If you think it is too early to speak about Hajj now, have a look at the Sunnah channel from the Prophetic Mosque and you will see the numbers increasing every minute. If you are a luck Muslim you get to perform Hajj once or few times at the most as it is obligatory only [...]
A Grand Mosque opened today in Strasbourg eastern France. The Strasbourg mosque, which was designed by Italian architect Paolo Portoghesi and seats 1,500 worshippers, was completed after more than 20 years of infighting between right- and left-wing administrations in Strasbourg. France new Grand Mosque has a capacity of 1,300 square meters (14,000 square feet), making [...]
Nicholas D. Kristof is one of my favorite columnists with his balanced views and topics like social injustices and conflicts. In his column for the New York Times on Sept. 22, 2012, Kristof writes about how Muslims are very sensitive to anything insulting said or written about Prophet Muhammad. Insults to other religions or their [...]
Salaam and peace, all To tell you the honest truth, I haven’t been very well-schooled on Al-Qaeda. My apologies. For 11 years, I’ve been somewhat puzzled, in denial, and altogether frustrated by groups like Al-Qaeda. Forget the fact that they kill innocent people all over the world, they hijacked my religion, they became my mouthpiece [...]
What prompted the Times Union’s political cartoonist to draw this? Read the story that was published a day earlier. Stephen Downs, local lawyer, and Shamshad Ahmad, a university professor and author, were at a pizza place with two out-of-town guests, when someone called the police about their conversation and they were interrogated by Albany Police. [...]
I really wish that religious leaders would put a lid on the fires burning in Islamic countries instead of fanning the flames of hatred. I’m sharing below words of wisdom from Derrick Jones, owner of Lucid Solutions Group Inc. in Schenectady and author of Presidents, Pilots and Entrepreneurs: To my fellow Muslims sharing photos of [...]
Salaam and peace, all – What do you think of when you hear “charity”? Giving to the poor, right? That’s the standard, and there are various rulings for zakaat (obligatory charity) in Islamic law, but there’s another category of extra charity that brings one closer to God (called “sadaqah”), for which an interesting story [...]
Below are excerpts from the opinion piece by Feisal Abdul Rauf, author of “Moving the Mountain” and chairman of Cordoba Initiative, an independent, multifaith and multinational project, who is scheduled to speak at Skidmore College on Sept. 22. It was published in the Times Union today, Sept. 14, 2012. The Quran states: “No soul shall [...]
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