Turkish Hamam Etiquette: What to know before you go
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL EXPAT CORNER NOV 16, 2020 Everyone should experience an authentic Turkish bath at least once in their lifetime. (Shutterstock Photo) Hamam, the Ottoman variation of the […]
Saudi ambassador to US: Kingdom wants political solution in Yemen
Saudi Arabia’s sole goal in Yemen is to reach a political solution that would restore a “peaceful and prosperous state,” the Kingdom’s ambassador to the US said on Wednesday. (File/AFP) […]
Swiss churches continue to lose members
Source: Swiss Info The Catholic church saw a 25% increase in the exodus of members last year compared to 2018, while the number of registered Protestants dropped by 18% more […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Canada Inaugurates First School in Calgary
By the Grace of Allah Jama’at Ahmadiyya Canada inaugurated its first school in Calgary. “Ahmadiyya Muslim School Calgary was inaugurated on Monday, November 16, 2020 at the Baitun Noor Mosque […]
Yazidis appoint new spiritual leader in Iraq – in pictures
Source: BBC The Yazidi community in Iraq has picked a new spiritual leader two months after the death of their top cleric. At a ceremony in the temple of Lalish […]
Ask Islam : Questions on married life
Ask Islam Home > Society > Marriage and Divorce Question → In Islam, does the wife have any right over the money of the husband? Question → Is there any corresponding course Islam prescribes for ladies to chastise a disobedient husband? Question → Why can’t Muslim women marry more than […]
Al Azhar Grand Sheikh: Islam bans marriage of Muslim women to non-Muslims
By Al-Masry Al-Youm Statements made by Al-Azhar’s Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb in 2016 refute the controversial statements made this week by Azhar University Professor of Islamic Thought and Philosophy Amena […]
Covid 19: Religious Versus Scientific Perspectives, Now that We Have Two Vaccines?
Epigraph: Allah has created the heavens and the earth with a purpose and based on precise truth. In that surely is a sign for the believers. (Al Quran 29:44/45) Written […]
How to guard against seasonal affective disorder in the pandemic’s winter months
By Ryan Prior, CNN (CNN) With winter on the horizon, it’s getting darker earlier each day, and temperatures are slipping.Seasonal affective disorder could hit particularly hard this year, especially after months […]
Moderna Vaccine Production Is Gearing Up, Partner Lonza Says
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) Source: Bloomberg By Naomi Kresge Company has made first batch […]
Australian ‘war crimes’: Elite troops killed Afghan civilians, report finds
Australian ‘war crimes’: Elite troops killed Afghan civilians, report finds Published1 hour ago Related Topics War in Afghanistan (2001-present) media captionDr Rodger Shanahan speaks about the culture in the ranks (Footage courtesy of ABC’s Four Corners) There is “credible evidence” that Australian elite soldiers unlawfully killed 39 people during the […]
Malaysia’s Unwelcoming Shore for Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution
Malaysia has long guaranteed the safety of thousands of refugees, despite remaining outside international conventions, but that’s changing at a worrying pace. By Gayle Manchin and James W. Carr July […]
Government restrictions on religion around the world reached new record in 2018
BY SAMIRAH MAJUMDAR Border guard police in Burma (Myanmar) patrol the fence in the “no-man’s land” at the country’s border with Bangladesh in August 2018. More than 14,500 Rohingya Muslims […]
The danger of Dawat-e-Islami
by J.M. Phelps American Spectator November 18, 2020 Barelvi Islam is one of the leading Islamic sects of South Asia. Despite its leading role in anti-French threats and protests in recent weeks, the Barelvis and their Sufi practices are often otherwise praised as the moderate counterpoint to more extreme manifestations […]
The Turkish Muslim Couple Behind the Pfizer Vaccine
Uğur Şahin (Turkish: [u.ˈuɾ ʃɑ.ˈhin]; born 1965 in Iskenderun, Turkey) is a Germanimmunologist and physician of Turkish descent[1][2]. He is a professor of oncology at the University of Mainz and the chief executive and co-founder with his wife, Özlem Türeci, of biotech company BioNTech.[3][4][5][6] He and his spouse […]
‘Untrue’: Muslim Pro app denies selling user data to US military
Popular Muslim prayer app says it is committed to protecting users’ privacy after Motherboard investigation causes uproar. The Motherboard investigation has raised privacy concerns among Muslims across the world [Getty […]
Pfizer and BioNTech say final analysis shows coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective with no safety concerns
Epigraph: Every human life is precious and sacred and saving one is like saving the whole of humanity. (Al Quran 5:32/33) By Maggie Fox and Amanda Sealy, CNN (CNN) A final analysis […]
The Blessed Model of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and the Caricatures
BOOK REVIEW: by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V(aba) Shock waves of indignation ran across the Muslim world following the recent publication of offensive and crude caricatures of the […]
Demystifying “Shariah”
By Nasim Rehmatullah and Amjad Mahmood Khan, originally published in 2010 Shariah is a misunderstood and misused concept. Critics of Islam frequently employ terms like “creeping shariah” to stoke fear amongst the masses. The Park 51 controversy and the increasing media focus on Islam provide an opportunity to educate Americans […]
Rights of the Accused under Shari’ah Law
Carli Pierson Apr 10· 2020 Author’s Note: This brief synopsis of Islamic law emphasizes the classical and medieval interpretative approaches, interspersed with contemporary points of view. This article is in no way attempts to deal with Islamic law in-depth; rather it is the goal of International Bridges to Justice to […]