A Tanzanian female activist and former lawmaker underlined the role of Muslim mothers in teaching the Quran and raising a Quranic generation.Speaking to the Global Association of Muslim Women, Shamim Khan said in teaching the Quran to children, it is important that Quran interpretation be read to children so that they learn the sublime teachings of the Holy Book as well as memorizing it.She added that Muslim women can be very influential in the ...
The massacre of our brothers at the tailspin of 2015 is still fresh in our minds. The book of history has recorded how your military killed Hammad, Ali and little Humaid in cold blood while their father watch. All under the pretext 'blocking' a Borno-based hunter who was decorated the country's Chief of Army Staff. We would never forget how you shot our leader, guide, mentor, father and the list goes on...his wife Malama Zeenah keeping them ...
An Italian lady converted to Islam in the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (as).According to Astan News, doing lots of research on Islam, this Italian lady whose name is Rogsana Elena Negra converted to Islam and became a new Muslim.Regarding her conversion to Islam, she said, “I am a psychology student and I have always been trying to find a way for more calmness, closeness to God, and for curing many illnesses. Among all the religions, I found ...
Yves Rossier said, "Very attractive exquisites and objects including handwritten Qur’ans and those ascribed to the handwriting of the Infallibles exist in the museums of Astan Quds Razavi that are ...
A man suspected of starting the fire that heavily damaged the Islamic Center in Fort Pierce, Florida has been arrested. The crime was committed on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. “A fire at any place of worship is a tragedy. Early evidence led to us to believe this was an arson attempt,” St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Garry Wilson told reporters on Wednesday. “An arrest has been made 65 ...
AhlulBayt World Assembly has issued a statement on condemnation of terrorist attacks in New Zealand.
AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): AhlulBayt World Assembly has issued a statement on condemnation of terrorist attacks in New Zealand. The full text of the Assembly’s statement is as follows: IN THE NAME OF ALMIGHTY GOD Statement of the Ahlulbayt World Assembly on Condemnation of Terrorist Attacks in New Zealand Almighty God - in a divine ...
He emphasized that investigation and trial procedures in Bahrain are being conducted in the absence of standards of justice, arguing that state institutions tasked with dealing with cases of prisoners’ torture are actually ineffective. Rajab further underlined that the so-called complaints department at the Bahraini Ministry of Interior is “not impartial and independent," and it does not treat victims fairly. Thousands of ...
Muslims in Malaysia have been urged to perform the Istisqa prayer on Tuesday, supplicating for rain and better weather. Malaysia Islamic Development Department (Jakim) director-general Datuk Othman Mustapha made the call Monday in a statement, saying the prayer should be performed after the Zuhur (noon)prayer. "All major mosques under Jakim namely the National Mosque, the Putra Mosque, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque as well as all mosques ...
Nigerian forces have arrested the top Shia cleric, Ibrahim al-Zakzaky, after carrying out a deadly raid on his private residence in the country’s northern region. The activists and local residents said that a large number of soldiers torched and destroyed several parts of al-Zakzaky's house before arresting the cleric on Sunday. The army eventually overtook the home of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, claiming the ...
Nigerian security forces attack peaceful Ashura procession in Jos, Sheikh Tsoho is alive / Photos
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Here in Jos, since on last Tuesday; the Military occupied all nook and cranny of Jos fully armed and ready to shoot. With all that, Mourners marched yesterday Wednesday around 10 am. The procession followed through Rogo quarters so as to avoid being trapped in their ploy. Surprisingly, they were seen at Eid Mosque's bridge ...
Sheikh Ahmed al-Antaki’s birth and upbringing
The full name of Sheikh al-Antaki is Ahmed son of Yousif son of Ali son of Qanbar al-Haza . Sheikh al-Antaki was born in a village called ‘Ensow’ on the outskirts of Antakia. The village of Ensow comprises of two words, one of the words being in Arabic and the other in Turkish, the literal meaning of Ensow means eye of water, this name was given to it due to its watery riches and ...
As a business model, The Musalman (The Muslim) — the world's oldest Urdu-language daily newspaper — is unlikely to be replicated. For one thing, The Musalman serves a limited readership in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and any prospective competitors would be hard-pressed to duplicate the paper's network of New Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad stringers. For another thing, The Musalman is a handwritten paper. What modern, ...
Nigeria’s Nollywood famous actress, Lola Alao, has reverted to Islam and changed her name to Rhodiat, joining the fastest growing religion in the world.
“Glory be to Allah. Join me in congratulating Lola Alao (a popular Nollywood actress). She just took the Kalimatu Shaa’dah from me, and chose the name Rhodiat,” Adepoju Yusuf, who claims to be her teacher, wrote on Facebook on Wednesday, July 20.
“May Allah give her ...
Photos of Muhammad Ali, Boxing legend at holy shrines of Imam Hussain, Imam Ridha and Imam Khomeini
Muhammad Ali at holy shrine of Imam Ridha in Mashhad, Iran
Muhammad Ali at holy shrine of Imam Hussain in Karbala, Iraq
Muhammad Ali at Imam Khomeini shrine in Tehran, ...
At the world-famous Pike Place Market, 'Who is Hussain?' team in Seattle city of Washington state of U.S. has done introducing the inspirational man -Hussain Bin Ali- and giving 200 bottles of water tagged with information about Who is Hussain.
(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Israeli police officers shot and killed, on Monday evening, a young Palestinian man in Kafr Qassem, east of Tel Aviv, after the police invaded the town, and resorted to excessive use of force against the residents, amidst accusations that the police are not providing security to the Arab citizens of the country facing increasing levels of organized crime, and ...
A forty-two-year-old Latino, Raphael, is a Los Angeles-based comic and lecturer. He was born in Texas where he attended his first Jehovah's Witness meeting at age six. He gave his first Bible sermon at eight, tended his own congregation at twenty, and was headed for a position of leadership among the 904,000 Jehovah's Witnesses in the United States. But he traded in his Bible for a Qur'an after having braved a visit to a local mosque.
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As a Doctor of Medicine, and a descendant of a French Catholic family, the very choice of my profession has given me a solid scientific culture which had prepared me very little for a mystic life. Not that I did not believe in God, but that the dogmas and rites of Christianity in general and of Catholicism in particular never permitted me to feel His presence. Thus my unitary sentiment for God forbade my accepting the dogma of the Trinity, and ...
The Sixteenth Spurious Argument:SHIA OPINION ABOUT HAFSA AND 'AA'ISHASome people spuriously criticize the Shias cursing the wives of Prophet Muhammad (s), especially 'Aa'isha (daughter of Abu Bakr; the first caliph) and Hafsa (daughter of Umar; the second caliph), and that they ascribe adultery to them, Allah forbid!THE ANSWERThis is a great calumny. When did the Shias ascribe adultery to 'Aa'isha and Hafsa? This is definitely not true. In fact, ...