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The Lockerbie case is not yet over. Last week’s release of Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the Libyan secret agent convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, has once again brought the case into the limelight, giving rise to much debate. Yet, the rightwing Western media have not seen the wood for the trees. Probably at the whipping command of the anti-Arab …
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Is Music Halal in Islam ?
Here is a fitting rejoinder to those extremist scholars who declare music to be unislamic – From an Islamic standpoint Music is Halal By Default…You Need Evidence For Its Prohibition There is a guiding principle amongst the surviving schools of thought that all matters not related to worship (those in the cultural realm for example) are deemed to be permissible …
Read More »Beautiful Ramazan Pictures from Around the World
In Muslim nations and regions around the globe, this is the first week of the holy month of Ramadan, a time for followers to abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual activity during the day, breaking their fast each sunset, with traditional meals and sweets. During this time, Muslims are also encouraged to read the entire Quran, to give freely …
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The 1st Sinhala Medium Shariah Higher Academy to Produce Aalims who are will-versed in Sinhala Language is established in March, 2008 in Thihariya, Sri Lanka. Now it deserves your support to expand its services and enhance its resources. The main hurdle is to build a four-storied building to accommodate students who will join in coming years, Insha Allah. This project …
Read More »Muslim ‘Terrorists’ Manufactured by the Media, By Yoginder Sikand
It is not just the ‘loony’ ‘vernacular’ media, as many are given to believe, but even the ‘respectable’, ‘mainstream’, ‘national’ English-language press in India that have sedulously cultivated the notion of ‘Islamic terrorism,’ so much so that the image of Muslims in general being either terrorists or their sympathizers enjoys wide currency today. While it is true that some of …
Read More »Al-Megrahi: Whatever Works, By Gwynne Dyer
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi was an intelligence agent. Since he worked for the Libyan government, he probably did some bad things. But he probably did not do the specific bad thing for which he was sentenced to 27 years in prison in Scotland. He only served eight years. He was released on compassionate grounds last Thursday by the Scottish Justice Secretary, …
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