Islam

“[Prophet], do you not see how God makes comparisons? A good word is like a good tree whose branches are high in the sky, yielding constant fruit by its Lord’s leave – God makes such comparisons for people so that they may reflect – but an evil word is like a rotten tree, uprooted from the surface of the earth, …

Six-month programme aims to increase diversity and follows calls for greater involvement Muslim women praying in Regents Park Mosque to celebrate the last day of the holy month of Ramadan. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo Britain’s leading Muslim organisation has launched a scheme to train women for leadership positions in mosques and community bodies.Twenty women have embarked on the six-month intensive …

Health Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Health instructs the public to switch off mobile and computer devices and keep them away from the bedroom stating that the electromagnetic waves from such devices could damage the brain and nervous system of the human body. Addressing a press conference marking the World Mental Health Day, Community Specialist of the Family Health …

Contributed by Professor David Kerr MD (Founder VoyageMD.com) Depending on when the Hajj falls on the lunar calendar, some of the Hajj rituals need to be undertaken in extreme heat with temperatures often more than 45o C. The risks are heat stroke and dehydration, which can be aggravated by excessive exertion and basic sanitation. Other health risks relate to outbreaks of communicable disease …

Monthly calendars play a vital role in scheduling of time and important events in lives of their respective followers. There are many kinds of almanacs made from people of different religions and regions for sake of knowing about specific traditions, occasions and holidays etc. like Gregorian (Christian), Chinese and Hijri (Islamic) calendars. All of such charts are based on the …

Recent moves to condemn the Islamic duty of female circumcision on the grounds that it has no basis in religion are bound to meet with failure. Not only is female circumcision Islamic, but it is, according to the best scholars of Islam obligatory. This means Muslims are bound to practice it and this right to practice it is guaranteed by …