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www.washingtonpost.com By Muqtedar Khan | December 30, 2009; 11:27 AM ET By Muqtedar Khan Director of Islamic Studies at the University of Delaware Muslims and Christians together constitute over 50 percent of the world. If they lived in peace, we would be half way to world peace. One small step we can take towards fostering […]
BBC, Guide ID: A1006561 (Edited) Islam, Numerology and the Number 19 The Quran is the religious book of the Muslims. They believe it to be God’s exact word to us in his last revelation. The Quran is split in to suras (chorus) and the suras are made up from ayaats (or verses). Numerology, meanwhile, is […]
Muharram, a commemoration of Islamic awakening and revival By: Salam Al-Attar Similar to other existing calendars, the Islamic calendar is also composed of 12 months (Figure 1). The uniqueness of this calendar lies in two inherent facts: It is based on a lunar system; and Its root year is that in which Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) […]
By: Salam Al-Attar In the human body the central port in control of pumping the blood is none other than the heart. Oxygen-deprived blood returns to the heart, whereby it is directed to the lungs for oxygenation, is routed towards the heart again and is finally pumped back to the body in an attempt to […]
Yasin Aljiburi http://www.yasinpublications.org/ Chapter 2 (al-Baqarah) The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) is quoted by Ubayy saying, “Whoever recites it will receive blessings from Allah and His mercy and will be granted the rewards due to one who camps for a full year, in the way of Allah, as a soldier on the borders of the […]
Yasin Aljiburi http://www.yasinpublications.org/ There are certain occasions when fast becomes unlawful; these are: Fasting the first day of the month of Shawwal (Eidul-Fitr). Fasting the tenth day of the month of Thul-Hijjah (Eidul-Adha). Fasting the eleventh and twelfth of Thul-Hijjh by anyone, pilgrim or non-pilgrim, who is then present at Mina. Fast which is not […]
Written by Yasin T. al-Jibouri yasinaljibouri@hotmail.com The most serious damage to the sacred shrine of Imam al-Hussain D in Kerbala, Iraq, was inflicted by the Wahhabis, followers of Muhammed ibn Abdul-Wahhab who invented an odd interpretation of Islam which does not respect the grave-sites of any holy person, including that of the Prophet of Islam […]
Written by Yasin T. al-Jibouri yasinaljibouri@hotmail.com While living in Hyattsville, Maryland, from 1979 – 1982, then in Virginia thereafter, Yasin T. al-Jibouri became involved in the activities of the Islamic School located in Potomac, Maryland, where the Principal was Dr. Abdul-Sahib Hashim, a very active and energetic Iraqi pediatrician who started his Islamic activities at […]
Written by Yasin T. al-Jibouri yasinaljibouri@hotmail.com Yasin Al-Jibouri graduated from the College of Arts, Baghdad University, on June 30, 1969, having majored in English which he taught at a high school in Hilla, metropolis of Babylon governorate, starting in 1970 then at a vocational institute in al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, for a couple of years starting […]
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