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The Gentlemen Soldiers of Pakistan
An interesting and thought provoking article from an Indian writer, Shivani Mohan, where she discusses the human side of soldiers and mentions a beautiful incident in 1965 when Pakistani soldiers had captured Indian territory and a whole village evacuated in face of advancing Pakistani troops, leaving behind 3 elderly Indian...
Israel’s Role In Destabilizing Pakistan
When waging war “by way of deception,” the motto of the Israeli Mossad, well-timed crises play a critical agenda-setting role by displacing facts with what a target population can be deceived to believe. Thus the force-multiplier effect when staged crises are reinforced with pre-staged intelligence. In combination, the two often...
Reports of insurgents using sophisticated weapons including Russian made 14.7 anti-aircraft guns, against helicopters and fixed wing aircraft of the Pakistan air force have surfaced. Apparently it has been fitted on strategic heights in the area to target military aircraft. This anti-aircraft gun along with the 12.7 Russian model has...
The dawn of 14 August 1947 has brought the sigh of relief to all those who have dreamed and scarificed for a piece of land called Pakistan. We as third generation has read this only in our social studies book that who all were the saviors to make this miracle...
Self preservation is a powerful force in humans, this exist on both personal & national level; in fact its a constant fear of facing a defeat, even on a intellectual level. In an attempt to avoid intellectual defeat, proof and evidence is created either consciously or subconsciously for beliefs that...
Islam is the name of the life of preservation of the self within the boundary walls of the Quran. For this purpose it is necessary that the mankind must know as to what are the boundary walls of the Quran and along with it they must also get themselves up...
Religion News Blog
Scientology: The Religion of the Stars, infiltrated
In Scientology: The Religion of the Stars author Ian Halperin goes undercover to reveal never-before-told secrets of the strange, science-fiction inspired church of the stars. Halperin infiltrates the Church of Scientology posing as a gay actor attracted by the church's claim that it can cure homosexuality. Rebuffed until he...
Australian Senator challenges Scientology cult to agree to Senate inquiry
''I challenge the Church of Scientology - if they are so confident of their position, they should welcome a Senate inquiry where they can give evidence,'' Senator Xenophon said yesterday. The 'Church' meanwhile portrays a group of its critics as a 'hate group' -- an act of hypocrisy...
Dutch church retains atheist preacher
An atheist preacher has been allowed to stay in office by the Protestant Church of the Netherlands.The regional church assembly in the southwestern town of Zierikzee decided that preacher Klaas Hendrikse's views do not fundamentally differ from those of other liberal theologians in the Protestant Church....
Self-help guru James Arthur Ray arrested over sweat lodge deaths
Police arrested self-help guru James Arthur Ray on Wednesday for the manslaughter of three people who fell ill during a ceremony in a "sweat dome" at a retreat in northern Arizona last year. Two people passed out inside the sweat lodge and died that night at a hospital. A...
Muslim Mob Storms Pakistan Church; 65 Injured
Protestant Christians in Pakistan's Punjab province were searching for a place of worship Wednesday, February 3, after angry Muslims apparently attacked their partly constructed church, injuring scores of worshippers. Christians are a minority in Islamic Pakistan and rights investigators say there has been an increase in anti-Christian violence, with...
Parents found guilty in Oregon City faith-healing trial
The Beagleys could face a maximum of 10 years in prison. Because the two have no prior convictions, the normal sentencing range under state sentencing guidelines would be 16 to 18 months in prison. The Beagleys are the first Oregon parents convicted of homicide in the faith-healing death of...
Talk Islam
Karachi bombings: Ulema rally Pakistanis…
Karachi bombings: Ulema rally Pakistanis to call for restraint. Ulema from different schools of thought have condemned the two blasts on Friday, appealed to the people to exercise restraint and pointed out that terrorists are trying to distort the image of Islam and the country. The Islamic scholars said the perpetrators...
