Source: ET “We consider the freedom to have, to retain, and to adopt, a religion or belief, is a personal choice of a citizen.“My government will ensure that there is complete freedom of faith and that everyone has the undeniable right to retain or adopt the religion of his or […]
386. Commandment – Men are guardians over women because Allah has made some of them excel others, and because they (men) spend of their wealth [4:35] Men are guardians over women because Allah has made some of them excel others, and because they (men) spend of their wealth. So virtuous […]
Source: Salon.com By GARETT REPPENHAGEN I spent nights in Iraq lying prone and looking through a 12-power sniper scope. You only see a limited view between the reticles. That’s why it’s […]
the News: ISLAMABAD: HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) is a subsidiary of London-based HSBC Holdings Plc, a British multinational banking and financial services company which is the world’s second largest banking entity. According to The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), 130 journalists “from 45 countries have unearthed secret bank account […]
Source: Dawn by Pervez Hoodbhoy SHIKARPUR on Jan 30, Peshawar on Feb 13, Rawalpindi on Feb 18. In less than three weeks, suicide bombers have targeted three imambargahs packed with worshippers. Outside of Syria and Iraq, Pakistan is the world’s deadliest country for Shia Muslims. Hazara are fleeing Balochistan, and […]
BY HARUN YAHYA, ARABNEWS.COM OUR world is unraveling. From east to west, from south to north, no part of the world can escape unscathed the destructive storm that sweeps across […]
USE NEW MEDIA: Sheikh Saleh Bin-Humaid delivers the Friday sermon at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (SPA) MAKKAH: ARAB NEWS Published — Saturday 21 February 2015 Last update 21 February 2015 12:06 am Imam and Khateeb at the Grand Mosque Sheikh Saleh Bin-Humaid called on the believers to employ the […]
Petra-born archaeologist wants to restore spirituality, simplicity of new world wonder by Saeb Rawashdeh | Feb 19, 2015 | 16:31 A sketch of a projected eco-village that archaeologist Shaaban Nyazi plans to establish in Petra, 235km south of Amman (Photo courtesy of Shaaban Nyazi) AMMAN — In a bid to […]
Islam and Social Justice (Part 1/2) February 20, 2015 4:31 pm by: ali Category: Jewels of Islam Leave a comment A+ / A- By Dr. Ali Al-Halawani The famous slogan of the Jan. 25th Revolution (Egypt, 2011) was – and still is –`Iish, Hurriyyah, `Adalah Ijtima`iyyah(literally, Bread, Freedom, and Social […]
385. Commandment – And they (the women) have rights similar to those (of men) over them in equity [2:229] And the divorced women shall wait concerning themselves for three courses; and it is not lawful for them that they conceal what Allah has created in their wombs, if they believe in […]
BY HAYA MUHAMMAD EID Source: OnIslam.net Published — Friday 20 February 2015 The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once said, “Who from my Ummah (universal nation) would learn five qualities to act upon or teach to those who would (in turn) act upon them?” Abu Hurairah said, “I, O […]
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Published — Friday 20 February 2015 ARABNEWS.COM Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has instructed authorities to open the newly expanded areas of the Grand Mosque in Makkah for use by the growing number of Umrah pilgrims and worshippers. “King Salman has approved the […]
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star If I read one more article or hear one more speech by a Western politician telling us that we are experiencing a war within Islam between radicals and moderates, or a battle for the future and soul of Islam, I will seek medical options […]
Michael Young| The Daily Star As prospects for the emergence of new sectarian and ethnic entities rise in the Middle East to replace illegitimate, authoritarian states, it is necessary to ask what will happen to Lebanon, the only Arab state that has sought to build its political system around a […]
Suggested Reading: A Compliment in Disguise: Pakistan Government has Banned the Muslim Times Source: Guardian YouTube is banned and tweets are censored, while pornography thrives and foreign Islamist militants have their […]
Source: Huffington Post By Fiyaz Mughal, Director of Faith Matters and the Tell MAMA project The recent murders of Shia community members in Pakistan has not drawn out the shock and […]
Source:ET Iraq’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad al-Hakim, asked the Security Council to investigate allegations that the Islamic State (IS) is harvesting organs in order to finance its operations, Al Arabiya News reported. The ambassador stated that bodies with missing kidneys and surgical incisions had been unearthed in shallow graves over […]
The battle for Pakistan’s survival is being fought right here, on these very catwalks, reports Tim Bale. —AFP London Extra reports from Pakistan By Tim Bale (reporting from Karachi and Lahore for the London Extra) http://www.dawn.com/news/1164428/the-bookstalls-and-catwalks-of-defiance-in-pakistan I boarded an Emirates Airline plane from Dubai to fly to the Pakistani city […]
384. Commandment – Wife is a source of peace of mind [7:190] He it is Who has created you from a single soul, and made there from its mate, that he might find comfort in her. And when he knows her, she bears a light burden, and goes about with it. […]
ISIS Really Wants Power—Not Islam February 18, 2015 by Qasim Rashid Recently The Atlantic published a piece titled, “What ISIS Really Wants.” The lengthy piece makes numerous fallacious claims about ISIS and its relation to Islam and Islamic doctrine. Accordingly, and significantly, it misses the strategy necessary to counter and […]