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This presentation is based on the book “Music & Singing in the Balance of Islam” (Arabic) by Shaykh Abdullah al- Juday (2004) Summary – The Balanced Fatwa Music & Singing are types of lahw (entertainment, amusement, frivolity, sport, etc.). Thus, they are acceptable and even encouraged at times in moderation in the Sunnah, just like poetry, humour, laughter, etc. However, …
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In West Warwick, Islamic school goes to church, By Tatiana Pina
WEST WARWICK — By all accounts, Rose Achabi is a shy person. But as she sat through Easter service at the Full Life Christian Fellowship Church, she could no longer hold her tongue. At the Islamic School of Rhode Island at 840 Providence St., where she is a teacher’s assistant, floodwaters had risen more than four feet, seeping into the …
Read More »WOMEN IN ISLAM VERSUS WOMEN IN THE JUDAEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION: THE MYTH & THE REALITY, By Dr. Sherif Abdel Azeem
1. INTRODUCTION Five years ago, I read in the Toronto Star issue of July 3, 1990 an article titled "Islam is not alone in patriarchal doctrines", by Gwynne Dyer. The article described the furious reactions of the participants of a conference on women and power held in Montreal to the comments of the famous Egyptian feminist Dr. Nawal Saadawi. Her …
Read More »Wikileaks ‘war crimes’ tape puts self-styled judge in the dock, By Ameen Izzadeen
The criminal character of the seven-year-old US war on Iraq came into the open this week in yet another shameful exposé when the wikileaks website carried an 18-minute secret Pentagon tape. The Swedish based non-profit website that publishes leaked documents regarding government and corporate misconduct got the tape from a Pentagon whistleblower and put it in the public domain on …
Read More »CSE Shariah Screen Report, By Guardian Investment House (GIH)
About GIH: Guardian Investment House (Pvt.) Limited or GIH is a boutique Islamic investment management and advisory company based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The company specializes in structuring and managing shariah complaint traditional and alternative investments on a fiduciary basis for individuals and corporate ; as well as engage in financial advisory activities for corporations, governments and/or government related entities …
Read More »Coffee — The Wine of Islam
Most modern coffee-drinkers are probably unaware of coffee’s heritage in the Sufi orders of Southern Arabia. Members of the Shadhiliyya order are said to have spread coffee-drinking throughout the Islamic world sometime between the 13th and 15th centuries CE. A Shadhiliyya shaikh was introduced to coffee-drinking in Ethiopia, where the native highland bush, its fruit and the beverage made from …
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