CBS News is reporting that Abdulmutallab…
CBS News is reporting that Abdulmutallab has said that Anwar al-Awlaki directed him to carry out the attempted suicide bombing against a US airliner. The suspect in a failed Christmas Day airliner bombing attempt told federal investigators that radical Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki directed him to carry out the attack, CBS...
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-excerpts: ..this is not a discussion of Dr Aafia’s guilt or innocence or the morality or justice of her detention. Instead, it is a dissection of the belief held by many Pakistanis and other Muslims that being a Jewish American automatically leads to bias against Muslims in general and Muslim Americans...
Being white, muslim, and American – a gr…
Being white, muslim, and American – a great debate a couple of years ago between bin Gregory and Umar Lee. Abu Noor makes an appearance in comment threads. I sometimes feel like there’s an ocean of amazing debate out there in the Islamsphere that we are all too willing to...
Contrasting the difference between how h…
Contrasting the difference between how homosexuality is viewed in Europe and America versus the Muslim world. Luongo — who details his adventures in Afghanistan, where he attends a “gay party” — agrees with Sharma, saying that while in Europe and America “homosexual desire and acts become the very definition of a...
Conservatives in Qatar are worried about…
Conservatives in Qatar are worried about the trend in women’s fashion that they perceive as “cross-dressing.” The local press says that more tradition-minded locals are upset by the growing number of young women affecting a masculine style of dress, baggy trousers, short hair and deep voices. These women, who call themselves...
Islamic Questions and Answers
What does Islam say about suicide? Islam's philosophy of life and the values that it wants to promote are all based on a particular point of view regarding the life of this world. Islam holds the life of this world as a temporary testing time for humans. For as...
The Private Life of The Holy Prophet sallallâhu `alayhi wa sallamA Model of Perfection from Islamic Philosophy of Human LifeBy Prof. Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri The Qur'ân and Ahâdîth in various places state that the Book and the Messenger sallallâhu `alayhi wa sallam are the best guidance for humankind. This model...
Quran and Modern science...
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The Quran - the book of signs...
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Islamic Homeschool Diary
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Bugger off and let me read this book about child-centred learning
Some questions I ask myself:1. Do I homeschool because I can't be arsed getting out of bed in the morning, every morning to do a school run?Quite possibly.2. Do we unschool because I can't be arsed getting organised?Quite possibly3. Do I read lots of books to avoid the inevitable of...
The Final Frontier :: or :: I Have no Idea What Day It Is
I knew it was only a matter of time before Space with all those facts and figures and sizes and dimensions and distances got to Boss. He had only shown mild interest in space and universe stuff before, and given that it wasn't a dinosaur or a monster truck it...
I know Poland has entire RIVERS frozen and is experiencing -25*C, but I'd say -5*C is healthy enough thankyouverymuch and I'm done with snow. I'm sitting wrapped up with wool from head to toe and my toes are still cold. Kids are playing online games with DH. It's OK -...
People regularly email me asking questions about homeschooling; there was a question a while back and I forgot to answer it (and forgot what the question was, sorry) so if you are out there please remind me what it is! I think I will try to get all the Q&A...
Which was nearly ols kanots spw kard, such is my touchtyping these days.Yeah, old habits die hard. Blog neglection is a vicious cycle to break.It snowed. Yeah. We played in snow. Well, I say 'we', I didn't go anywhere the hell near it. But the boys had a ball. A...
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= Texts of the Quran and Sunnah that describe Allah are in abundance. When the Muslim reads these te...
Muslim Facebook group: “We hate Jews for the sake of Allah as he has told us to do in the Kora...
SHARIA 'LAW' HAS NO PLACE IN THE 21st CENTURY!
Stop the brutality!!!...
Muslim World under the Divine Punishment
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Hey everyone, and Salaamu Alaikum to my Muslim brothers and sisters who may be reading today. I want...
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahiim BULAN Safar adalah bulan kedua mengikut perkiraan kalendar Islam yang be...
The Islamic Workplace
Christian Mother, Muslim Daughter
CNN An amazing story and a beautiful, respectful mother-daughter relationship stays strong as it spans two faiths. Please click here to watch the video clip from CNN. ...
