Introduction: Honoured Status Of A Traveller Abu Hurairah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Three supplications are answered without doubt – the supplication of the oppressed, the supplication of the traveller, and the supplication of the parent for his son.” (Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud) If such be the lofty status of a traveller, it must only mean that travelling in …
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“Reforming” Islam to suit popular culture is a bad idea
If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything These days it is impossible not to hear calls for Islām to “modernise”, but what does this mean in practice and is the call for a reformation of Islām beneficial to Muslims? Could the Government be seeking to weaken the social cohesion of religious groupings in the UK from the …
Read More »Egyptian artist hopes for record with 700-meter Koran
An Egyptian artist who educated himself after dropping out of school has spent three years creating what he hopes is the world's biggest Koran. Saad Mohammed, who has hand-painted Islamic motifs on the walls and ceilings of his home in the town of Belqina, north of Cairo, has reproduced the Muslim holy book on a paper scroll 700 meters long. …
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Science Backs Islam’s Logic Of Eating Halal Meat Instead Of Haram
Islam, considered to be the perfect religion, has always provided reasons for the dos and don’ts in its properties. Just as science backs Islam’s logic of declaring pig haram and how praying 5 times a day helps a person stay healthier, there is also a specious logic behind eating halal meat (where the animal is slaughtered) instead of chopping its …
Read More »A Saudi Morals Enforcer Called for a More Liberal Islam. Then the Death Threats Began.
By BEN HUBBARD JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — For most of his adult life, Ahmed Qassim al-Ghamdi worked among the bearded enforcers of Saudi Arabia. He was a dedicated employee of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice — known abroad as the religious police — serving with the front-line troops protecting the Islamic kingdom from …
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