443. Commandment – Verily you have in the Prophet of Allah an excellent model [33:22] Verily you have in the Prophet of Allah an excellent model, for him who fears Allah and the Last Day and who remembers Allah much. [49:8] And know that among you is the Messenger of […]
HELD CAPTIVE Swiss jihadist frees wife and child By swissinfo.ch and agencies APR 19, 2015 – 15:30 The mother and child were let go near the border town of Reyhanli (Keystone) A woman and her young child, held in Syria for several months by her Swiss-Turkish husband, have been released. […]
Khalil Hanoun, left, with Abdul Salam Tasluq MADINAH: YUSUF MOHAMMED Published — Monday 20 April 2015 Last update 20 April 2015 12:37 am As convoys of pilgrims flock from around the world to perform Umrah in Madinah, the journey for some can be more difficult than others. Palestinian pilgrim, Khalil […]
442. Commandment – Some more commandments about Prophet’s wives [33:29] O Prophet! say to thy wives, ‘If you desire the life of this world and its adornment, come then, I will provide for you and send you away in a handsome manner. [33:30] ‘But if you desire Allah and His Messenger and […]
One-a-Day Commandment of the Holy Quran – 441. Commandment – There is no blame on them (Prophet’s wives) in this respect (Pardah) Amjad Tariq Sydney 441. Commandment – There is no blame on them (Prophet’s wives) in this respect (Pardah) [33:56] There is no blame on them in this respect with regard to their fathers […]
440. Commandment – And when you ask them (the wives of the Prophet) for anything, ask them from behind a curtain. That is purer for your hearts and their hearts [33:54] O ye who believe! enter not the houses of the Prophet unless leave is granted to you for a meal […]
DEANA NASSAR The Qur’an says: “We have sent down the Book to you which manifests the truth about all things and as guidance and mercy and good news for […]
A.S. HALAWANI Published — Friday 17 April 2015 When you pass away, do not worry about your dead body as fellow Muslims will take good care of it; they will take off your clothes, wash your body up, and wrap it in a clean white shroud; they will take […]
The Daily Star The release of a report this week on conditions in the Middle East is unlikely to gain much attention from global media outlets – probably because the words “extremism” or “ISIS” aren’t in the title. But the announcement by UNICEF and UNESCO that 21 million children in […]
By Islah Bakhat APR 17, 2015 – 11:00 1959: A year after the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown, Samir (still a little boy, the second from the right) and his family picnic outside Baghdad with some friends. An image from a revolutionary era (Dschoint Ventschr) In Iraqi Odyssey, film director Samir […]
In a Muslim-majority country, state control of religious expression tightens. Technically, freedom of religion is enshrined in the constitution of Tajikistan. But in reality, religious practice–at least for members of […]
439. Commandment – And it behoves you not to cause inconvenience to the Messenger of Allah, nor that you should ever marry his wives after him [33:54] O ye who believe! enter not the houses of the Prophet unless leave is granted to you for a meal without waiting for its appointed time. […]
| The Daily Star Joschka Fischer The “new” Middle East is now on daily display. Unlike the old Middle East, whose fate was determined by the dominant Western powers (the United Kingdom and France after World War I, and the United States from the 1940s until recently), the new one […]
436. Commandment – As to elderly women, who have no desire for marriage — there is no blame on them if they lay aside their outer clothing without displaying their beauty [24:61] As to elderly women, who have no desire for marriage — there is no blame on them if […]
437. Commandment – Lawful women for a Prophet (O Prophet, We have made lawful to thee) [33:51] O Prophet, We have made lawful to thee thy wives whom thou hast paid their dowries, and those whom thy right hand possesses from among those whom Allah has given thee as gains […]
AUTHENTIC: The official Zamzam water booth at Jeddah’s King Abdulaziz International Airport.( AN photo by Fouzia Khan) JEDDAH: FOUZIA KHAN Published — Sunday 12 April 2015 Zamzam water has a special place in the hearts of Muslims as something revered and unique. Every year millions of pilgrims travel to […]
By Harun Yahya, Arabnews.com HARUN YAHYA Published — Friday 10 April 2015 Last update 9 April 2015 10:04 pm Three billion thunders a year… a source of energy that moves at a speed of 96,000 km per hour and releases 30,000 degrees of heat. Have you ever thought how thunder, […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent International courts have a rather dodgy reputation. They are vast, they gobble up lots of money, they accuse all kinds of people of war crimes – usually people the US would like the courts to prosecute – and they also bumble around and have a […]
by Robert Fisk, The Independent International courts have a rather dodgy reputation. They are vast, they gobble up lots of money, they accuse all kinds of people of war crimes – usually people the US would like the courts to prosecute – and they also bumble around and have a […]
Source: Yahoo News Jerusalem (AFP) — Thousands of Christian pilgrims filled Jerusalem’s ancient Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Saturday for the “Holy Fire” ceremony on the eve of Orthodox […]