February, 2015

• 14 February

  Tilawah (Recitation) of the Qur’an Revisited

  

  Tilawah is the word that the Qur'an uses to describe the act of its reading. No single word in English can convey its full meaning. 'To follow' is the closest to its primary meaning. 'To read' is only secondary, for in reading too, words follow each other, one closely behind the other, in an orderly and meaningful sequence. If one …

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• 13 February

  US: the Women’s Mosque: a new discussion or old argument

  

  The Women’s Mosque of America has started operations in Los Angeles. It is not a mosque per se, but the name of a non-profit organization. It began with holding female only Jumuah prayers, in an old synagogue with Stars of David etched on the stained glass windows. The decision to use this venue was made to “promote peace.” Creating a …

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• 12 February

  U of T Research finds brain differences between believers and non-believers

  

  Believing in God can help block anxiety and minimize stress, according to new University of Toronto research that shows distinct brain differences between believers and non-believers. In two studies led by Assistant Psychology Professor Michael Inzlicht, participants performed a Stroop task – a well-known test of cognitive control – while hooked up to electrodes that measured their brain activity. Compared …

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• 12 February

  Roger Waters, Alan Parsons Spar Over Israel Concerts

  

  Roger Waters Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has engaged in a war of words with Dark Side of the Moon engineer Alan Parsons, who leads the Alan Parsons Project, over the latter's decision to play a concert in Tel Aviv, Israel. On Saturday, Waters, Floyd's "pimply bass player," by his own estimation, published two letters he had written "the …

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• 12 February

  Charity begins to safeguard you wealth & You are answerable how you earn it.

  

  By Marshad Barry (Dip in Journalism University of Colombo) Smiling in your brother’s face is an act of charity. So is enjoining good and forbidding evil,  giving directions to the lost traveller,  aiding the blind and  removing obstacles from the path. -Prophet Muhammad (SAW) Today many of us work from dawn to dusk to earn money, making that the only …

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• 11 February

  Canadian Muslim chosen best mayor in world for 2014

  

  Ottawa (IINA) – Naheed Nenshi, mayor of Calgary in Canada, was voted the best mayor of the world in 2014 by the international firm City Mayor Foundation. Nenshi, a Canadian Muslim, is well known for his integrity, honesty and generosity. The prize was awarded on February 2 after he was picked from among a list of 933 mayors, surveyed by …

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• 11 February

  Coins dating back to reign of Umar ibn al-Khattab found in Turkey

  

  Ankara (IINA) – A Turkish citizen, named Jorlar Youghal, from Selim, a town of Kars Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey, has found 7 pieces of ancient silver coins with Arabic inscriptions, dating back to the reign of Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab. Turkey's Ikhlas News Agency reported that Youghal, 53, who works as a shepherd, said he discovered …

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