Yearly Archives: 2011

Ramazan Appeal for 2011 – The Ceylon Moor Ladies’ Union

(The Ceylon Moor Ladies’ Union founded in 1936 and incorporated by ACT No. 27 of the Parliament of Ceylon in June 1968 as an Approved Charity) 5th July 2011 Dear brothers & sisters in Islam Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahe Wa Barakatuhu, Take a look down memory lane and see the achievements which were hallmarks of history by CMLU. Don’t you …

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KITAB AL-FARA’ID (THE BOOK PERTAINING TO THE RULES OF INHERITANCE)

Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 11:   INTRODUCTION   Inheritance is the entry of living persons into possession of dead persons'property and exists in some form wherever the institution of private property is recognised as the basis of the social and economic system. The actual forms of inheritance and the laws governing it, however, differ according to the ideals of …

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Sabotaging Freedom Flotilla II

Two of the foreign ships experienced similar forms of sabotage, creating allegations of Israeli responsibility.     The reports that two of the foreign flagged ships planning to be part of the ten vessel Freedom Flotilla II experienced similar forms of disabling sabotage creates strong circumstantial evidence of Israeli responsibility. It stretches the imagination to suppose that a sophisticated cutting …

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Hijab–A symbol of faith, freedom – by crescentandcross

Strangers walk up, point to her hijab – the headscarf some Muslim women wear – and tell her she’s in America now, has rights and can’t be forced to wear the covering. She thanks them. Then she tells them that she’s American-born, Kentucky-raised and understands her rights quite well since she’s an attorney. And she assures them she wears the …

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Is Blasphemy a Capital Crime in ISLAM? By A Faizur Rahman

  When the Prophet (PBUH) could forgive a person of unquestionable antagonism towards Islam, why can the ulema of Pakistan not let off a poor village woman who is not a known enemy of our religion and whose guilt has not been established beyond doubt?   The brutal assassination of Salmaan Taseer, the outspoken governor of Punjab, is an ominous indication that Pakistan …

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