Islamic prophesy

There are as many denominations and sects within Islam as there are among Christianity and Judaism. The prophet of Islam, Muhammad (Peace and blessings of God be on him.), once said: "People of the Book (Jews and Christians) have become divided into 72 sects, but my people (Muslims) will ...

... wrote in an article, which was published on PAS organ Harakah Daily last Sunday, that Dr Mahathir did not have correct understanding of Islam because the former prime minister questioned “hadith” (Prophet Muhammad's reported sayings and deeds) and rejected hudud law, a strict Islamic penal code.

Perhaps it has to do with the inaccurate images and representation of Islam the media bombards the public with. Today's Islamic countries are immensely corrupt, with extremists dictating the minds of many confused, uneducated Muslims. Countries such as Afghanistan and Pakistan represent false images ...

Turkey's president has recited an Islamic prayer in the Hagia Sophia, a historic Istanbul landmark that has become a symbol of interfaith and diplomatic tensions. ... readings during the holy month of Ramadan and the call to prayer was recited to mark the first revelation of the Quran to Prophet Mohammed.

On Friday, the 13th of Rajab (the seventh month of the Islamic calendar) - which falls on March 31 this year - a momentous event took place. According to Shia beliefs ... As a young boy, he was the first male to embrace Islam as his religion and Muhammad as the Prophet of God. The first woman was the ...

According to Islamic tradition, the Prophet Mohammed observed that when one part of the body is wounded, the whole body feels distress. This idea is a metaphor: it enjoins all Muslims to look out for one another's well-being. But for the Saudi artist Ahmed Mater, the comparison applies equally to another ...

My Syrian friend chuckled at the question about the Arctic Circle — where the summer sun never fully vanishes — but insisted: The law is the law; it's what the Prophet Muhammad commands. But wouldn't the prophet be content if you observed, say, Damascus time? I wondered. He chuckled again: No, this ...

He pointed out that the black color is not the only one permitted by Islamic law, but it happened due to the exploitation of certain fatwas by “Al Sahwa” ... of the Ottoman era, but in some hadiths and narrations it was mentioned that “the wives of the Prophet used to wear colors such as pale yellow and rose.”.

After Khadija's death, Prophet Mohammad's next wife Ayshah continued to deliver Islam messages and encouraged Arab women to practice Islam, teach and nurture children and siblings to recite God's words, ... During the 1970's Islamic revival, the dramatic surge in veiling among Muslim women began.

The Islamic Education book for grade 8 (Part 1) devotes sections to sacrifice by women. The chapter on the female companions of the Prophet glorifies women who fought alongside him, presenting them as proof that "Islam exalts women's status and esteems them more than any other religion," and noting ...

Many times, after hearing about tragedies around the world, we find ourselves asking, “Why?” We may be overcome with feelings of fear and uncertainty when watching the news or scrolling through our social media feeds. When we see God's earth full of chaos and calamities, it can leave us speechless.

Muslim scholars and intellectuals in that era struggled with the same questions that come up in contemporary discussions of Islamic-Western relations and the ... He admits that the play has an extremely disparaging approach to Islam and its prophet, but he does not see this as an attack on Islam, per se.

There is another connection between Dante and Islam. Manuscripts of Brunetto Latini's book Li Livres dou Tresor (The Book of the Treasure), which equates treasure to knowledge, features depictions of Aristotle as an Arab, such was the identification of Aristotle with Islam in Christian Europe at the time.

And the bearing of him and his weaning takes thirty months…" (46:16). Mothers are revered so much in Islam that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Paradise lies under the feet of mothers." When we look at this injunction from the point of view of Islam, we can see that it ...

This can be detrimental not only for the overall view of Islam, especially in the Western world, but also for Muslims themselves, who may be receiving a skewed and ultimately incorrect practice of Islam. When considering the role of women, we should always look to our most perfect example, our Prophet ...

At the time when Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) had migrated to Madinah and many people were entering the folds of Islam, Heraclius was the Emperor of the Byzantine or Eastern Roman Empire. Heraclius heard of the Prophet from Arabia, and he wanted to collect more information about this ...

