June, 2014

• 30 June

  Don’t Miss Ramadan’s First Night- By Dr. Wael Shihab

  

  With the approach of Ramadan every year, I always recall the following Prophetic hadith: "My people (Ummah) are granted five gifts that no prophet before me had been given. First, when it is the first night of Ramadan, Allah looks at His servants. He will never punish those at whom He looks. Second, the smell of their mouths when night …

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• 28 June

  RAMADAN MUBARAK TO ALL – SMF TEAM

  

  Muslims in Sri Lanka will begin the Ramadhan fasting today as the new moon of the Holy Month of Ramadhan was sighted this evening in several parts of the country, the Colombo Grand mosque announced. The decision to commence the month long fasting was taken at a meeting attended by the representatives of Jammiyyathul Ulema, trustees and Khatheebs of mosques …

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• 28 June

  Muslim Aid invites you to join hands with Disable Children during our Ramadan 1435 (2014) Campaign (Give your Share to show your Care for Disabled)

  

  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam, Assalamu Alaikum Warahumathullahi Wabarakathuhu! We at Muslim Aid pray that this finds you with the best of health and Imaan. I would like to congratulate you on the arrival of Holy Month of Ramadan 1435. Once again in this month of sacrifice, in which the weakness of our bodies elevates our spiritual state, the …

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• 26 June

  Malaysia Mulls Courses to Save Marriages By : OnIslam & News Agencies

  

  KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Islamic authorities have been mulling imposing new post-marriage courses for Muslim couples in addition to the current pre-marriage courses to cut increasing divorce rates. The new course will be different from the pre-marriage course, dwelling more liberally on marital issues including husband-wife health & relationship. "The proposal seeks among others, to compel Muslim married couples to …

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• 26 June

  When Islam came to Australia

  

  Few Australians are aware that the country's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had regular contact with foreign Muslims long before the arrival of Christian colonisers. And Islam continues to exercise an appeal for some Aboriginal peoples today, writes Janak Rogers. The white lines are faint but unmistakable. Small sailing boats, picked out in white and yellow pigment on the …

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• 25 June

  Watch This Muslim-American Activist Take Down A Leading Islamophobe

  

  BY: BEN ARMBRUSTER Linda Sarsour (right) and Brigitte Gabriel A Muslim-American leader on Sunday criticized one of the right wing’s top traffickers of Islamophobia for exaggerating the threat that Muslims pose to the United States and for regularly linking the religion to terrorism. Anti-Muslim activist Brigitte Gabriel made news last week for berating a Muslim student at an event hosted …

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• 25 June

  Presbyterian Church Divests From Companies That Provide Equipment For Occupied Territories : By JACK JENKINS

  

  After a decade of debate over how to use church resources to assist with the situation in Israel and Palestine, the governing body of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A., or PC(USA), voted on Friday to divest from three companies that provide Israel with equipment used in the occupation of Palestinian territory. The measure, which passed by just 7 votes (310 to …

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