Note: Islam is criticized for allowing polygamy, for popular culture in the West views polygamy as relatively backward and impoverished. For many Christians, it is a license to promiscuity, and feminists consider it a violation of women’s rights and demeaning to women. A crucial point that needs to be understood is that for Muslims, standards...
As mentioned towards the end of the last article, we will be discussing the various characteristics of the people of Jannah (Paradise) mentioned in the Qur’an, and we have particularly selected two passages from the Qur’an which give many of the important qualities of the people of Paradise. We will mainly be taking a...
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by Aicha Elshabini-Riad Women in Islam is a multidimensional and a complex topic. The teachings of Islam are based essentially on the Qur’an (God’s revelation) and Hadeeth ( elaboration by Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him ). The Qur’an and the Hadeeth, when properly and unbiasedly understood, provide the basic source for any position or...
Allaah created man to be His servant and to implement His way on earth. If humans distance themselves from this message, then they distance themselves from God’s injunctions. That is why Islam has prepared its followers to follow this righteous instinct, it is a joy to our spirit to stand and think of the...
Islam in America: Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know — But Were Afraid to Ask Daniel Tutt Fellow, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding Islam in America: Everything You’ve Always Wanted to Know — But Were Afraid to Ask One of the more unfortunate outcomes of the anti-mosque protests, anti-sharia legislation and the impact of the Islamophobia network is that...
Opinion: Was Islam really spread by the sword? By Idris Tawfiq – The Egyptian Gazetthete Even the devil, though, can quote scripture. In other words, anyone can take a verse of scripture out of context from the Bible or the Qur’an and make it seem to represent that religion. For example, in Psalm 137 we...
“He created the heavens and the Earth with truth. He wraps the night around the day and wraps the day around the night, and has made the Sun and Moon subservient, each one running for a specified term. Is He not indeed the Almighty, the Endlessly Forgiving?”( Surat az-Zumar, 5) THE HELIO-CENTRIC SYSTEM He created the...
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