AboutIslam & News Agencies 27 September, 2024 We are all familiar with names of Western explorers like Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama, Columbus and others who have put…
A Soldier’s Promise: The Remarkable Story of Hasan’s 55-Year Vigil at Al-Aqsa Mosque
AboutIslam & Newspapers 26 September, 2024 The story of Turkish soldier Hasan, who kept vigil at Al-Aqsa Mosque for 55 years after the Ottoman Empire’s withdrawal from Palestine, is being…
Why does Allah let bad things happen to innocent people? Why is my life so full of pain? And why are people so bad? How can I save myself from temptations?…
Sinai – The Land of Miracles Where God Spoke to Moses
In the remote desert of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula lies a land of immense historical and spiritual significance to the world’s three great monotheistic religions. The Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions…
Yasmin Mogahed 15 July, 2024 Asiya, the wife of Pharaoh, was no ordinary woman. Her strength and her status will forever remain unsurpassed. She was a woman who never allowed herself…
Hajj and Ashura: Remembering Prophets Abraham & Musa
Tarek Ezzat 14 July, 2024 Muslims around the world last month celebrated Hajj and remembered Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) and his family. Many of the Hajj rituals relate…
Mohammed Mirza 08 July, 2024 The Hijri calendar continues to be widely used by Muslims around the globe to determine important days on which they observe the annual fasting, to attend the major…
Discovering Islam Team 09 July, 2024 This month marks the beginning of a new Islamic year, which was initiated after the Hijrah, or emigration, of Prophet Muhammad and which marked the…
Discovering Islam Team 21 June, 2024 The Hijri or Islamic calendar is based on a lunar month of 29 to 30 days, with the day starting at sunset. They ask…
Rahla Khan 03 June, 2024 Makkah’s first permanent houses were built around the Ka’bah and did not have doors as an indication to pilgrims that they were welcome to make themselves at…
