A nice Islamic song ……

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This Nasheed is by a group who calls itself “Aashiq Al Rasul”. According to their website, “AAR are classically trained singers / percussionists who perform an impressive repertoire of contemporary / traditional nasheeds in Arabic, Urdu and English.”

The following nasheed is from their ground breaking album entitled “The Sultan Of Madinah”. The album launch was held in the United States Of America at the Islamic Society Of Northern America Conference (ISNA). Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

The following two videos are meant to give some idea behind the conversion of many to Islam. One video is about a Czech Professor and what convinced him to turn to Islam, while in the other video Yusuf Estes discusses the phenomenon behind Christian preachers becoming Muslims.

Video of the Czech Professor Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

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The nature of religious faith is quite mysterious. As part of their religious faiths, people believe in a variety of deities. There are people who have religious faith in the unseen supreme transcendental power and then there are others who believe in some humans as Gods, animals (e.g. monkeys), fire, idols made of stone, and the list goes on.

A lot is associated with having a religious “faith”. Part of it has to do with beliefs passed on through generations. People’s identities therefore get tied to it. Many times, these beliefs and associated feelings are not completely demonstrable by reason or any rational arguments. There is nothing right or wrong with this but that’s just how the nature of religious faith has come to be. Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

A nice children nasheed by Yousuf Islam

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Vittorio Hernandez - AHN News Writer

Berlin, Germany (AHN) - Germany will soon introduce the Islam religion to its school curricula. The move aims to help Muslim immigrants integrate with their new homeland and acquire as well German language skills.

So far pilot studies to measure the effect of teaching Islam religion to immigrant students in German language showed that in Lower Saxony there were lesser schoolyard brawls between Arab and Turk students in schools where the course was taught. Migrant parents of these students were beginning to participate in parent-teacher conferences. Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

Allah is the creator of this universe. Muslims believe that as part of their faith - something that they take directly from the Quran and the Prophet’s teachings. When one looks at this universe based on what little science tells us today about its vastness and expanse and when one reads in the Quran what was revealed on Prophet (SAWS) more than 1400 years ago, one does wonder about not just the validity of the truth but also the boldness of the confident declaration - something that can only come from The One all knowing and all powerful.

See the Video below and then read the Quranic verses posted below the video - verses that were revealed on Muhammad more than 1400 years before science came to know and see what it knows about the Universe that we all live in. Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

The notion of “Greater Israel” is discussed and debated often – even among Muslims. Muslims in general believe that Israel wants to take over territory from Muslim and Arab lands and expand its current country boundaries to form a bigger country called “Greater Israel”. This article briefly reviews the notion of “Greater Israel” and examines the facts behind Israel’s goal of establishing “Greater Israel”.

The goal behind establishing “Greater Israel” has been to settle Jews in the land as defined in the Jewish Hebrew Bible. In their holy book, it says in the chapter of Genesis (15:18-21): Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

The city of Jerusalem and other surrounding cities are sacred to all three religions of the world: Muslims, Christians and Jews. The following are some questions and answers related to the sacred sites of the three religions that are in located in Jerusalem and the surrounding cities. For any fact based contributions and feedback, please post your comments at the end of the article below.

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Source: New York Times - By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

For Muslim Students, a Debate on Inclusion

SAN JOSE — Amir Mertaban vividly recalls sitting at his university’s recruitment table for the Muslim Students Association a few years ago when an attractive undergraduate flounced up in a decidedly un-Islamic miniskirt, saying “Salamu aleykum,” or “Peace be upon you,” a standard Arabic greeting, and asked to sign up. Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

As Muslims, we all believe that death is inevitable. However, when death hits us or our loved ones, it can be quite an experience. As part of its teachings, Islam has provided its beleivers a full picture of life before us, the life we live in this world and the life after we die. Looking at the end to end journey, death seems to be just a milestone or a stop in that journey. That understanding of death makes dealing of death easier than those who look at death as an “end”.

This video is of Randy Pausch who was a 46-year-old computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He has terminal cancer and expects to live for just a few more months. He gave this small talk on Oprah knowing that he had little time to live. Everyone can learn a few lessons from this video. Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

Source: Common Ground News Service

Why a woman wears the headscarf is her personal decision. It is important that those looking at the headscarf from outside the tradition keep an open mind – open enough to let the true reasons and motivations of Muslim women in, say Hafsa Kanjwal and Khadijeh Zarafshar.

Washington, DC - We are American Muslim women, who strongly identify with our faith. We are Georgetown University seniors who remain active and involved with the American Muslim community. One of us wears a headscarf, known in Arabic as the hijab. The other does not. Yet the right to wear the headscarf – without censure, condemnation or patronising pity – is a right we both defend. Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

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20 Million — According to many estimates, that’s the number of Muslims in Turkey, who oppose the wearing of hijab by Muslim women in universities and schools.

Heeding to that support and in respect of the “secular principles”, Turkey today has a ban on wearing Hijab in universities and schools. The ban has been in place for a few years.

Very recently however, the Turkish government led by Prime Minister Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party in association with the Nationalist Action Party has proposed an amendment to the constitution seeking the removal of a ban on hijab in schools and universities. Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

Toronto - UM Financial has supported Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) $65,000 study on Islamic Mortgages and other faith mortgages. Islamically acceptable financing/mortgage is a product/commodity does not come at the expense of others products nor does it compel any Canadian to purchase.

UM is a premier Canadian Islamic finance corporation. The company secured a $120 million facility from Credit Union Central of Ontario in 2004, which is used to finance Shariah compliant real estate residential properties in Canada. Read the Full Post by Clicking here ! →

A popular Nasheed by Mishari Rashed Afasy:

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