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If you were to believe the magic box sitting in your living room, then you might think of bearded men with turbans screaming. You might imagine atrocious “honor killings” in remote villages and feel frightened. How could such a beautiful expression of gratitude be transformed into one associated with fear …

Globalization Unchecked : How Alien Media is Suffocating Real Culture – By  RAMZY BAROUD Source : www.ramzybaroud.net A Muslim family sits across of me in cafe, in a largely Muslim Asia country. An older woman shyly hunches over and desperately trying to avoid eye contact with the giant plasma screen TV, …

Allah – the Most High – said: “The month of Ramadan in which the Quran was revealed, a guidance for mankind and clear proofs for the guidance of the Criterion between right and wrong. So whosoever of you sights the crescent for the month of Ramadan, he must fast that …

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 …

Prior to the establishment of Israel, Palestine had been multi-religious and multi-cultural. Muslims, Christians and Jews, Armenians, Greek Orthodox, to name a few, all had a place there; and all lived in relative harmony. Other nations fought wars and waged epic struggles to attain the kind of coexistence that was …

Source : ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: The giant clock of Makkah is all set to tick home a new time standard, as some scholars believe that it will be an ideal alternative to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).Many scholars are of the opinion that Makkah Time can provide the world an …

Al-Asma’i reported that the ruler Ar-Rashid once ordered for many delicacies to be prepared for him. He wanted to have a party for himself, so he had a hall decorated for him and invited the famous poet Abul-‘Ataahiyyah. When the party began, Ar-Rashid looked at Abul-‘Ataahiyyah and said, “Describe the …

Beautiful Mosques from around the World Photograph Courtesy : Many Users/Photographers at  www.Flickr.com Also Read : Picture Perfect : Hajj – The Journey of a Lifetime Picture Perfect : Moments from the Blessed month of Ramadan  

Allah says in the holy Quran: “Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone)…” (Surah Luqman 31:34)   Earth shattering quakes, fiery meteors falling from the sky, tidal waves the size of skyscrapers, and the apocalyptic message that our world is over. That is the premise of the …

“To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return.” (Surah Al Baqarah 2:156)   Al-Fudhayl ibn Iyyadh (May Allah have mercy on him) said to a man, “How many (years) have come upon you?” He replied, “Sixty years.” He said, “Therefore, for sixty years you have been going to …