This is the debate that I have been involved in numerous times over the years. I have asked many Imams about this issue and the response is normally the same. The last response I had was that "you get 10 times the reward" for reading it in Arabic without any supporting evidence from Qur'an or authentic hadith. Some people will not even accept any religious debate about Islam when it is done in English, yet the same people will lear...
Monday, Jul. 01, 2002 The End: How It Got That Way By DAVID VAN BIEMA Calamity is the mother of end-of-the-world prophecy. This is true as millions of Americans, many rattled into an End Times frame of mind by Sept. 11, line up to buy the latest installment in the Left Behind series, The Remnant. It was true when the first prophecies of the End appeared in the Hebrew Bible in response to a great national catastrophe in 586...
Rare Islamic texts to go online by Monday 12 December 2005 2:48 AM GMT Handwritten Islamic documents are about to go online A treasure trove of information about life in the early Islamic world is to go online, enabling Muslims, scholars and the merely curious to peer into a window on the faith's rich history. Numbering more than 10,000 texts, Princeton University's collection of handwritten Islamic documents, books and letters is the la...
Rice says cruel interrogation barred, leaves questions about U.S. practices 15:26:09 EST Dec 7, 2005 ANNE GEARAN KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave Washington's most comprehensive accounting yet of U.S. rules on treatment of prisoners in the war on terrorism Wednesday, but her assurances left loopholes for practices akin to torture. Rice said cruel and degrading interrogation methods are off limits for all U.S. personnel at h...
Religious turbulence hits Indonesia by Marianne Kearney in Jakarta, Indonesia Sunday 09 October 2005 9:25 AM GMT The attacks have been a blot on Indonesia's religious tolerance A spate of recent church closures and attacks on the compound of a sect has highlighted a debate raging within the Indonesian Muslim community over religious freedom and tolerance. On 21 September, hundreds of young men attacked the compound of a small sect, the A...
In just one verse/ayyat the Qur'an teaches us how to conduct ourselves which in my interpretation is the following To spend in charity and to help others (zakkat) as much as you can even during times of hardship. To make peace in life and with others and to handle issues with grace, fairness and calmness (without anger) and to forgive and pardon as much as possible. To ask for forgiveness from Allah and make amends if you have done something wron...
This article is meant to educate and inform the readers about history and facts about Saudi Arabia's history and current events that affect both non-Muslims and Muslims around the world. Saudi Arabia is home to the world's holiest cites in Mecca and Medinah and should above all be held to the highest standard of Islam and for mankind, but has failed completely on all levels to follow the Qur'an and to be a peaceful and positive force in both the non-Muslim and Muslim world that we are e...
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