Abstract:
The word ‘madrasa’ do generate a lot of curiosity and negative propaganda among scholars of international community. In most of the instances it is considered to be an institution of preaching hatred and violence. Moreover, the madrasas existing in Pakistan are considered to be factories producing religious extremists. But, strangely enough, the basic reason behind the emergence of madrasa- to seek knowledge as enshrined in the ...
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 ...
A soup kitchen that was installed temporarily over the the 2015 Christmas and New Year season has now become a permanent installation at Birmingham Mosque in the UK. Birmingham has one of the worst rates for homelessness in the country with an estimated 2,500 people either homeless or living in temporary accommodation. It took £2,000 and 15 volunteers to run the soup kitchen during the holiday week, when most charities and foundations were ...
He told media that the State board was formed at the Gurunanak Colony in Vijayawada to take care of the interests of the Shias in the 13 districts. “Muslims are enjoying four per cent reservation in the country and we demand another four per cent for Shias.” He said in several Muslim fora like the Haj Committee, Wakf Board, Urdu Academy, Minority Corporation and the Minority Finance Corporation only Sunnis had been occupying the ...
Malaysia (AhlulBayt News Agency) - Penang (Malaysian state) Mufti Dr Wan Salim Wan Mohd Noor said Shia Muslims are still Muslims despite their differences with Sunni Islam.Quoting a hadith of Prophet Muhammad, he said as long as a Muslim prayed the same way facing the direction of Mecca, they should be considered as part of the Muslim community.“Thus, we cannot declare them apostates or deviants,” he told FMT, in comments which ...
Every year many people seeking for Islam and the reality of Muhammad’s (S) religion set for Mashhad so that by uttering Islamic profession of faith, cleanse their soul and body from the rust of impiety and make pledge with the kind Imam, restarting a new life.Here is an interview made with a mother and her daughter from Ahwaz who have spent more than 20 years in Sweden; apart from safeguarding their religion, they managed to guide the ...
An Egyptian Quran reciter was expelled from the country’s al-Azhar University for falsely claiming to have won the top title at Malaysia’s international Quran competition.The disciplinary committee of Al-Azhar University’s branch in Asyut governorate held a session on Monday to investigate the issue, al-Yawm al-Sabi website reported.Abdul Rahim Radhi, the young reciter, had claimed in social media that he came first in the last ...
The Museum of Imam Hussein Holy Shrine has gifted a replica of a rare textile piece, discovered in Karbala by the 1977 Japanese mission, to the Japanese Ambassador to Iraq.Director of Museum Alaa al-Deen stated, “This rare piece of textile was discovered by the Japanese mission at al-Tar Caves, and is considered one of the oldest textiles in the world,” pointing out that the actual relic is displayed at the Iraqi National ...
( The Moroccan convert Fatima Mubarak visits the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali (PBUH) for the first time. Her visit corresponded to Al-Arbaeen pilgrimage.In a statement to the Media Center of the Holy Shrine of Imam Ali (PBUH) she said, “Al-Arbaeen Pilgrimage brings the hearts’ of Muslims together and unites the multitude of millions of visitors from different countries.”“I came to Najaf for the first time in my life and ...
Please introduce yourself.- I am Shima Moradi I was born thirty years ago in Ahwaz. I resided along with my family in Stockholm, Sweden capital, when I was two years old.
The atmosphere of Sweden should have affected you. How were you able to keep your Iranian identity and religion through all these years?- No, it was not as you think. I had gone to Sweden as a child and did not remember anything of my people or my country. Hence, I was affected ...
Terrorist group al-Qaeda has threatened the US of thousands of more deadly attacks, similar to the carnage seen on 11 September, 2001, when terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York and the Pentagon. In a video message, released on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Ayman al-Zawahiri called the 9/11 attacks a "slap" on the face of the US and its allies. "We mark in these days the passage of nearly 15 ...
When Moina Shaiq realized even her friends were scared to ask her about her religion for fear of offending her or sounding uneducated, she put an advertisement in a California newspaper: "Questions and answers about being Muslim.”The ad offered ideas for questions: Are women oppressed in Islam? What is the Islamic view of terrorism? How does Islam view other religions?She set up shop at a coffee house in the San Francisco Bay Area city of ...
- The Iranian Cultural Center in Armenia plans to hold a number of Quranic programs during the holy month of Ramadan at the Blue Mosque of Yerevan.Majid Meshki, Iranian cultural attaché in Armenia, said that like previous years, the center will organize Quranic courses for children and teenagers.The Grand Mosque will also host an educational Quranic course for women every evening during the holy month.Among other programs of the center ...
emeni media quoted the ministry’s spokesman Abdul-Hakim al-Kuhlani as saying on Tuesday that the deaths were the result of the Saudi regime’s “continued aggression, siege and continued hostile restrictions on Sana’a International Airport.” He said some 75,000 patients are estimated to be in need of seeking treatment abroad each year, slamming Riyadh and its allies for targeting Yemeni civilians and, at the same ...
On conference attending were 300 prominent Muslim thinkers and scholars, both Shiite and Sunni in holy city of Mashhad. Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi, the Grand Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi delivered a speech to inaugurate the one-day conference on Tuesday, which coincides with Rabi al-Awwal 13th (3rd month in Hegira calendar) in Sheikh Tabarsi Hall of Astan Quds Razavi Islamic Research Foundation. The conference also hosts several ...
Muslim refugees starting new lives in Calgary, Canada, got a taste of the community spirit that marks the holy month of Ramadan when they attended an interfaith iftar — an evening meal to break fast — hosted by the Rockyview Alliance Church this ...
“Among academics, literati and other educated people in the West, there is a positive perspective towards Prophet Muhammad (S),” Yuram Abdullah Weiler tells the Tehran Times on the occasion of the Islamic Unity Week. Following is the text of the interview: Q: Why do we see some people in the West who are enemies of Prophet Muhammad (S)? A: In consideration of the West’s 1400-year-long crusade against Islam, perhaps the question ...
Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi pointed to the change in the behavior of Riyadh after the achievements of the Resistance Front and then pointed out that when Saudis didn’t manage to overcome Iraq, it came remorsefully and bowed to Iraq.
AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi pointed to the change in the behavior of Riyadh after the achievements of the Resistance Front and then pointed out that when Saudis didn’t manage to overcome ...
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 ...
