One of the smartest people in Washington, when it comes to Afghanistan, is Gilles Dorronsoro, a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment, an establishment thinktank. For a while now, Dorronsoro has been writing about the increasingly hopeless war, and he’s proposed a plan for negotiating with the Taliban and other insurgents as a way out […]
One of the best ways to win people’s hearts to righteousness is to highlight the path of repentance: the path of asking Allah’s forgiveness, making atonement, and compensating for sins by performing good deeds for the benefit of other people.
All praises go to Allah almighty, may Allah bless his best messenger among the entire messengers as well as the blessings may be upon his companions and his family and every person who followed them. After! Allah almighty says “النبي أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم وأزواجه: أمهاتهم” ); The Prophet is closer to the believers than […]
Question : What is the ruling on fasting six days of Shawwaal? Is it waajib (obligatory)?
The first day of the Islamic lunar month Shawwaal is the Eid ul-Fitr day marking a day of celebaration and thanks for Allah, our Creator and Cherishor. Ramadan ends here. Most Muslim celebarate Eid for at least 3 days.
A myriad of affiliations abound in the life of a Muslim. Some people identify with their country, some with their favorite sports club. Others identify with their ethnicity or tribal loyalties, still others with their career or preferred musical genre.
In the second year of the Hijrah, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وآله وسلمset out on the 8th of Ramadan with three hundred and five of his Sahabah mounted on seventy camels. ‘Amr ibn Umm Maktum was assigned to lead the prayer while Abu Lubabah was left in charge of Madinah.
While the Obama administration continues to affirm its intention to withdraw US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, the US’ military presence in the Muslim world is actually expanding and this is exacerbating tensions and inflaming animosities.
With the latest in-your-face act of the Facebook, the issue is once again attracting headlines. Should Muslims react? How should they react? Where do they stand on the philosophical issue underlying all this?
Afierce controversy is raging in the United States over plans to build an Islamic community and outreach centre, including a mosque, in Lower Manhattan, several blocks from “Ground Zero” – the site where the World Trade Centre stood when it was attacked on September 11, 2001.The controversy started when the Cordoba Initiative, led by Imam […]