Pakistan’s female fighter pilots break down barriers
CNN ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — Six years ago an ad in the Sunday paper changed a young Pakistani woman’s life and made aviation history. The ad read: “Pakistan Air Force recruiting females cadets.” Back then Ambreen Gul was 20-years old and living in Karachi. Her mother wanted her to be a doctor. She...
The Proof of Allah’s Omnipotence is in His Creation
Note from Rafik Beekun. Please click here to view an amazing document that proves that the Qur’an reflects Allah’s Perfect and Complete Knowledge and that the universe is indeed Allah’s creation. The document is 2 megabytes in length, and you must read it until the end. ...
The Top 100 Universities in the World–No Muslim University Ranked
Note from Rafik Beekun The three oldest universities in the world are Islamic universities: 859 Fes, Morocco University of Al-Karaouine Considered the oldest continuously-operating degree-granting university in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records. 975 Cairo, Egypt Al-Azhar University A degree-granting jāmiʿah (“university” in Arabic) with individual faculties for a general college and theological seminary,...
Faiths Unite in South Florida to Help Haiti
Miami Herald BY JAWEED KALEEM jkaleem@MiamiHerald.com Like many who lost family during the earthquake in Haiti, Jude Pierre turned to his faith for solace and wanted to find a way to help. On Saturday, Pierre, a Christian from Miramar, found himself among shouts of Arabic prayers as he packed boxes of canned goods in...
Islam News
Court rules it is authorized to hear Dutch Islam-critic's case
An Amsterdam court on Wednesday ruled it was authorized to hear the criminal case against lawmaker and Islam- critic Geert Wilders for incitement to hatred and discrimination....
Police search for missing teen
POLICE are searching for a teenage girl who has been missing from her Wollescote home for over a week....
Egyptian cleric issues fatwa forbidding Muslims from Facebook
A top Egyptian cleric has issued a fatwa forbidding the use of the popular social networking site Facebook, saying Muslims using such sites must be considered "sinners". Statistics show that divorce rates have rise since the advent of Facebook and it has sharply increased marital infidelity, Sheikh Abdel Hamid al-Atras...
In this modern age, it is nice to think that discrimination towards women is a habit of the past....
Burqa Debate: Paris Imam Backs France's Proposed Burqa Ban
A French imam active in Muslim dialogue with Jews has backed a law against full face veils, parting ways with most Muslim leaders in France urging parliamentarians not to vote for a planned "burqa ban" ......
Anti-Islam Dutch Lawmaker Says He' s Being Denied a Fair Trial
The Dutch lawmaker on trial for his provocative views on Islam said Wednesday he was being denied the right to a fair trial after the court rejected most of his requested defense witnesses, including a convicted murderer who invoked the Koran to justify his actions. The Amsterdam District Court ruled...
Islam from inside
Podcast - The Role of Love in the Qur'anic Worldview
This is from a recording made by a close friend at a recent public lecture given by William Chittick at Carleton University. The subject of the lecture was love in the Qur'anic worldview and is based on material Chittick has collected for a new book he is working on. The lecture...
Al-Taqrib: a Journal of Islamic Unity
PDFs of Al-Taqrib, a journal devoted to dialogue that seeks to open avenues towards Islamic unity, are available for download from the home page. The journal features a variety of perspectives both on interfaith dialogue as well as inter-madhab dialogue. A very partial listing of contents is: "Civilizational Dialogue and Mysticism"...
Remembrance (dhikr) and the path of mercy
When remembrance (dhikr) of Allah is connected with the aspect of His mercy, that quality of mercy begins to manifest within one's own character - it gains a real, living presence and the heart expands with it's growth.......
....Today Israel capitalizes on a name and a difficult history, but this Israel of our era has not within it the character of a promised land.......