Perversely adopting medieval Islamic blasphemy laws, modern Britain has made it clear that it will tolerate no individual who says scurrilous or reviling things about the Islamic god or prophet. Witness the authorities' refusal to grant entrance to the nation to the alt-right Christian YouTuber Lauren Southern.

The voice of Qur'an heard by Islamic fundamentalists is not the same as the voice heard by progressive Muslims. It is essential that the entire verses of the Qur'an are read and understood in conjunction with each other. Reading and interpreting verses in isolation is a very wrong way of engaging with the ...

“Every Muslim leader must unequivocally proclaim that terror committed in the name of Islam violates the core tenets of the Prophet Mohammed. ... “Instead of responding, silence has made these Islamic leaders across America potentially complicit in these acts, and more importantly still, in those that may ...

Indicating that the most important two sources of Islam were the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammed, referred to as “Sunnah,” he said these two sources ... Erbaş's comments came after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's comments on the necessity for an “update” of Islamic regulations.

Before the advent of Islam, a woman was not allowed to own property. She didn't even have the right to inherit from her own father! When she was married, she became her husband's property, and it was against the law to be separated or divorced from him. When God chose the Prophet Muhammad ...

Egyptian Religious Establishment Continues To Refuse To Accuse Islamic Terrorist Organization Activists Of Heresy ... Al-Azhar officials have harshly criticized these organizations, calling ISIS a terror organization that deviates from Islam, and have launched informational campaigns to undermine the ...

The Opinion Of The Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet) .... Niqab is a pre-Islamic social and cultural tradition of the Arab people and the desert Bedouins. Islam did not ... Islam does not require a woman to cover her face, in fact contrary statements are clearly found in the Hadiths of the blessed Prophet.

Yet, there are many Islamic scholars who make, like Huntington, a departure from what are the historical facts, but going in the opposite direction. One is the Oxford professor of contemporary Islamic studies, Tariq Ramadan, in his book, “Islam: The Essentials.” Quite rightly, he stresses that in the first twelve ...

Early Christian commentators regarded Islam as either a pagan religion or a heretical belief that emerged from early Judeo-Christian theology. William Langland's Piers Plowman (1370–86) described the Prophet Muhammad as a “Cristene man” pursuing the wrong beliefs, while Chaucer's Canterbury ...

After his death, she became the source of knowledge for the entire Muslim community. Today, when Malala Yousafzai is fighting for girl's education, she is not taking a stand against the Islamic teachings but exercising the right to education given to her 1400 years ago by Islam and Prophet Muhammad.

Khamenei appeared that day at an event commemorating the birth of Fatimah Zahra—the only daughter of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad and a revered figure Shiite Islam—and began his series of tweets by sharing previous quotes of his own that addressed the role of women. "If women do not take part ...

One is the Oxford professor of contemporary Islamic studies, Tariq Ramadan, in his book, “Islam: The Essentials”. Quite rightly, he stresses that in the first twelve years of Islam's existence Mohammed's followers did not retaliate when persecuted, tortured, and murdered. Ramadan highlights the Koran's ...

King Abdullah is a descendent of the same Hashemite clan to which Prophet Muhammad belonged, and his ancestors were cof Mecca and Medina for ... It is hence commendable that he does not appear as uncomfortable with Islam and Muslims any more, but is talking of a glorious Islamic heritage of India ...

"Even with (the) bare eye it is identified that the name of Prophet can be seen printed on it in Urdu/Arabic," the police complaint states. ... "has hurt the sentiments of the entire Muslim community at large as Muslims have strong belief and faith that the Prophet is a holy personality in Islam and such disrespect ...

Critics have called it an insult to Islam. Activists from the Islamic group Darsgah Jihad-o-Shahadat have lodged a formal complaint about the nappies at Dabeerpura Police Station in Hyderabad, reports the Deccan Chronicle. In a letter to police, the group said Pampers – owned by US multinational Procter ...

The Qur'an describes Islam as a universal religion with a much broader meaning. God sent the same basic religion to all messengers from Adam and on to Prophet Muhammad, with the same essential message. The Qur'an repeatedly describes Islam as the “religion of Abraham.” (Din Al Ibrahim).