Getting ready for lifetime journey
ARAB NEWS Published — Friday 28 August 2015 Haj is one of the five pillars of Islam. All Muslims who fulfill certain conditions must perform Haj at least once […]
5 charts that puncture the bogey of Muslim population growth in India
Dawn: A report released last week by the Pew Research Center predicting that India will overtake Indonesia as the country with the largest Muslim population has set off the usual suspects. In response, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Saturday asked Hindus to have more children to rectify this “demographic imbalance” […]
Iran premieres big-budget epic film ‘Muhammad’ (pbuh)
Epigraph: Indeed, the Messenger of God is an excellent model for those of you who put your hope in God and the Last Day and remember Him often. (Al Quran […]
ISIS Violates The Consensus Of Mainstream Islam By Persecuting Christians
Source: The World Post By Qasim Rashid; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies In central Syria, Daesh (“ISIS”) recently destroyed an ancient monastery and a church. This, after abducting several Christians, in what has become the group’s long scourge on humanity. While global Muslim leaders […]
An Unorthodox Rabbi Who Allied Himself With Prophet Muhammad – OpEd
By Rabbi Allen S. Maller Many Jews supported Muhammad when he arrived in Medina. I learned about one of them from Dr. Muqtedar Khan, a professor of Political Science, at […]
ISIS Violates The Consensus Of Mainstream Islam By Persecuting Christians
Qasim Rashid Become a fan Visiting Fellow, Harvard University’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies Posted: 08/27/2015 In central Syria, Daesh (“ISIS”) recently destroyed an ancient monastery and a church. This, after abducting several Christians, in what has become the group’s long scourge on humanity. While global […]
Reading the Talmud in a Most Unlikely Place — Iran’s Holy City
he Shia holy city of Qom teems with mosques, mullahs and madrassas. So, it was a little surprising to hear Qom religious scholar Hossein Soleimani’s response when I asked him […]
566. Commandment – Excepting those of the idolaters with whom you have entered into a treaty and who have not subsequently failed you in anything nor aided anyone against you. So fulfil to these the treaty you have made with them till their term
566. Commandment – Excepting those of the idolaters with whom you have entered into a treaty and who have not subsequently failed you in anything nor aided anyone against you. So fulfil to these the treaty you have made with them till their term [9:4] Excepting those of the idolaters with whom you have entered […]
568. Commandment – And be not like those who came forth from their homes boastfully, and to be seen of men, and who turn men away from the path of Allah
568. Commandment – And be not like those who came forth from their homes boastfully, and to be seen of men, and who turn men away from the path of Allah [8:48] And be not like those who came forth from their homes boastfully, and to be seen of men, and who turn men away […]
569. Commandment – And say not of those who are killed in the cause of Allah that they are dead; nay, they are living; only you perceive not
569. Commandment – And say not of those who are killed in the cause of Allah that they are dead; nay, they are living; only you perceive not [2:155] And say not of those who are killed in the cause of Allah that they are dead; nay, they are living; […]
570. Commandment – Treatment of prisoner of war
570. Commandment – Treatment of prisoner of war [47:5] And when you meet in regular battle those who disbelieve, smite their necks; and, when you have overcome them, bind fast the fetters — then afterwards either release them as a favour or by taking ransom — until the war lays down its burdens. That is the ordinance. And if Allah […]
Spectacular Real Virgin Births: Could Jesus Be One of Those?
We have changed headline for our use and added the above picture Strange and Beautiful: Spectacular Real Virgin Births Source: BBC Presented by Melissa Hogenboom Virgin births are no longer […]
Bible Prophecies of Muhammad
Source: OnIslam By Kamil Mufti The Bible is the sacred scripture of Judaism and Christianity. The Christian Bible consists of the Old Testament and the New Testament, with the Roman […]
Show your support in sports for Pakistani women
Source: The Nation Why has the field of sports always been seen as male-dominated in our country? Why only Imran Khan, Shahid Afridi, Aisam-ul-Haq – why not Sana Mir, Naseem […]
Jain Sect’s Death Ritual Clashes With Indian Law
Source: New York Times PUNE, India — All week, people streamed in and out of the handsome bungalow where the Lodha family lives, eager to witness for themselves the amazing […]
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Is Not About Religion
Haaretz Extremists call it a ‘holy war,’ but this conflict has always been about the very secular issues of territory, injustice and identity. Is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a religious one? […]
Top Shiite cleric plays major role in Iraq reform drive
By AFP – Aug 24,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Protesters chant in support for the Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, in the poster, during a demonstration in Basra, 550 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday (AP photo) BAGHDAD — As Iraq attempts to curb rampant corruption […]
Herzog: Netanyahu’s first 100 days of nothing
“The Iran deal will pass, the world is running to Iran to do business and open embassies, and no one is listening to Israel.” Source: The Jerusalem Post Prime Minister […]
Palestinian Christians scuffle with Israeli forces over divisive wall
By AFP – Aug 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian Christian worshippers and priests arrive for an open-air mass to protest against the building of Israel’s controversial barrier in the Cremisan Valley, which lies between the sprawling settlement of Gilo in occupied East Jerusalem, and the West Bank settlement of Har […]
Isis blinds journalists with its barbarity, but we must continue to report, All sides of the story must be heard
BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT Looking at the obscene photograph of old archeologist Khaled al-Asaad’s headless corpse tied to a lamp-post in Palmyra – another image for the library of pornography that Isis produces weekly – I was struck by how deeply the “Islamic Caliphate” has stabbed the world of […]