By Yasmine Hafiz When it comes to searingly passionate poetry, 13th-century Persian poet Jalaluddin Rumi has no equal. The Sufi mystic’s declarations of love speak across the centuries to strike […]
Epigraph: Those who believe and do good deeds — the Gracious God will create love in their hearts. So We have made it (the Qur’an) easy in thy tongue that thou mayest give thereby good tidings to the righteous, and warn thereby a people given to contention. (Al Quran 19:97-98) […]
by Khalid Baig, ARABNEWS.com Youth is a period of high energy and great enthusiasm, coupled with an air of invincibility and perpetuity. Like the driver of a fast car, […]
39. Be grateful [34:14] …….. ‘Work ye, O House of David gratefully;’ but few of My servants are grateful. [16:79] And Allah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers while you knew nothing, and gave you ears and eyes and hearts, that you might be grateful. [34:16] There was indeed a […]
An increasing number of young Australian men and women are now crossing over and converting to Islam. Now, A Current Affair 8 minute video, takes you inside the family homes where everything […]
Chicago’s bitter cold temps led to an impromptu social experiment when Leena Suleiman bundled up in a knit scarf and cap. Posted by Dennis Robaugh (Editor) , February 13, 2014 A […]
February 12, 2014 BY SHAHINA BASHIR As unrest and violence cover much of the world today, it is a welcome gesture shown by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of bringing together faith leaders to address the issue of how to garner peace in the world. On February 11, 2014, the Conference […]
40. Glorify thy Lord, with His praise, and seek forgiveness of Him [110:4] Glorify thy Lord, with His praise, and seek forgiveness of Him. Surely He is Oft-Returning with compassion. [29:64] And if thou ask them, ‘Who sends down water from the sky and therewith gives life to the earth after its death?’, they will surely say, […]
Source: BBC Two people have been killed after their home collapsed from the weight of volcanic ash as Alice Budisatrijo reports. Continue reading the main story and watch a video […]
Epigraph: And if you are in doubt as to what We (Allah) have sent down to Our servant (Muhammad), then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers […]
TACLOBAN: Football superstar David Beckhamvisited the Philippines on Thursday to give comfort to survivors of the Asian country’s deadliest ever typhoon — although not everyone was sure of his identity. Hundreds of survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan rushed out of their tent shelters to welcome the global celebrity, who is nevertheless unfamiliar to […]
JERUSALEM: Israeli newspapers bristled Thursday after the European Parliament president criticized the Gaza Strip blockade and suggested that Israelis received four times more water than Palestinians. The spat erupted […]
By: Mehedi Islam Source: http://archiveislam.com/ 160 years ago, during the Great Famine in Ireland, the Ottoman Empire sent £1,000 sterling (about $1,052,000 today) and 3 shiploads of food to Drogheda, […]
Editor’s note: Paul Bloom, the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen professor of psychology at Yale University is the author of the new book, “Just Babies” and his work will be featured on […]
The history of Madinah has been illuminated in words and images at a major art exhibition that opened on Tuesday in the city. Entitled “Letters and Illumination,” the exhibition includes […]
Part 15 of a Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat — A Grave Threat to Islam In 1984 the Islamic government of Pakistan set aside all Islamic injunctions […]
Arab News — Diane Breslin is an ex-Catholic Christian living in US. She lost faith after reading the Bible, but her continued belief in God led her to explore other religions including Buddhism, Hinduism. In this first of the three-part series, Breslin recounts her Irish Catholic background and says that […]
The Herald: by William Schaefer MEXICO CITY — For almost five centuries Catholicism has been the dominant religion in Mexico. In 1970, Catholics comprised 96.7 percent of Mexico’s population. By […]
Business Insider: by Walter Hickey — Everyone knows that Americans don’t exactly agree on pronunciations. Regional accents are a major part of what makes American English so interesting as a dialect. Joshua Katz, a Ph. D student in statistics at North Carolina State University, just published a group of awesome visualizations of […]
11 February 2014 Last updated at 23:12 GMT As flood relief efforts continue across the Thames Valley, the news helicopter crew took a trip along the river to see which […]