By Yousef Drummond "And verily, you [O Muhammad] are on an exalted [standard of] character." (Qur’an, 68:4) Centuries of popular belief has convinced many people that Divine Guidance do not elevate a person’s moral conduct, or that our moral conduct is thought to be“natural”, that is, one that stems inherently from human nature. [...]
By SHAMIM SIDDIQI, New York DR. ISRAR Ahmed Saheb is no more in this world but he left a name that will always be associated in rendering eloquent services to the Qur'an and its introduction at mass level through his "Daroos-e-Qur'an", lectures, cassettes, Friday sermons, presenting in easy and understandable language the meanings of the entire Qur'an during [...]
By DR. AHMED SHOKER CIC Friday Magazine QUEBEC Premier Jean Charest's government recently announced its commitment to secularism and gender equality and proposed legislation (Bill 94) that essentially bans the niqab -- a face veil worn by a very few Muslim women -- from all government bodies. Under common Islamic interpretations, however, this bill is [...]
By ATHER FAROUQUI WITH the spectre of communalism raising its ugly head all across the country, Muslim ghettoization in India is emerging as a grave and complex problem that requires urgently to be addressed. It has a decisive bearing on communalism. Unfortunately, it has not drawn any serious attention. It is common knowledge that during [...]
Written by WILLIAM FISHER, interviews DR. JEANNE THEOHARIS NEW YORK (IPS) For the past almost three years, a U.S. citizen, Syed Fahad Hashmi, has been held in isolation in a federal detention centre in New York City. He is suspected of conspiring to provide ”material support” to al Qaeda. The government's evidence is a suitcase [...]
By GARETH PORTER WASHINGTON: A Special Operations Forces raid on Feb. 12 on what was supposed to be the compound of a Taliban leader but that killed three women and two Afghan government officials demonstrated a fatal weakness of the U.S. military engagement in Afghanistan: after eight years of operating there, the U.S. military still [...]
By ABDUS SATTAR GHAZALI AS if the adult media’s vitriol wasn’t enough, the seven-million strong American Muslim community, is now being faced by the alarming publication of a series of ‘children's books’, containing misleading and inflammatory rhetoric about the Islamic faith. The 10-book series - entitled the "World of Islam," – is published by Mason [...]
HASAN ABU NIMAH, the Electronic Intifada AS more people recognize that the “peace process” has come to an unbridgeable impasse, there is debate. Some, especially those who prospered from the path of failed negotiations, argue that there is no alternative to continuing with the US-brokered “peace process.” Others intimate that a third intifada might be [...]
NIAZ Khan, a Youth Imam was delivering lecture on knowledge and five stages of life. Life before birth, life in mother’s womb, life of this world, life of barzakh (in between death and resurrection in hereafter), and life hereafter, the Akhirah (life started from the day of judgement). The language of Khutba was English. There was a mixed crowd of Muslims of different ethnic backgrounds in Jumuah prayer on February 5 when I attended. It was a positive experience. Masjid Qurtuba is definitely a good place to offer Jumuah prayer. Masjid Qurtuba, located at 4140 Finch Avenue, is a new project (est. December 2007) of North American Muslim Foundation (NAMF). NAMF, originally founded in 1975, that got its charity status in 1979, was established and founded by a dynamic and futuristic Muslim activist Kabir Faruqui. The current board of directors comprise Shaharyar (President), Nadeem Shami, Talib Ruhi, Alim Dar, and Kabir Faruqui (who attends important meetings).
