ARABMNEWS Friday 12 April 2013 Allah Almighty mentions in the Qur’an the ruling for seeking a livelihood, saying at the end of Surah Al-Jumuah (Friday Chapter) what means: “After you finish the prayer, go, seek and search out from the blessings of Allah Almighty” Here this means work; a livelihood. […]
AMSA: The Principles of Islamic Governance – at the University of Westminster Submitted by admin on Mon, 03/25/2013 – 16:25 Does Islam support the separation of religion and the government? Does Islam advocate dictatorship? […]
Source: Rice, by Jeff Falk. A rare intrafaith dialogue on Islam had the Asia Society Texas Center’s Brown Foundation Performing Arts Theater packed to the last seat Feb. 21. The event featured four imams representing the Ahmadiyya, African-American, Shia and Sunni traditions of Islam and was co-hosted by Rice University’s […]
onislam: Faysal Burhan. The Prophet’s instructions to Mu’adh ibn Jabal as he was leaving to Yemen for da’wah was: “Be positive and full of courage; be not negative and full […]
(MENAFN – Arab News) Justice Minister Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Isa met Tuesday with a delegation from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) to discuss the Saudi judiciary system among other topics.The delegation talked about the sorcery-related issues in detail, seeking answers on the concept of witchcraft and […]
Al-monitor: Caryle Murphy. “No one can claim monopoly of truth or righteousness in the name of Islamic law (Shariah),” declared the statement, many of whose 2,600 signatories were in their 20s. “We are young citizens who seek to create a … community that follows the example of the prophet, peace […]
A small intro of Abu Sufyan: Sakhr ibn Harb (Arabic: صخر بن حرب), more commonly known as Abu Sufyan (1 September 560 – 1 August 652), was the leader of […]
Source: Press Department Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK. The World Head and Fifth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (Jamaat), Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has called on all Ahmadi Muslims to pray for the plight of the Muslim world. His Holiness said the majority of the Muslim world was riven with conflict and […]
By Yasmeen Ali They are married. When She says NO. And He forces. It is Marital Rape. Every woman has a right to take a decision about her body, to decide if she wants to exercise birth control, get pregnant and when NOT to have sex. Physical coercion alone is […]
The 26th International Islamic Unity Conference has started in Iran’s capital, Tehran, with the presence of the country’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Shia and Sunni thinkers from 102 countries will be […]
By TCN Staff Reporter Islam is the only solution to the challenges of mankind Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India: Three day Spring of Islam conference by Jamate-e-Islami Hind at Hyderabad was […]
Science News How Some Medieval Cultures Adapted to Rise of Islam Jan. 2, 2013 — Medieval Afghanistan, Iran and the one-time Soviet Central Asian states were frontiers in flux as the Islamic Caliphate spread beyond the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh through 10th centuries. As such, different groups, such as the new Arab […]
Reverts on the Path of Knowledge to Islam By Sumayyah Meehan Thursday, 27 December 2012 00:00 Your reason for seeking knowledge is to please God and draw nearer to Him {And say: “My Lord! Increase me in knowledge} (Ta-Ha 20: 114) What’s the first thing you do after acquiring a new tech […]
It seems that the hotbed of news items and endless supply of blood splattered images of innocent minority victims are coming from mostly Pakistan these days. Often times, a question is raised as to what is the sentiment of the people of Pakistan regarding this image, extremism, and human […]
Daily Times: Fawad Aslam. I stood by the statue of Ibn Rushd in Cordoba erected to honour this great Islamic polymath. Then I remembered the grave of our very own Dr Abdus Salam The year is 1492, the year of the discovery of America, the year when Granada, the last […]
How Did Sufis Spread Islam in India? By Andy Wright Sufi Shrine of Hazrat Khawaja Nizamuddin Aulia in Delhi, India. (Flickr) “There are two domains of knowledge: those deeply embedded in the humanities, and those that straddle the social sciences,” said University of Arizona History professor Richard Eaton. “I’m […]
Op-Ed: Islam Mandates Abiding by the Peace Agreements The writer, a Muslim, claims that Islam is not at war with the Jews. She does not assign blame to one side […]
Political Islam in the Middle East Interviewee: Reza Aslan, Adjunct Senior Fellow Interviewer: Toni Johnson, Deputy Editor The Arab Spring has spurred the election of three Islamist-led governments in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya. CFR’s Reza Aslan, an expert in religion and foreign policy, says Islamist parties initiallybenefited from being the most organized […]
counterjihadreport.com: by: Ryan Mauro The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre has released this year’s list of the 500 “world’s most influential Muslims” and of the top 10, seven are Islamists. The unfortunate reality […]
Credit: dnaindia.com: Al Qaeda’s leader has rejected the notion of nation states and any United Nations role in arbitrating solutions to conflict in a document outlining how Muslims should run their affairs. The statement by Ayman al-Zawahri, entitled “Supporting Islam” and posted by the jihadi militants’ publishing arm on an Islamist […]