I Have a Dream: President Obama will One day Comfort the Parents of Drone Victims
Epigraph: “O ye people! be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many […]
I Have a Dream: President Obama will One day Comfort the Parents of Drone Victims
Epigraph: O ye people! be mindful of your duty to your Lord, Who created you from a single soul and created therefrom its mate, and from them twain spread many […]
Malaysian PM Najib say Maal Hijrah theme was Wasatiyyah as the Pillar of Muslim Unity
KUALA LUMPUR: Maal Hijrah, as the PM says is the concept to achieve balanced development. The ideology of unity and oneness among Muslims can be strengthened with the implementation of the “Wasatiyyah” or “middle path” concept. In his Maal Hijrah greeting Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said Wasatiyyah, or […]
The Mystery of Macedonia’s Islamic Manuscripts
October 28, 2012 Balkanalysis.com Editor’s note: while an October exhibition of Macedonian medieval manuscripts in Brussels incited protests from the government in Sofia over historical issues, there is another collection of texts in the country about which relatively little is known- that is, Macedonia’s Islamic manuscript collection, a legacy from […]
Tracing Islamic heritage in Tbilisi
Mohamed El-Hebeishy ARABNEWS Wednesday 17 October 2012 Perched on both sides of the Kura River is Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. Today, the country is predominantly Christian. Once upon a time, as the center of the Emirate of Tbilisi, Muslims ruled here. Though Georgia first came under Muslim rule in 645, […]
At the historic Miqat Mosque in Madinah
ARAB NEWS Wednesday 17 October 2012 MADINAH: The Miqat Mosque, also called Aaba Ali, is one of the most noticeable spots in Madinah. It is the station for pilgrims from […]
The longest Haj – The Journeys of Ibn Battuta
Written by Douglas Bullis http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200004/the.longest.hajj.the.journeys.of.ibn.battuta-editor.s.note.htm Despite his travels and his book, Ibn Battuta was not a travel writer in the modern sense. Four things can help us today understand what we read about his experiences between 1325 and 1354. First, though the book is commonly referred to as “the Rihla,” […]
Louvre opens new wing to restore ‘full glory to Islam’
AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABBEWS Wednesday 19 September 2012 PARIS: Paris’s famed Louvre museum opened a new wing of Islamic art in a bid to improve knowledge of a religion often viewed with suspicion […]
American history incomplete without Muslim contribution
MENAFN – Arab News – 06/09/2012 (MENAFN – Arab News) THIS September, the First Cleveland Masjid in Ohio will celebrate its 75th anniversary and honor Hajj Wali Akram, its founder and visionary leader. Akram, an African American who was born in Texas, moved to Cleveland and set up this vibrant […]
An Ever-Busier Bazaar for Islamic Art .
By JUDITH H. DOBRZYNSKI For Nasser D. Khalili, an Iranian-born businessman and philanthropist, the Islamic art market is suddenly feeling crowded. Over the past 40 years, he has amassed a […]
Joys and sorrows of parenthood
Author: Edited by Adil Salahi ARABNEWS The first marriage of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) gave him six children. The first was a boy, named Al-Qasim. While most human societies, past and present, give preference to male offspring, the pre-Islamic Arabian society surpassed all others in this regard. It […]
The Kerala king who embraced Islam
By ALI AKBAR ARABNEWS Published: Feb 9, 2012 For Arabs, Malabar was the most familiar place in the whole Indian subcontinent. The relationship between Arabs and Malabar has a history that dates back centuries. Arab merchants were trading spices such as ginger, pepper and cardamom as well as things like […]