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The speech delivered a few days ago by the U.S. President, seen as a fresh new attempt to reach out to the Muslim world in the wake of the killing of Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden and the recent wave of uprisings sweeping the Arab world, brought back to memory his historic and largely…
Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a prominent Washington-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy group urged the FBI to probe a disturbing hate attack targeting New York Muslims, the third of its kind in recent months. CAIR issued a press release calling on the FBI to launch an immediate investigation into a NY anti-Muslim incident involving…
Recent weeks witnessed strong split among South Africa’s Muslim community over a new bill seeking to regulate Islamic marriages, providing legislation for Muslims according to both constitutional gender equality and the dynamism of Islamic Jurisprudence, or Fiqh. A number of unknown groups started to circulate pamphlets at mosques as well as text messages and…
VOA news has reported that, adding that the decision has split the country’s religious leaders. Islamic banking is an interest-free banking system that abides by the Shariah law which also prohibits investing in businesses that provide goods or services that violate Islamic principles. Islamic Banking involves profit sharing which is termed “Mudarabah”, as well as…
I haven’t got a doubt that Muslim women in our modern age bear part of the blame for the widespread misconception pertaining to: their status, perceived rights in Islam, and that they are mostly unrepresented; with scarce contribution to the development of their societies.
Islamic history is full of bright figures of Muslim women who set good example of strong, righteous, smart and resilient character of Muslimahs who, besides being obedient observant of the noble teachings of Islam, were also liberal and vigilant. Whenever an argument alludes to the subject of Muslim women, claims about their misrepresentation, weakness and…
By employing all that’s in their capacities of social, academic and professional skills, besides comprehensive understanding of Islam, Muslim women can be powerful institutions educating people about Islam, thereby serving the message of Allah and Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), the Muslim Ummah, and humanity at large. I thought twice…
In the previous episode of Contemporary Muslimahs series, I tackled the contemporary and greatly challenging role Muslim women play nowadays, as human institutions known for 3D influence impacting world communities and as far as each woman’s sway can reach, her children, definitely her husband, where she works if she chose to, among other areas…
Let’s talk about the notion of Freedom, what it connotes and how it poses a real challenge for Muslimahs nowadays, same way it can be an opportune opportunity if well analyzed and pursued. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Assalamu alikum, The reason I’m addressing you Brothers and Sisters at the beginning of this article even…
The story of Prophet Youssuf (peace be upon him) is a multilayered drama, a riddle that was deciphered just before the finale, to teach humanity, for generations to come, the true essence of life, the wisdom of All Knowing Allah, and the pride of treading towards the path leading to the Pleasure of Almighty God….
He is Knud Valdemar Gylding Holmboe, a famous Danish journalist, travel writer and author of the acclaimed Desert Encounter, known for its controversial and outspoken condemnation of the ruthless acts of the colonial regimes of North Africa, particularly the Italian authority, at the hands of which, the Muslim population of Libya faced some of the…
The magnificence of the story of Prophet Youssuf (pbuh) lies in the fact that it manifests bounteous attributes of God intrinsically grouping them in one parable which, while revolves around the course of life of one person, combines several places, people, life situations, and most importantly brings into focus a copious assortment of morals ……