Islamic Countries Ranking based on Islamic Ethics
Islamic ethics is about building compassionate and just societies and nothing more or less October 2, 2016 Source: Ummah Link Countries Ranking Based on Islamic Ethics How Islamic are the […]
Triple Talaq: The Best Example Against ‘Sharia Law’ and Literalism
India Supreme Court to commence hearing on triple talaq from tomorrow Source: Times of India NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will commence hearing from tomorrow on a batch of pleas […]
Marriage in Islam
Ata Ullah Kaleem, The Review of Religions, November 1992 In the beginning I am presenting below the English translation of the Arabic sermon which is delivered on the occasion of the solemnization of a Muslim marriage: All praise is due to God! We laud Him, we beseech help from Him […]
True Dreams
” Oh, Allah, bless my sleep and grant me true dreams, dreams that are beneficial to me and dreams that remain in my memory. “ According to the German Orientalist Dr. Annemarie Schimmel in her book “Die Traeume des Kalifen” the above prayer was recited by Hadhrat Aisha, wife […]
1001 Inventions New Children’s Book Selected as Best Biography
by: 1001 Inventions Junior Library Guild Honours National Geographic Readers Book on Ibn al-Haytham Junior Library Guild (JLG) Honours National Geographic Readers Book on Ibn al-Haytham 1001 Inventions is delighted that it’s new children book “Ibn al-Haytham: The Man Who Discovered How we See”, published in partnership with National Geographic […]
Jihad with the Sword
February 2017 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad – The Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as) The Promised Messiahas wrote over 80 books in Arabic, Urdu, and Persian. Excerpts of his collected works have been translated into English and organised by topic. The Review of Religions is pleased to present these excerpts as […]
A PLACE BETWEEN TWO PLACES: The Quranic Barzakh
The Quranic Barzakh By George Archer Previous product Next product Picture of A Place Between Two Places For believers in a resurrection of the body, there arises the question of what happens after death but before the Last Day: the intermediate state. For most Muslims, the intermediate state is the […]
Adhan – The Call to Prayer
February 2017 Maulana Ataul Mujeeb Rashed – UK “حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلاح” “حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلاة” “O ye people, hasten to join the [congregational] prayer! Hasten because this is the real and […]
World’s oldest university, library, meets 21st century with massive restoration
Natasha Maguder and Tom Page, CNN Updated 0846 GMT (1646 HKT) April 3, 2017 Source: CNN It is officially the oldest university in the world Rare color images from 1899 offer glimpse into a lost North Africa So goes an old Moroccan proverb. For centuries, wise men have flocked to […]
Islamic Foreshadowing of Evolution
Paul S. Braterman …in this article, I will summarise the key elements of the modern science of evolution, and the reasons why the evidence in its favour is generally regarded among scientists as conclusive, before turning to my main theme, which is the extent to which Muslim scholars anticipated key […]
Ibn al-Nafis, the Pulmonary Circulation, and The Islamic Golden Age
John B. West Ibn al-Nafis (1213-1288) was an Arab physician who made several important contributions to the early knowledge of the pulmonary circulation. He was the first person to challenge the long-held contention of the Galen School that blood could pass through the cardiac interventricular septum, and in keeping with […]
SHARIAH RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RELIGION AND POLITICS IN ISLAM
A speech delivered by Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad Khalifatul Masih IV at the Inter‑religious Consults, Suriname, on 3rd June 1991 Published by: Islam International Publications Ltd. Islamabad, Sheephatch Lane, Tilford, Surrey GU10 2AQ, […]
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Rumi
There’s more to this Sufi mystic than meets the eye. 01/27/2017 Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor More than seven centuries after his death, Rumi’s poetry still has the capacity to fascinate his readers. The 13th century Sufi theologian and poet Jalal al-Din Mohammad Rumi is one America’s best-selling poets. His […]
Polygamy and the Social Media
No, I am not introducing a new ‘App’ or ‘Matching Service’ for potential ‘recruitment’ into polygamous unions via social media. What I am referring to is the problem of polygamous husbands using the social media or just spending some time on the Desktop Computer. All of us, whether married or […]
Arabic translators did far more than just preserve Greek philosophy | Aeon
BY ARIF ALI POSTED ON JANUARY 16, 2017 In European antiquity, philosophers largely wrote inGreek. Even after the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean and the demise of paganism,philosophy was strongly associated with Hellenic culture. The leading thinkers of the Roman world, such as Cicero and Seneca, were steeped in Greek […]
Islamic Finance
By Y-Sing Liau | Updated Jan 6, 2017 The Koran forbids charging interest or paying it. Yet even strictly observant Muslims can participate in modern-day commerce. They use alternative arrangements designed to comply with sharia, or Islamic law. These financial instruments, in which the buyer and the seller typically share […]
It’s harder than ever to teach Islamic art — but never more important
How do we talk about architecture and poetry in a time of misinformation and war? By Kishwar Rizvi January 6 Kishwar Rizvi teaches the history of Islamic art and architecture at Yale University. She is a Public Voices Fellow with the Oped Project. At prayer in the mosque, Damascus, Syria. […]
Islam does not ask Muslims to judge women by their dress
MOIN QAZI @moinqazi123 Rage over the gown of cricketer Mohammed Shami’s wife in a picture posted on Facebook is symptomatic of a deeper malaise. Women’s dress is a favourite subject of religious bigots of all hues with their own notions of morality. Everyone wants to talk about the “moral values” […]
Al-Farabi’s prayer
Promoted posts: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy and After Monotheism, the Two Most Seminal Verses of the Quran As Al-Farabi combines the major strands of the Islamic intellectual tradition, his prayer is of particular importance not only for the students of Islamic philosophy but also for […]
Ibn Khaldun has a Message for us
Source: The Daily Sabah By İBRAHIM KALIN @ikalin1 Ibn Khaldun, one of the greatest minds in the Islamic intellectual tradition, who wrote more about history, culture, society, civilization and political power than […]