Motivational speaker Mrs. Sabarimala from the Tamil Nadu state of India has embraced Islam. She says that she started reading the Qur’an after seeing so much hate against Muslims in her country. “I asked myself why is there so much hate against Muslims in this country? I started reading the Qur’an as a neutral person. Now I know the truth. …
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UNISLAMIC CULTURAL PRACTICES: DOES FEMALE CIRCUMCISION FIT THE BILL? By Asiff Hussein
As we know, the Islamic faith and culture are closely intertwined and related. Generally Islamic culture conforms to and evolves within the Islamic framework. This is because that particular culture community is a also a piously religious one and so religion and culture go hand in hand, the cultural aspect being understood to be well within the ambit of religion …
Read More »Singapore allows hijab for Muslim nurses in public healthcare
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday announced that female Muslim staff in Singapore’s public healthcare, including nurses, are allowed to wear hijab or “tudung” as an add-on to their uniforms starting November. He noted that wearing tudung became increasingly important for the Muslim community, and for many Muslim women it is an important part of their faith and expression …
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කාන්තාවන්ට විවිධාකාරයේ සුබ සිද්ධීන් ගෙනදෙන ඉස්ලාමීය පිළිවෙතක් කාන්තා චර්මච්ඡේදනය පිළිබඳව විවිධාකාරයේ ලිපිලේඛන ලියාපළකොට ඇති අතර බොහෝ ලේඛකයින් හට ඉහත කරුණු පිළිබඳ ඉස්ලාමීය පිළිවෙත FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) බොහෝ දුරට අවුල්සහගත බව පෙනේ. කෙසේ වෙතත් මෙය යථාර්තයට වඩා බොහෝ සෙයින් වෙනස් ය. ඉස්ලාමයේ නියම කර ඇති පරිදි කාන්තා චර්මච්ඡේදනය යනු භගමණියේ (භගශිශ්නිකාව) හෙවත් කාන්තා ලිංගෙන්ද්රිය ආවරණය කර ඇති ප්රපූටිය හෙවත් පෙරසම …
Read More »Australia Post pays tribute to frontline heroes with five new stamps
Nurses and hospital workers The first stamp profiles nurses and hospital workers who have tested millions of Australians for COVID-19 and treated hundreds over the course of the pandemic. Australia Post has released a new set of stamps honouring those who have continued to serve and protect their fellow Australians in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The five …
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