Masjid Al Aqsa, the first qibla of the Muslims, second oldest masjid after Makkah and the third most important holy place in Islam after Makka and Madina is located in the city of Jerusalem known to Muslims worldwide as Al Quds (The Holy) or Baitul Muqaddis (The House of Holiness). The historical significance of the Masjid Al-Aqsa in Islam …
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History of Islam in Japan
Islam's relation with Japan is quite recent as compared to those with other countries around the world. There are no clear records of any contact between Islam and Japan nor any historical traces of Islam coming into Japan through religious propagation of any sort except for some isolated cases of contact between individual Japanese and Muslims of other countries before …
Read More »The Land of the Pure and True – Muslims in China Feature By Ethar El-Katatney
Muslim China boasts a population of 20 million. From the Hui to the Uyghurs, Islam in China is distinctive and diverse – intertwining authentic Chinese culture, with Islamic practice. I get into a rickshaw in Beijing and my 65 year old wrinkled driver immediately whizzes me through the hutongs – old, narrow alleyways. He looks at me and talks …
Read More »The Islamic empires that gave Europe its Renaissance Mesbah UDDIN
It is quite rare these days to hear anything good about Muslims from the Anglo-American news media. There are, however, some exceptions in the West and Dr. Richard Bulliet, Professor of History Columbia University, New York is one of them. He narrated the scenarios that elevated the Muslims as the Torch Bearers during those Dark Ages of Europe and helped …
Read More »Letter from America: Muslim Predicament in the post-colonial era By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
The seventh century which saw the rise of Islam also saw Christian Europe enters the Dark Ages. In the Western Europe the invading Goths had almost obliterated the culture and technology of the Romans. In the Eastern Roman Empire, centering in Constantinople, the Church had all but suppressed Greek science and philosophy. India was languishing in a period of stagnation; …
Read More »The History of Anti-Muslim Violence in Independent India By M. Kamaluddin
Rss IN 1963 Republic day Parade in New Delhi [Bismillahnews.in-28-11-11-New Delhi] In this article I wish to give you an account of the evolution of ghastly Hindu terrorism. It is about how Muslims have faced systematic massacres and suffered atrocities unleashed by the fascist forces the RSS, BJP, VHP, and the A Bajrang Dal in collusion with the communal-minded police and administration. Hindu terrorism …
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