(Sura 12: verse 99 - 101) - The Fulfillment of Yusuf's dream - the sun, the moon, and eleven stars
Although in a narrative sense the sura of Joseph (Yusuf) is one of the most accessible and straightforward chapters of the Qur'an, describing in chronological order the story of Joseph's betrayal by his brothers, his rise to prominence in Egypt, and his reunion with his family, it is simultaneously a...
Since the language of dreams is a cloaked, symbolic language - a language of ideas, concepts, and truths embodied into various forms, into bodies and events that symbolize the true meaning - because of this it remains opaque to most. They do not know how to interpret so they shake...
ProgressiveIslam.Org - Comments
In reply to A satisfying retort: And besides, there are others who might enjoy your cheeks. I told one young bigot to get some mental health care right the heck now. Only, I didn't say heck....
In reply to About Haiti.: I copied this blog entry and changed it a bit then send it to 20,000 people that work in great lakes, I also fallowed your lead and decide to donate 10 percent of this paycheck to the red cross, good job kia...
In reply to Muslim NYC cabby drives hours to return lost $10,000: After the Underpants Bomber, I so needed this....
something i hope that can help.
In reply to My hypothesis why the Gay Comm. is Pro-Israeli: Gustavo I haven't spoken to you in over a year but maybe you can find something useful in these two post I made on youtube. There is a very semi-open and large gay community and Beirut and Casablanca. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z17wWDmXO1c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRKBKBhqX8...
In reply to My hypothesis why the Gay Comm. is Pro-Israeli: Wow, this is an old posting and forgot I even posted it. I am different, being multicultural, though my Muslim roots are Persian ethnically, I grew up essentially "white" in America. I'm primarily monolingual like most Americans and I dabbled in gay...
In reply to My hypothesis why the Gay Comm. is Pro-Israeli: Gustavo -- You make some excellent points. Basically the Gay community follows its milieu. The Gay community in America is very zionist because America is itself. Still, what can we do about that? As you...
IslamOnline.net > Living Shari`ah
What Are Your Dreams in Life? (Tell Us)
Everyone is allowed to dream and achieve their dreams, so long as no disobedience is involved. It is even unnatural that one should live with no dream or... ....
An Old Woman Housing Young Men
Is it haram for a 55-year-old woman to accommodate young male university students in the house where she resides The house is hers and she has lived .......
Do you know how important a food source the honey is, which Allah offers man by means of a tiny insect Honey is composed of sugars like glucose .......
The secular state emerged in modern times in response to religious infighting that plagued Europe for over a century, and put social life on a self-destructing path. The Hundred Year War posed a serious threat to the then emerging modern Europe, underscoring the need to keep the state and church...
Between Prophet Yusuf and Khalid Ibn Al-Waleed
Along with sincerity in doing a deed, there is another condition that should be met in order for a deed to be accepted by Almighty Allah: righteousness… ....
Muslim/Non-Muslim Relations (10+Fatwas)
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The Purple Journal
I’ve been tagged – ages ago, I know and I’m so sorry it took me this long – by the sweet Alisha to list 10 things that I am grateful to Allah for. For all the blessings that I’m showered with, it’s so difficult to choose just ten of them. ...
The history of Sharjah – then known as Sarcoa – goes back some 6000 years ago. At that time the population was really small, and in addition to some cultivation and hunting, they used to depend on trade (mainly pearls) and building of maritime boats. I took this picture at the...
Will You Marry Me … Again? (Part 2)
In an attempt to get back together after the divorce, he decided that halala or temporary marriage is the only solution. She was skeptical at first but – nobody knew why or how – eventually gave in to the plan. Confident that she had finally agreed, his next step was...
Everyone in the building knows their story. It started out a little over three years ago when the residents welcomed a newly married couple, enthralled to begin their new lives together. The couple was originally from Egypt, had both been working in the Gulf for quite sometime, met each other...
Global Village ...
Here in the UAE, when one is tired of the malls and parks, one definitely heads towards to corniche. The one in Sharjah is my favorite: majority of the people come with families, it’s very clean and the masjids are gorgeous! One of the many activities that people can enjoy...
