02/12/2016 Michael A. MoodianWriter, educator, nonprofit leader, Southern California native Southern California has a thriving and eclectic fine arts scene, and the husband-wife team of painter Sandow Birk and ceramicist Elyse Pignolet are two of the region’s finest visual artists. Birk and Pignolet are notable for capturing the zeitgeist of […]
Alislam.org: THE vision of the universe that the Quran presents is poles apart from the one held by the philosophers and sages of all the past ages. At the time […]
Source: Independent The Old Testament was found to be more than twice as violent as the Quran An analysis into whether the Quran is more violent than the Bible found […]
Collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran Forty Hadiths or Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad about Compassionate Living The […]
By Zia H Shah Permission to take up arms is given to those against whom war is made, because they have been wronged and Allah, indeed, has power to help them. (22:40) Followers of all religions can make tall claims about the beauty of their religions. In view of that, […]
http://www.alislam.org/quran/tafseer/guide.htm?region=EN Title Contents Foreword Books of Reference System of Translation Chapter 1 Al-Fatihah Chapter 2 Al-Baqarah Chapter 3 Aal-e-`Imran Chapter 4 Al-Nisa’ Chapter 5 Al-Ma’idah Chapter 6 Al-An`am Chapter 7 Al-A`raf Chapter 8 Al-Anfal Chapter 9 Al-Taubah Chapter 10 Yunus Chapter 11 Hud Chapter 12 Yusuf Chapter 13 Al-Ra`d Chapter […]
Source: Arab News By SHAHUL HAMEED Is it really good to get the correct message of Islam and so become a believer? How about those who never received the message […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For the Biblical Mount Sinai, and a discussion of its possible locations, see Biblical Mount Sinai. Mount Sinai (Ṭūr Sīnāʼ) Summit of Mount Sinai Highest […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comments: A Sexual Offender from ISIS: Is the Quran to Blame? Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran Source: Huffington Post BY JONATHAN LANDAY, WARREN STROBEL […]
AN INTERVIEW WITH LALEH BAKHTIAR LALEH BAKHTIAR, USA As the first American woman to translate the Quran into English, Laleh Bakhtiar corrects often misinterpreted verses on women’s treatment by re-infusing the translation with a feminine perspective. In this interview with Muslima curator Samina Ali, Laleh discusses her experience interpreting the […]
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Istanbul: Prof. Dr Svetan Teofanov, a Classical Arabic Studies lecturer at the Sofia University, has […]
Source: Huffington Post By Andrea Oranday Student, Trinity University Let me preface this by saying I do not believe Islam can be fully captured in five main points. I believe […]
Source: i100 Independent If you’re not familiar with the Bible, there are some rather gory passages within its pages. For example: If you will not listen to me and carry […]
665. Commandment – He who alters it after he has heard it, the sin thereof shall surely lie on those who alter it [2:182] And he who alters it after he has heard it, the sin thereof shall surely lie on those who alter it. Surely, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Source: Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication of America, Winter 2013 volume By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After my training of six years to […]
By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor CNN: On a warm November night in Washington, a small group of American Muslims gathered at Georgetown University to celebrate “The Study Quran,” new English […]
Source: addictinginfo.org: AUTHOR: JAMESON PARKER To hear Fox News tell it, the Muslim faith – and therefore the 1.5 billion people who practice it – are inherently unable to integrate […]
Huff Post: by Zeena Mubarak — “And when the baby girl buried alive is asked For what sin was she killed” (81:8-9) These verses, which stop me hard every time I get to them and dance uneasily in my stomach, are part of a gorgeous eschatological passage in the 30th […]
Commandment – O ye who believe! be strict in observing justice,and bewitnesses for Allah, even though it be against yourselves or against parents and kindred [4:136] O ye who believe! be strict in observing justice, and be witnesses for Allah, even though it be against yourselves or against parents and kindred. Whether he be rich or poor, […]
Commandment – Do not take interest when you borrow money [2:279] O ye who believe! fear Allah and relinquish what remains of interest, if you are believers.