Winner of the inaugural Mustafa Prize “Top Scientific Achievement” Award, Prof. Jackie Y. Ying, Executive Director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, says the scientific contributions made by Muslim scientists could be more widely recognized by the world through the Mustafa Prize.
On 23 December 2015, the laureates of the first Mustafa Scientific Prize were announced as Professor Jackie Y. Ying from Singapore and ...
Mathrubhumi, a leading Malayalam daily in the southern Indian state of Kerala, put out an apology on its front page on Thursday after it printed a purportedly offensive comment curated from social media on Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in its Kozhikode and Thrissur editions on Wednesday. The apology came after enraged Muslim organizations held protests outside the newspaper’s offices. Groups like the Popular Front of India (PFI) ...
During the meeting, the Iraqi source of emulation advised all women to preserve their chastity and adhere to Quranic teachings as well as Ahlubayt's (as) doctrine. The cleric reiterated that protection of women's chastity plays a crucial role in reforming any society. Ayatollah Hakim remarked, "Young girls who are at the beginning of their lives must stay modest and pure; at the same time, they must make effort in order to carry out their ...
– ABNA – pro-Saudi Arabia regime media have reported the martyrdom of “Sham al-din Mohammad Sharaf al-din”, Chairman of the Union of Yemeni scholars, in Saudi airstrikes on Yemen.
According to this report, pro-Saudi media and the resigned Yemeni President have announced that “Abd al-Rahman Shams al-Din” and a number of his entourage have been martyred in Saudi airstrikes.
This media called Sham al-din Mohammad ...
Eduardo Agnelli was born on June 1954 in New York City, his father was Christian and his mother was Jewish. His mother (Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto) was a Jewish princess and his father was Senator Gianni Agnelli, a famous and rich man in Italy. He was the owner of automobile factories, Fiat, Ferrari, Lancia, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo and Iveco and also factories producing industrial parts.
In addition there are many building constructions ...
When we left Iran in 1969, it was still somewhat secular under the Shah’s regime and more modern than most Muslim countries then in terms of social, religious and lifestyle. Yet, the youth did not have the total freedom that their Western counterparts had. Watching some American TV shows always gave me the desire to become and act like them one day. Well, that desire was to be manifested soon.
In the next 15 years in the US, I was busy ...
A book reading competition on the occasion of Eid al-Ghadir has been planned to be held in Quetta, Pakistan."Misbah al-Quran” Academy of the city will organize the cultural competition for students.A book titled "The Principles of Belief” by Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi, a Shia source of emulation, is the source of questions of the competition.Those willing to participate in the competition should sign up by August 30.4 winners of ...
A Canadian youth converted to Islam in his first attendance in the Razavi Holy Shrine. Jonathan Clark, 30, from Canada converted to Islam Shi’ite in his first attendance in the Razavi Holy Shrine and chose the name “Muhammad” after uttering twin formulae of faith. Concerning his acquaintance with Islam, Muhammad said, “The morality, behavior and conduct of an Iranian classmate were very fascinating to me. When ...
In the video shared by Mouaz Al-Nass, an Islamic musician of Syrian descent, Al-Nass can be seen chanting the adhan in the typical rhythmical manner inside the palace.According to Al-Arabiya, the palace, which was built by Muslim rulers in the 1330s, had not witnessed the Islamic call to prayer in nearly five centuries.Al-Nass recited the full Islamic call to prayer in the palace and fortress complex, which is located in Granada, taking ...
Edward Said: Orientalism Revisited (25 years later) Nine years ago I wrote an afterword for Orientalism which, in trying to clarify what I believed I had and had not said, stressed not only the many discussions that had opened up since my book appeared in 1978, but the ways in which a work about representations of "the orient" lent itself to increasing misinterpretation. That I find myself feeling more ironic than irritated about that very same ...
I've been asked too many times to explain how I became a Muslim. Nearly every time, I come up with something different.(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - I don't make anything up, but the acceptance of a religion is complicated. It involves emotions, personal history, politics, theology and philosophy and much else, too. So although here I'm focusing on the philosophical factors, don't get the wrong impression that I arrived at Islam ...
Non-Muslims living in Oman embraced Islam during the Holy month of Ramadan after several events organised by the ministry took place during the month, where non-Muslims were given the chance to learn about the religion and clarify their doubts about certain aspects of the religion.
Sheikh Abdulrahman Al Khalili, head of the Department of Islamic Knowledge and Cultural Exchange, said some of the converts were surprised about the amount of respect ...
I was born in an ordinary , non-religious Swedish home, but with a very loving relationship to each other. I had lived my life 25 years without really thinking about the existence of God or anything spiritual what-so-ever; I was the role model of the materialistic man.
Or was I? I recall a short story I wrote in 7th grade, something about my future life, where I portray myself as a successful games programmer (I hadn't yet even touched a ...
Haoja, who is of Macedonian origin, from Switzerland, has converted into Islam in 2008.A 41-year person whose research took him years to find out the true path to embrace Islam and its unique principles.In an interview with the official website of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine, Hoaja, said:I embraced Islam and I was socializing with Sunnie people at that time. Allah granted me success, and I embraced the Islamic path of Ahlul-Bayt (Peace Be Upon ...
What most Americans think they know about Islam's holy book is that it endorses violence against nonbelievers and the oppression of women. And on those issues, they surmise, it's way worse than the Bible.
AhlulBayt News Agency - What most Americans think they know about Islam's holy book is that it endorses violence against nonbelievers and the oppression of women. And on those issues, they surmise, it's way worse than the Bible.Because of such ...
Crackdown on Nigerian Muslims is against UN and Africa charters on human rights, Grand Mufti of Zambia Assadollah Mawali said.He made the remarks on the sidelines of International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran on Tuesday.The cleric who chairs a union of Muftis of 28 African countries, urged the Nigerian government to free Nigerian religious leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky.Nigerian government should not follow outside forces and suppress ...
Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) advocacy group on Thursday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari was “incompetent, clueless and directionless.”
NIGERIA (AhlulBayt News Agency) - Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) advocacy group on Thursday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari was “incompetent, clueless and directionless.”She made the remark while noting that Buhari cannot ...
