Fasting. One of the pillars of Islam
Fasting is another form of worship found universally in the world religions. Although there are vast differences regarding the mode of fasting and the conditions applied to it, the central […]
‘Extraordinary’: Islamic and Jewish science merge in 11th-century astrolabe
Spain Instrument was adapted, translated and corrected by Muslim and Jewish users in Spain, north Africa and Italy Sam Jones in Madrid @swajonesTue 5 Mar 2024 05.01 GMTShare Almost exactly a year ago, Federica Gigante was preparing a lecture and searching the internet for a portrait of the 17th-century Italian nobleman […]
Debates about deportation and image follow Zurich anti-Semitic attack
The stabbing of an Orthodox Jewish man comes amid growing concerns about anti-Semitism in Switzerland. Some politicians now want a harsh response. Here’s what’s known about the case so far. […]
Is Germany’s army under Chancellor Scholz’s or US control?
BY MELIH ALTINOK MAR 07, 2024 – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gets off a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun Flakpanzer Gepard with head of training at arms manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Juergen Schoch and CEO of Nexter Defense Systems Frank Haun, during a visit of the training program for Ukrainian soldiers on the […]
Anti-Muslim hatred surges in Japan after Israel’s attacks on Gaza
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL MAR 06, 2024 Passersby walk on a street in Tokyo, Japan Feb. 15, 2024. (Reuters File Photo) There has been a surge in anti-Muslim rhetoric in Japan following Israel’s attacks on Gaza, a Japanese academic said Kayyim Naoki Yamamoto, a member of Marmara University Institute of Turkic […]
Muslim World League and Red Cross chiefs meet to discuss humanitarian crisis
Previous 1 / 3 Dr. Al-Issa commended the crew of the Ocean Viking for their noble, life-saving humanitarian work, including the provision of food, medicine and healthcare to migrants stranded at […]
Five months of pain will not stop Palestinians demanding their rights
DAOUD KUTTAB March 06, 2024 In the fall of 2023, Israel appeared to be on the cusp of widening its effort to bypass Palestinian rights by means of expanding its normalization process with Arab countries. It had an overwhelming political, financial and military advantage over the entire region. The balance […]
Primordial Covenant as the Basis of Religion: The Qur’ānic Mῑthāq of Alastu According to Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas
By Mohd Farid bin Mohd Shahran[farid@ikim.gov.my Abstract In the philosophy of religion, apart from a cogent conception of God, a strong spiritual relation that binds human beings with God is another important element that supplies the raison d’etre to a particular religious tradition. This article evaluates one of the manifestations […]
Ramadan …
Written and fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Mar 5, 2024 • Article History See all media Category: History & SocietyArabic: RamaḍānRelated Topics: Laylat al-QadrEid al-Fitrṣawmsuḥūrifṭār Ramadan, in Islam, the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and the […]
Aaron Bushnell and Islam’s stance on suicide and self-immolation
4th March 2024 Jazib Mehmood, Jamia Ahmadiyya International Ghana On the afternoon of 25 February 2024, outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., 25-year-old Air Force service member Aaron Bushnell placed his phone on the ground to set up a livestream. Addressing his online viewers, he said: “I’m about to engage […]
The Guardian view on starvation in Gaza: Palestinians need solutions, not symbols
OpinionIsrael-Gaza war Editorial The Biden administration is gradually turning up the volume, but Israel’s prime minister is ignoring it. Airdrops are just a gestureTue 5 Mar 2024 18.30 GMTShare The […]
Nato is growing reckless over Ukraine – and Russia’s German military leak proves it
OpinionUkraine Simon Jenkins An intercepted meeting on sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine suggests the west is on the brink of a risky and futile escalationTue 5 Mar 2024 The German […]
£1bn to heal C of E’s historic slavery links is not enough, Black faith leaders say
Slavery Amount proposed is described as ‘just a start’ to rectify the ‘evil’ of enslavement Neha Gohil Community affairs correspondent Tue 5 Mar 2024 19.51 GMTShare The £1bn fund proposed to address the Church of England’s historic links to slavery would “just be a start up” to rectify the “evil” of enslavement, Black […]
Ahmadi leader shot dead by unknown assailants in Bahawalpur: police
Imran Gabol Published March 4, 2024 The president of the Ahmadiyya community in Bahawalpur’s Hasilpur district was shot dead by unknown assailants on Monday morning, police said. Tahir Iqbal, 54, was out for his morning walk in the Chak-84 village when two motorcyclists opened fire at him, resulting in his death on […]
Gazans need international protection, not just a ceasefire
OSAMA AL-SHARIF March 05, 2024 Almost five months into Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the tide has turned. Israel has lost the public relations campaign completely, its “self-defense” operation to […]
Saudi FM warns Israel against offensive in Rafah during OIC meeting
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Tuesday said any potential Israeli military actions in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip would have dangerous repercussions, a foreign ministry statement […]
Why the US continues to fail in the Arab world
Mar 04,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby One week before the October 7th Hamas surprise attack in Israel, President Biden’s national security adviser was quoted saying: “The war in Yemen is in its 19th month of truce, for now the Iranian attacks against US forces have stopped, our […]
On solidarity and Kushner’s shame: How Gaza defeated US stratagem, again
Mar 06,2024 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Jared Kushner, a former US official whose relationship to power is that he married the wealthy daughter of a man who was […]
The Case for Allah’s Existence in the Quran and Sunnah
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful Knowledge of God’s existence is often taken for granted by believers. The authentic religious experience—affirmed again and again in a Muslim’s daily life—makes faith in God feel so natural as to be assumed. But belief in God and the quest for […]
The Primordial Covenant of Humanity: Did it Literally Happen?
Epigraph Oh Prophet, when your Lord took out the offspring from the loins of the Children of Adam and made them bear witness about themselves, He said, ‘Am I not […]