After testimony of faith, prayers (or, salat in Arabic) is the next important pillar of Islam. It was made obligatory for all the prophets and the peoples over the ages. Allah has declared its status in many places in the Qur’an: “And I have chosen you (Moses), so hearken to […]
EVERY language has one or more terms that are used in reference to God and sometimes to lesser deities. This is not the case with the term ‘Allah,’ which is the specific name of the one true God. Nothing else can be called Allah. The term has no plural or […]
By: Corinne Purtill Globalpost, Published on Fri Nov 08 2013 British Muslims temporarily detained in airports are reporting follow-up phone calls and visits by MI5 agents trying to recruit them […]
Salem-News.com As the second pillar of Islam, Muslims are required to pray 5 times a day at certain times. (HEBRON, KY) – On 9 October, 24 Muslims employees of DHL […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s effort and its leader were recognized by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s office of Service and Volunteerism on November 4th, 2013. Imam Nasim Mahdi was one of 29 […]
Reuters: Icelanders are among the happiest and healthiest people on Earth. They publish more books per capita than any other country, and they have more artists. They boast the most […]
By RAPHAEL MINDER SEVILLE, Spain — Four years ago, when the curator Sabiha Al Khemir started preparing an exhibition on the role of light in Islamic art, her plan was […]
हिंदी में पवित्र कुरान सर्वशक्तिमान ईश्वर से मानव जाति के लिए संदेश Source: www.Alislam.org | alislam.org/hindi Email: noorulislam@qadian.in Website: http://www.ahmadiyyamuslimjamaat.in Call: 1800-3010-2131 (TOLL FREE) (IST 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM) The Holy Quran […]
Source: jvhri.org The Jewish Voice sat down for a conversation with Saliha (Carol) Malik, a British convert from Christianity to Islam. Malik will appear at Temple Emanu-El’s Fishbein Chapel on Sunday, […]
(Reuters) – U.S. job growth unexpectedly accelerated in October as employers shrugged off a government shutdown, suggesting the budget standoff had a more limited impact on the economy than initially feared. Employers added 204,000 new jobs to their payrolls last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. The unemployment rate, […]
Source: press@amjinternational.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad appeals for world peace The World Head and Fifth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad delivered an historic address at New Zealand’s National […]
By Zubair Khan On 07.11.2013, an Organisation Christian, Islam Dialogue (CID) Bergstraße Germany Organized its 20th anniversary Programme in Heppenheim, a city included in the orbit of Jamaat Bensheim. Lady Priest Ms Susanna Faust Kallenberg honoured the meeting to deliver the key note speech. Her main theme was ” We […]
Epigraph: Do they seek a religion other than Allah’s, while to Him submits whosoever is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him shall they be returned? (Al Quran 3:84) Lead article today written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times […]
ART The Wonders of the Islamic Worlds of Art and Science, Illuminated Laura Leon/Associated Press The illustrated ‘‘Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita’’ (Treatise on the fixed stars) was produced in 1010. By RAPHAEL MINDER Published: November 7, 2013 SEVILLE, Spain — Four years ago, when the curator Sabiha Al Khemir started preparing […]
Washington Post: PARIS — American influence in culture, science and education around the world took a high-profile blow Friday after the U.S. automatically lost voting rights at UNESCO, after missing a crucial deadline to repay its debt to the world’s cultural agency. The U.S. hasn’t paid its dues to […]
Source: Spiegel: Thilo Rothacker/ DER SPIEGEL Turks make up Germany’s largest ethnic minority, and SPIEGEL reporter Özlem Gezer grew up in the port city of Hamburg as a part of this community. She describes herself as a “model immigrant,” but explains how Germans have made her feel she could never be one […]
COPENHAGEN – Yahya Hassan was about 10 years old when cartoonistKurt Westergaardattracted passionate criticism from Muslims world-wide with his cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad with a bomb as his turban. It ran […]
Washignton Post: DALLAS September 29, 2013 – In a lecture entitled “Human Dignity and the Constitution” at Alparslan University, Turkish Chief Justice Haşim Kılıç touched on the violence being perpetrated in […]
Source: Spiegel: The German government refuses to grant Edward Snowden political asylum, with authorities instead seeking to establish contact with him in Moscow. The strategy is unlikely to benefit either side. More: