Documentary

NO OTHER LAND”, THE AWARD WINNING JOINT PALESTINE – ISRAEL DOCUMENTRY

No other Land

RASHEEN BAPPU COLOMBO The United Nations in Colombo, screened the documentary of the life of Palestinian activist and one of the directors Basel Adra, who hails from Masafer Yatta in the Israeli occupied West Bank. Through the turbulent life of Adra, who starts filming to document the destruction of his hometown by the Israeli regime, No Other Land unveils the …

Read More »

Mariam al Astrulabi: A Muslim woman behind the 10th-century astrolabes

Mariam took the science of astrolabes to the next level and over a thousand years later, she becomes a central character in the science-fiction novel Binti. Mariam took the science of astrolabes to the next level and over a thousand years later, she becomes a central character in the science-fiction novel Binti. Between the 8th and 15th centuries, Muslim scholars …

Read More »

The Camel – An Astonishing Creature

“Do they not look at the camel – how it has been created?”The Camel – An Astonishing CreatureAbility to Drink Both Fresh and Salty Water:A camel’s kidneys filter out excess salt from salty water, making it drinkable. The extra salt is then expelled through urine.Eating Thorny Bushes Without Harm:A camel’s saliva is thick and has special properties that help soften …

Read More »

A History of Islamic Law

” … So what is wrong with these people that they fail to understand any word?”[1] The Arabic word Fiqh means to understand something, to know something[i] or to understand the intended meaning of the speaker. After the codification of many of the sciences of Islām, the meaning of Fiqh took a very specific turn in referring to the science of …

Read More »

The Importance of Trees in Islam

Islam has placed a great deal of significance on the conservation of the environment. Believers are obligated to protect animal and plant life, and to preserve the environment by not cutting trees, not polluting water, not contaminating the atmosphere and much more. There are several beautiful verses in the Book of Allah ﷻ that contain descriptions of the lush, green …

Read More »

How to do tayammum?

Tayammum (Arabic: تيمم) is an Arabic word that means an aim or purpose. Tayammum is derived from “amma,” meaning ‘to repair. ‘ In Islamic law, Tayammum means to wipe the face and hands of a person with the purpose of purification for prayer by using soil, purified sand, or dust. Also it is a act of dry ritual purification using purified …

Read More »