscience, human dignity, social justice, and the spiritual transformation of human beings.