A billboard shows a slogan in support of US President Donald Trump in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 5 November 2024 (Reuters) Some Democrats will read this piece in hopes of finding an apology, or maybe simply an acknowledgement of a strategic miscalculation on the part of many Muslim leaders who advocated for third-party voting in the recent US presidential election. …
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Who are the Mothers of the Believers? You might have heard the expression Ummahat al-Mumineen. This translates into English as the ‘Mothers of the Believers’ and this is a title that refers to the wives of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). They were his wives in this dunya and will be his wives in the akhirah. 1- Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (b.556 – d.619 CE) …
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Biography Sir Muhammad Iqbal, fondly remembered as Allama Iqbal, was born in Sialkot on November 9, 1877. He was educated at Sialkot and Lahore, and later at Cambridge. After receiving a doctorate from the Ludwig-Maximillian University at Munich in 1907 for his thesis The Development of Metaphysics in Persia, and bar at law from Lincoln’s Inn in 1908, he practiced law for …
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Besides causing immense human suffering, Israel has destroyed museums, religious buildings, historic artefacts and archaeological treasures The oldest mosque in Gaza, the Omari Mosque, was severely damaged in Israeli bombardment in January 2024 (MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar) The devastation of Israel’s war on Gaza has not spared the besieged strip’s cultural heritage and museums, mosques, churches, and archaeological sites have been destroyed or heavily damaged. …
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This mosque is recognized as a significant cultural symbol and an architectural masterpiece for both Sri Lankans and the Muslim community. As we pass through Second Cross Street or reach the area by Main Street, our eyes are drawn to the elegant dome of the Red Mosque, quietly holding its presence. This mosque is famous as a cultural icon and an architectural …
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This profusely illustrated coffee table book runs to nearly two hundred pages and contains over three hundred old, rare and monochrome photographs as well as more recent colour photographs capturing the rich cultural traditions of the Moor community of Sri Lanka, not to mention old sketches and paintings depicting traditional Moor culture and society as it existed back then with …
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