December, 2014

• 6 December

  Family planning: Religion & Social Pressures

  

  How Can Muslims Deal with Birth Control Laws? By –  Maria- Zain United Kingdom “He likes the kids,” my husband tells me. “Maybe it’s one of those side effects of being the only child with that one child policy.” Huh, I think about it, watching my husband’s colleague running around with our children in the kid-populated playground. (We are confident …

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• 6 December

  [Better Habit-Making – Part 1] Purifying the Heart

  

    Are you having a hard time sticking to your new year resolutions? Perhaps you’ve been frustrated and disappointed over and over again seeing your grand plans of change fall apart? Don’t worry, I’ve been there. We’ve all been there. Let’s try again. This time, with the proper understanding and knowledge of habit-making. Why I Got Interested in Habits I …

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• 6 December

  Cuba Allocates Land for Havana Mosque

  

  CAIRO – A land has been allocated to build a mosque in Cuba’s Havana where Christopher Columbus referred to the presence of a Muslim place of worship long centuries ago, according to media reports. “This idea first came out as our foundation’s project and bilateral visits then took place,” Mustafa Tutkun, vice general manager of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs …

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• 5 December

  The First Muslim-American Scholar: Bilali Muhammad

  

  An unfortunate misconception among today’s American Muslim community is that Islam has only been present in America for less than 100 years. Many American Muslims are children of immigrants who came to the United States from the Middle East and South Asia in the mid-nineteenth century, and thus wrongly assume that the first Muslims in America were those immigrants. The …

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• 4 December

  Unbelievable Facts About Earth

  

  OnIslam & Newspapers Planet Earth is the third planet from the Sun, the densest planet in the Solar System, the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets, and the only celestial body known to accommodate life. The Earth's biodiversity has evolved over hundreds of million years, expanding continually except when punctuated by mass extinctions. Our blue globe is home …

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• 4 December

  Sunnah and Health Awareness Reading of Sheikh Al-Qaradawi’s Book

  

  By Shari`ah Staff   I Introduction II  Health and Cleanliness III Sunnah and Pollution IV  Sportive Muslims V  Sunnah vs. Intoxicants, Drugs, and Harmful Ingredients VI Sunnah and Wearing out the Body in `Ibadat or Otherwise VII Islam's Moderation Between Extravagance and Stinginess VIII Sunnah and Medication IX Sunnah and Psychological Health X Conclusion Introduction The Sunnah (the collection of …

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• 4 December

  French Parliament Recognizes Palestinian State

  

  CAIRO – French lawmakers voted in favor of recognizing Palestinian state on Tuesday, December 02, reflecting a growing European impatience with a stalled peace process. The motion, proposed by the ruling Socialists and backed by left-wing parties and some conservatives, asks the government to "use the recognition of a Palestinian state with the aim of resolving the conflict definitively". Echoing …

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