Religion Islam - Basic of Islamic Ideology
The Gentlemen Soldiers of Pakistan
An interesting and thought provoking article from an Indian writer, Shivani Mohan, where she discusses the human side of soldiers and mentions a beautiful incident in 1965 when Pakistani soldiers had captured Indian territory and a whole village evacuated in face of advancing Pakistani troops, leaving behind 3 elderly Indian...
Israel’s Role In Destabilizing Pakistan
When waging war “by way of deception,” the motto of the Israeli Mossad, well-timed crises play a critical agenda-setting role by displacing facts with what a target population can be deceived to believe. Thus the force-multiplier effect when staged crises are reinforced with pre-staged intelligence. In combination, the two often...
Reports of insurgents using sophisticated weapons including Russian made 14.7 anti-aircraft guns, against helicopters and fixed wing aircraft of the Pakistan air force have surfaced. Apparently it has been fitted on strategic heights in the area to target military aircraft. This anti-aircraft gun along with the 12.7 Russian model has...
The dawn of 14 August 1947 has brought the sigh of relief to all those who have dreamed and scarificed for a piece of land called Pakistan. We as third generation has read this only in our social studies book that who all were the saviors to make this miracle...
Self preservation is a powerful force in humans, this exist on both personal & national level; in fact its a constant fear of facing a defeat, even on a intellectual level. In an attempt to avoid intellectual defeat, proof and evidence is created either consciously or subconsciously for beliefs that...
Islam is the name of the life of preservation of the self within the boundary walls of the Quran. For this purpose it is necessary that the mankind must know as to what are the boundary walls of the Quran and along with it they must also get themselves up...
About.com Islam
In the Islam Forum, we have been following the case of Fatima and Mansour, a Saudi couple that was forcibly divorced by the courts of that country. Fatima and Mansour had been happily married for three years when her half-brothers petitioned the court to annul their marriage. The brothers claimed that...
Muslim Medical Group Opens Clinic in Haiti
The Islamic Medical Association of North America has converted an amusement park in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, into a health care facility to assist victims of the recent, devastating earthquake in that country. The clinic's doctors and surgeons are now able to see 300 patients per day. Additional physicians, with shipments of supplies,...
American Prejudice Against Muslims
I've always been one to say that most Americans are open-minded, tolerant, caring people. And I believe that this is still the case, despite insidious right-wing media outlets fanning the flames of hatred and paranoia. However, a Gallup poll released last Thursday indicates that 43% of Americans admit feeling some prejudice against Muslims. While...
A woman I know recently gave birth to a child after eight years of heartache. She is overjoyed with her baby son, as any new mother would be. After researching all of the options for their particular situation, she and her husband chose to undergo IVF - In Vitro Fertilization. Upon hearing...
Patience in the Midst of Tragedy
The heart of Islam is summed up nicely in this verse of the Qur'an: It is not righteousness that you turn your faces towards East or West. But it is righteousness to believe in Allah and the Last Day, And the Angels, and the Book, and the Messengers; To spend of your substance, out...
Hijab May Trigger Airport Security Checks
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to clarify whether Islamic head scarves, or hijab, will now automatically trigger additional security measures for Muslim travelers. CAIR made that request after a Muslim woman traveler taking a flight Tuesday from Washington, DC to Los Angeles...
The Muslim Network for Baha'i Rights
Indian News Channel Focuses on Persecution of Baha’is in Iran
The Indian news channel NewsX recently aired an extensive report about the Baha’is of Iran. The program discusses the trial of the Baha’i 7 (Yaran), the systematic incitement against Baha’is in children’s books , the denial of education of Baha’is, the scapegoating of Baha’is after the post-election turmoil and the...
Baha’is: Slaughtered in the Blood-Stained Fundamentalist Islamic Republic of Iran
By: Behrouz Setoudeh (Iranian political analysts and commentator) Translation by: M. Rouhani Monstrous spite of corrupt reactionary Muslim religious rulers against Iran’s Baha’i citizens is nothing new; it has a 150 year history, which has to this date resulted in the execution and displacement of tens of thousands of our Iranian countrymen....
