Breaking Stereotypes
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The notion discussed in Rhonda Byrne’s best-seller The Secret, one of the books that sparked heated debate worldwide since its release over three or four years ago, is quite an old concept that was revived in modern times, capturing the interest and the amazement of simply everybody, proponents and critics alike. Read more
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Semitic is a word derived from “Shem”, son of Prophet Noh, the progenitor of the Semitic people among whom sprouted the three monotheistic legislations, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Thus, limiting the meaning of “Anti-Semitism” to anything politically damaging to Israel is plain hypocrisy. When people express their disapproval of Israel’s policy and atrocities it commits… Read more
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The kind of demanding life we live nowadays may be challenging our time and energy capacities, but our true predicament is more related to our lack of wise management of time and clear vision in life. Dear brothers and sisters, Assalamu alikum, Man is God’s vicegerent on earth; “And [mention, O Muhammad], when your Lord… Read more
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Islam gave a careful attention to cultivating the kind of balanced personality that’s able to have a healthy relationship with its surrounding nature, creatures, fellow humans (taking various forms and natures) and over and above with Allah. Only an emotionally balanced personality is capable of enacting its full potential- that’s why it’s crucial to… Read more
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In Islam, the sanctity of love between man and woman is strictly respected, bound to high moral values granted by the pure and regulated bond of marriage, and the more faithful partners are, the more promising and rewarding the marriage proves to be. Any matter that falls out of the boundaries of regulation is… Read more
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There are two types of Sufism: authentic and pseudo, or theosophical, Sufism. Authentic Sufism is a product of Islam alone, and hence must be studied primarily against the backdrop of the Islamic message as a criterion and standard. It is because of this, essentially, that we have earlier rejected the notion of equating Sufism… Read more