The Most sensible – I almost wrote ‘the only sensible’ – sentence uttered this week sprang from the lips of a 5-year old israeli boy. After the prisoner swap, one of those smart-aleck TV reporters asked him: “Why did we release 1027 Arabs for one Israeli soldier?” He expected, of …

…why is it that the good intentions of the US government are only lavished on oil-rich countries while Palestine was deplorably ignored by the US government when Israel started a three-week bombing and invasion…   The report that the evasive Libyan ruler Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has died as a result …

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) is reported to have said that the one who performs Hajj and does not commit any obscenity and wrongdoing will come out as the day he or she was born – pure and free from sins. The Hajj season is upon us …

We humans are blessed with a complete manual for our lives, that is – The Holy Quran. We can’t imagine having a better guidance that can help us to achieve a balanced life. However, there comes a time when we find it difficult to comprehend or to grasp the exact …

The Story of Ibrahim’s Sacrifice Brothers and Sisters, all of us know the story of Ibrahim’s sacrifice and we say that it was a test by Allah (ta’ala). But do we really understand what Ibrahim went through ? Do we appreciate what it was like to be Ibrahim ? Can …

The Callers to Allah : Nuh and Ibrahim, `alayhim as salam – by Salih ibn Ghanim al-Sadlan Excerpted from “The Callers to Allah”, Huda, Safar 1420 Nuh (Noah) `alayhis salam The name of the Prophet Nuh `alayhis salam has been mentioed in the Quran forty-five times. Let us recall some …

Source : The Palestine Chronicle – By Georgina Reeves | 03-Oct-11 On Sunday night, the mosque in the small village of Tuba suffered an arson attack. Unknown agitators entered the building and set the fire, causing damage to carpets and the structure itself. Before leaving, they sprayed messages on the …

Source : The Independent – By Robert Fisk | 24-Sept-2011 So there I was, on the Via Dolorosa of course, chatting to a middle-aged guy in a red T-shirt and just a wisp of a beard with a prayer rug under his left arm.And I asked him, of course, what …

To seek help in other than Allah or to invoke other than Him is an act of Shirk Allah the Most Exalted said: “And invoke not besides Allah any that will neither profit you nor hurt you, but if (in case) you did so, you shall certainly be one of …