For Muslim Intellectual, women are a pillar against extremism in the Islamic world
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMNehal El Naggar, a professor at the American University in Cairo, talks to AsiaNews about improvements in the status of women. Education is essential for this process. Teaching religion at home is also crucial. In the West, integration and respect for the law are the best tools against terrorism.
Pope Francis visits Grand Mosque of Koudoukou in Bangui
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMChristians and Muslims are brothers and sisters. We must therefore consider ourselves and conduct ourselves as such. We are well aware that the recent events and acts of violence which have shaken your country were not grounded in properly religious motives.
Pope Francis visits Grand Mosque of Koudoukou in Bangui
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMChristians and Muslims are brothers and sisters. We must therefore consider ourselves and conduct ourselves as such. We are well aware that the recent events and acts of violence which have shaken your country were not grounded in properly religious motives.
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community challenges critics of Islam during concluding address at 49th Jalsa Salana UK
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Fifth Khalifa (Caliph), His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, has delivered a powerful and authoritative response to critics of Islam who blame the world’s problems on the religion.
Understanding the Perspectives of Others
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMCalling to Allah is a task that seems today to be more difficult than ever, especially on the global scale. The mission of religious preachers, within their own societies and abroad, has become extremely complex and arduous. ...
Historic manuscript is a real page turner
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMTwo stunning pages taken from an 800-year-old copy of the Qur’an will go on show for the first time this week in a new display looking at the Islamic faith.
Saudi TV Show Becomes a Hit by Mocking Islamic State Group
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA new TV satire program has become a hit in the Arab world by mocking some of the region's most serious issues, from the intractable Sunni-Shiite divide and religious extremism to the brutality of militants like the Islamic State group.
For minority Ahmadis, Ramadan means love despite persecution
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMFor minority Ahmadis, Ramadan means love despite persecutionOn the first Friday of Ramadan, some 80 Ahmadiyya Muslims crowded into the small An-Nur mosque in Bukit Duri, South Jakarta. Usually, the weekly prayer barely draws 30 members from the community but this time strength was necessary...
Spelling Out the true spirit of Ramadan
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMRamadan begins, June 18, and since nothing says “Holy month of hunger” quite like an acrostic, read on for some fun fasting facts. R is for Ramadan, the month of fasting for 1.6 billion Muslims around the world. Fasting means no food or drink between sunrise and sunset. We will be three days into ...
Islam's holy month of Ramadan begins
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAs the sun set on Wednesday, the Islamic holy month of Ramadan began. The 30-day celebration is an opportunity for Muslims around the world to practise their faith, recognize the hardships of others, and reconnect with their communities...
Now, a book to show yoga and namaaz are the same
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMTitled ‘Yoga and Islam’, the booklet is compiled by the Muslim Rashtriya Manch, a wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The book was launched by AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik. The book also draws parallels between some yoga exercises and namaaz....
Don’t worry about the best movie about the Prophet Muhammad, the Message
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA good place for the non-Muslims to start learning about the Holy Prophet Muhammad is a movie named, the Message: Mohammed: Messenger of God, (1976) Rated PG. After a non-Muslim seeker has watched this movie and ...
It is not an Islamic duty to initiate aggression against peaceful neighbors
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIs it an obligation of an Islamic state to attack the neighboring non-Muslim states and collect ‘jizya’ from them? Do we see this in the example of the rightly guided Caliphs who fought against the Roman and Persian Empires without any aggression initiating from them?
Festival of Light at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMOn Saturday 30 May, The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, located near Bendigo to the northwest of Melbourne, will hold their third annual “Festival of Light.”
Imagination and Islamic Work
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMImagination is an important component to success, especially in Islamic work. It can improve the way we conduct ourselves and help us to be more sympathetic towards others and more forgiving. This is because it allows you to put yourself in...
Iranian big-budget film causes controversy by depicting Muhammad
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA big-budget Iranian film about Muhammad’s childhood has courted controversy by including shots of the prophet’s back, among them a low-angle shot of a teenage Muhammad against the sky. Physical depictions of Muhammad are taboo in many Muslim communities ...
Grand Mufti of Egypt: ‘There’s No Place for Terror in the Teachings of Islam’
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMEvery Muslim is in utter shock about the senseless, appalling and cowardly attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, and the other senseless violence against innocents we have seen since in Copenhagen and Libya.
Prayers: A special connection with Allah
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIslam signifies the subjection of all activities in all walks of life to the Law of God Almighty, and leaving nothing to the whims and fancies of anyone else. God has commanded the believers to declare: “Truly, my prayer, my service of sacrifice, my life, and my death, are (all) for ...
The Muslims of Early America
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIn a sense, Islam is as American as the rodeo. It, too, was imported, but is now undeniably part of the culture. Whether or not protesters in Texas and elsewhere are ready for it, it is inevitable that some Muslims will let their babies grow up to be cowboys. A few cowboys may ...
Clotted in controversy: Iran’s premiere of Prophet Mohammed biopic reportedly cancelled
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe most expensive film in Iran’s history – a biopic of Prophet Mohammed – had been scheduled to have its world premiere in Tehran on Sunday. However Iranian Film Daily reported the last-moment cancellation of the premiere....
Burning of Jordanian pilot by ISIS is a crime in Islam
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMNews of the Jordanian pilot who was burned alive shocked the world.The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) justified the act as being part of the Islamic law Qisas ...
World Hijab Day 2015, Feb 1
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMFor many people, the hijab is a symbol of oppression and segregation. By opening up new pathways to understanding, Nazma hopes to counteract some of the controversies surrounding why Muslim women choose to wear the hijab.
My apology to Muslims
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAs a professional writer, I always correct any errors of fact I make in my articles. I realise that no other columnist does this but that is only because, unlike me, they never make mistakes.
In Islam, a long tradition against depicting the prophet
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMIt's not mentioned in Islam's holy book, the Quran, but the religion's ban on depicting the Prophet Muhammad — even favorably — has run firm through the centuries...
Radical London Imam Anjem Choudary Admits Islam is not a Religion of Peace, ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF SUBMISSION
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMLove him or hate him, at least London Imam Anjem Choudary speaks the truth. Last Wednesday during an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News, Hannity and Choudary discussed Islam and its views toward the world, freedom of expression, freedom of religion,...
French imams: Muslims must condemn 'barbaric' attack on newspaper
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMTwo French imams visiting the Vatican have called on Muslims to respond to the deadly attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo by rising up to express their disgust at the criminals who have “hijacked” their religion.
Egypt's president calls for 'religious revolution' in Islam
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe country's information ministry said President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked the heads of the country's leading Muslim groups "to confront the misleading ideologies harming Islam and Muslims worldwide."
Promoting Human Values
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AM“Modern education tends to focus on materialist goals with insufficient stress on developing warm-heartedness. If our education touches on ethics it is usually in relation to religious faith. Despite their philosophical differences, the main practice of all the major religious traditions is love....
Love Yourself... in Moderation
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA man spent many years searching for the perfect women. One day he found her, but he still did not get married. Someone asked him why and he said: “Yes, I found the perfect women, but she was also looking for the perfect man!” Some aspects of narcissism are not bad ...
The ‘Shahi Imams’ Of India
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMSaudi Arabia is a kingdom, and has had several Kings during the last 100 years, but it does not have a ‘Shahi Imam’, nor had one before. Even the men who lead the prayers at the Ka’ba in Mecca are simply known as Imams....