Friday Sermon: On Eid Milad-un-Nabi and cultural traditions
Source: AlIslam Khutba Archive English Text | Urdu Text Huzur said that commemoration of the day as such is not forbidden with the condition that no harmful innovation is involved. … […]
Surah Al-Asr warns mankind of fleeting time
“If people deliberate this Surah (Al-Asr), it suffices them.” — Imam Ash-Shafii The importance of holy Surah like Al-Asr lies in the fact that it delineates the perfect all-embracing system […]
Picture of the Day: Anti-Ahmadiyya Stickers Circulated in Newspapers
Source: Twitter – @SaleemudDinAA Courtesy: Twitter – @SAHaider Anti #Ahmadiyya stickers that @SAHaider received inside his newspaper today. Then we ask where is hatred coming from? pic.twitter.com/NgLhyk8E Translations of these terrible […]
Where Did All the Antimatter Go? – an Islamic view
Source: onislam.net “Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.” “Say, [O Muhammad], “Travel through the land and observe how He […]
Picture of the Day: Hatred Against Ahmadis
Source: Twitter – nasir9002 Nasir Ahmad 14 Jan #Lahore Hatred against #AhmadiMuslims continues as it has been decorated by banners in Dharampura, Mughalpura, Canal
Latina Immigrants: The New Ambassadors of Islam
The Muslim Link/New America Media, News Report, Wendy Diaz, Posted: Jan 18, 2013 Image: Nahela Morales touring Mexico City with a group of Muslim women from the congregation of Al […]
36 Ahmadis ‘convert’ to Sunni Islam??
Thirty six followers of Ahmadiyah “converted” to Sunni Islam during a ceremony conducted at Agung grand mosque in Tasikmalaya, West Java, on Thursday. “We really appreciate the move from those […]
Response of Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri to Mubahala Challenge
Source: Al Islam Online archives, 1988. Courtesy: Rashid Ahmad Chaudhry, Press Secretary, London. Maulana Professor Tahirul Qadri, Quaid Tehrik Minhajul Quran announced that he has accepted the Mubahala challenge, but […]
A road straddling two religions
Source: The Hindu In an inspired moment, the street in Alwarpet was named after two giants of the legal field, K. Bhashyam Iyengar and Basheer Ahmed Sayeed Fellow heritage enthusiast and writer, Dr G. Sundaram, wondered as to the origins of Bashyam Basheer Ahmed Street in Alwarpet. Have the signboard […]
‘Mosque buster’ – to stop the ‘Tide of Islam’
Mail Online: Larisa Brown. A planning lawyer and self-styled ‘mosque buster’ claims he is fighting to stop the ‘tide of Islam’ by successfully blocking plans for the building of mosques across the UK. Gavin Boby, once linked to the far-right English Defence League, boasts he has already blocked plans for […]
Maldives cleric’s murder raises fears of growing religious extremism
theguardian: Jason Burke. Killing throws spotlight on island’s struggle to reconcile issues of Islam, society and politics after end of dictator’s 30-year rule Though the only terrorist attack on the islands so far was a bomb in 2007, Indian, US and British officials remain worried that the Maldives could become […]
Saudi king allows women on top advisory council
theguardian: King Abdullah grants 30 seats on 150-member parliamentary Shura council in move welcomed by rights advocates The Saudi king has granted women seats on the country’s top advisory council for first time. The move heralds a much anticipated step for women to get a foothold in a country where […]
Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets | Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
Ahmadiyya Times: It is only lately that Western scholars have embarked upon an objective study of the life of the Prophet of Islam. With only two or three honorable exceptions, up to quite recent times, he was represented as an embodiment of all that was vicious and despicable. Muhammad, Prophet […]
Selling Islamic Wine with Hindu and Christian Trappings
Bridging the Gap Between Hinduism and Christianity Source: The Huffington Post By Gadadhara Pandit Dasa: Hindu Chaplain, Columbia University and New York University Growing up in a Hindu family in […]
The Islam women were promised
The Washington Post: Musa Furber. The earliest generation of Muslims took pride in their compliance to the Koran’s injunction to abandon female infanticide, an act that was often done to prevent shame to the family. Thus for centuries, Muslims have taken pride in their contributions to the rising status of […]
Latino Muslims Carving a New American Identity
Huff Post: Erika L. Sanchez. Latino American, writer, innovator and self-identified indigenous Muslim, Mark Gonzalez, bases much of his work on the issue of identity. Gonzalez, who is of Mexican and French Canadian descent and was raised Catholic, began to explore Islam after practicing Christianity in a very deep way. […]
US study endorses Islam as fastest growing religion in world
Washington, NU Online: A recent study by a US forum has endorsed that Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world and extremely popular in youth who are enthusiastic […]
After a Long Search … I Found God
On Islam: Khadija Noor. “I believe that there is only one God, and that only He is worthy of worship. I believe it is He who created us.” “I believe that there will be a Day of Judgment, where we will stand before Him, and answer to Him for our […]
The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East, By Timur Kuran
Source: The Independent Reviewed by Ziauddin Sardar Around 300 years ago, the bazaars of the Middle East were overflowing with luxury goods. The commercial centres of the region attracted all variety of fortune seekers, speaking numerous languages. There was nothing to indicate that the region would not continue to be […]
Film challenges extremism by and against British Muslims
theguardian: Haroon Siddique. The call to prayer sounds and a serious-looking man with a bushy beard stares intently at the camera. At first appearance it is a familiar image of an angry Muslim but as the man breaks into laughter and begins to talk about his pride in being British, […]