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Picture Perfect : Prophet’s Mosque

While Makkah is cardinally about the Kaaba, its pre-Islamic story, and early Islamic history; the Prophet’s (Sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) Madinah is where the religion took its final shape, where the Islamic state was formed, where Islamic law took a more dominant role, and where numerous battles were planned and …

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Secrets of the Prophetic Chamber : Interview with Shaykh Muhammad Ali Madani

Secrets of the Prophetic Chamber : Interview with Shaykh Muhammad Ali Madani Contributed by Nuruddinzangi Source : www.ilmgate.org Bismillahir-Rahman ar-Raheem, revealer of the Quran Kareem that says to His noble Messenger: And We have not sent you except as a Mercy to the aalameen: all the worlds. And as-Salaatu was-Salaamu …

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So this is how democracy works?

The hypocrisy of al-Demoqratia – By RAMZY BAROUD 08-December-2009 So this is how democracy works? In 2004, France banned headscarves and school principals chased after young “defiant” Muslim girls who continued to cover their heads in school. Now, following a national referendum, Switzerland has banned the construction of minarets, because …

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Picture Perfect : Hajj – The Journey of a Lifetime

Moving images, striking panoramas, majestic mosques and minarets, special aerial images, intimate scenes of rapturous pilgrims – these are just a few rare close up moments of one of the Most important cities in the world, Makkah and Madinah. These pictures are recent (most from 1431 Hijri [2010]) and I believe …

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Returning Hajis find Makkah a city transformed

The first thing that strikes you upon entering the holy city from Jeddah is the number of mighty yellow-and red-colored cranes on the skyline from all the ongoing construction projects in Makkah. Where once stood old buildings, multistory hotels and even hills, there is now leveled land fenced off by …

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