The Trial of the Seven Baha’is, a Testimony of Brutal Religious Repression
The following announcement was published recently by Gooya News, an opposition website, and translated by Iran Press Watch. Announcement from: the implementation committee of the revolutionary work force organization of Iran (Rah-e kargar). The court hearing of the Yaran, who are taking care of the affairs of the Baha’i community in...
Long List of Charges against the Seven Baha’is as their Trial Commences
The Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) and Fararu.com, a Farsi-language news site, reported about the first hearing in the trial of the seven Baha’i leaders. The first hearing of the trial, which violates the basic principles of a legal due process, was held in the 28th branch of the revolutionary...
According to the Baha’i leadership studies, Iraq is home to less than 2,000 Baha’is, spread all across the country. In 1970, Iraq banned the Baha’i Faith, and in 1975 there was a subsequent decision of prohibiting the issuance of identification documents to Baha’is. In 2007 the government abolished...
Trial of Recently Detained Baha’is to Start “this Week” in Tehran
The semi-official Fars News Agency quoted today the Tehran persecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi as saying that the trial of the recently detained Baha’is of Tehran “will be this week in a revolutionary court in Tehran”. He repeated the absurd charges that the Baha’is were behind the mass protests on Ashura...
The 'Critic Magazine' Blog
About Nick Vujicic:Born December 4, 1982 is a preacher (Christian Missionary), a motivational speaker and the director of Life Without Limbs, an organization for the physically disabled. He regularly gives speeches across subject of disability and hope.Nick graduated from college at the age of 21 with a double major in Accounting and Financial Planning. He began his...
Outlook on Interest Free Micro-finance in Pakistan (URDU) by Omar Javaid
اسلام ہمیں اخوت اور بھائی چارے کا درس دیتا ہے۔ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کا فرمان ہے: ’’جو اپنے لیے پسند کرو وہی اپنے بھائی کے لیے بھی پسند کرو۔ وہ شخص مسلمان نہیں ہوسکتا جس کا پڑوسی بھوکا سوجائے اور اس کا پیٹ بھرا ہوا ہو‘‘۔ قرآن...
Noam Chomsky on Modern Education System
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Swiss Antagonist of Minarets Embraces Islam
It was reported in The Nation Newspaper (Jan 30th) that Swiss politician Daniel Streich embrassed Islam while in an effort to disprove it. RENOWNED Swiss politician Daniel Streich, who rose to fame for his campaign against minarets of mosques, has embraced Islam. A member of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and a well-known politician,...
Guardian: How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
Rumours of a link between the US first family and the Nazi war machine have circulated for decades. Now the Guardian have revealed and confirmed that this has been so ... George Bush's grandfather, the late US senator Prescott Bush, was a director and shareholder of companies that profited from...
French Niqab Ban: fear of Islamic dominant Values
وَلَن تَرْضَى عَنكَ الْيَهُودُ وَلاَ النَّصَارَى حَتَّى تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمْ “And the Jews will not be pleased with you, nor the Christians until you follow their religion.” [Al-Baqarah, 2:120]Hijaab Clash in France, does Hijaab expose terrorism?A parliamentary committee in France has recommended a ban on the Burqa – the full-face veil. The committee’s...
~:: MARYAM ::~ Tasawwuf Blog
I dance, I am a woman; I sing, I have a soul; I spread flowers over our encounter, and let them fall over our hearts... ...
Musical manna will rain down from a Sufi heaven
Come, but be careful. That was the advice the composer of Slumdog Millionaire gave to Indians thinking of studying in Australia. A.R. Rahman said he had not considered cancelling his tour after the attacks and murders of Indians in Australia. ...
Sufism a panacea for all social evils
Sufism is a panacea for issues related to violence and hatred and an elixir for those who feel inclined to share and promote love, compassion and empathy among mankind for making this world a...
A very beautiful old Persian Sufi Song. ...
The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people. ...
PLEASE HELP HAITI: STATE OF EMERGENCY
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