Articles Comparative Religion

A Hindu man adopts a Muslim woman and raises her in Islam

A man named Madanan, who is a devout Hindu, adopted a destitute Muslim girl, raised her in Islam and married her in accordance with Sharia, according to the website al…

Articles History

THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN HAS BEEN HOLDING THE MOST VALUABLE ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS FOR 450 YEARS

The Manuscripts Department of the Leiden University Library, founded in 1575, houses the most valuable Oriental manuscripts. Of the 30,000 manuscripts available here, 6,000 come from the Islamic world, according…

Articles Islam

“MASHALLAH” – THE PHRASE THAT GIVED THE NAME TO THE CRATER ON THE MOON

Among Muslims, the phrase MashaAllah is used to express admiration, surprise, satisfaction, and even protection from the evil eye. The phrase “mashaAllah” in Arabic means “As Allah wills; whatever Allah…

Articles Muslim World

FIVE BASIC ARABIC DIALOGTS AND THEIR UNIQUENESS

With at least 350 million speakers, Arabic is the sixth most widely spoken language in the world after English, Chinese, Hindi, Spanish and French. However, the Arabic language that you…

Articles History

HOW THE GOVERNERS OF THE ISLAMIC STATES WENT TO THE “PEOPLE”

The tradition, when the rulers, dressed in simple clothes, went “to the people” in order to personally see how people live or listen to what they say about themselves, in…

Articles New Muslims

IN SEARCH OF YOUR LORD: THE PATH FROM TIMATI WINTER TO ABDALL HAKIM MURAD

Abdal Hakim Murad, who converted to Islam at 19, is Britain’s leading Islamic scholar, writes Necdet Burak Ozyurt. Timothy John Winter was born in 1960 in London, his father was…

Articles Faith and Spirituality

Why Do You Want to Do Hajj?

Heba Al Sharif 23 June, 2022 Abdullah Ibn Al-Mubarak was seen standing before the Kaaba and was overheard saying, “O Allah! Ibn Abu Al-Muwali told us on the authority of…

Articles Family and Society

Edmonton’s Initiative Helps Muslim Women Feel Safe

AboutIslam & News Agencies 19 June, 2022 As a young Muslim in Edmonton, Aisha Ali didn’t feel safe to go out and about in the city. Her fears were natural…

Articles Nature and Science

Birds in the Quran: The Hoopoe

Ibrahim B. Syed 18 June, 2022 The word bird (in Arabic “at-Tayr“) is mentioned in the Glorious Quran 5 times and the word birds (Tuyour) occur in the Noble Quran 13 times. Among…

Acts of Worship Articles

Cricket Board Backs Muslim Player to Miss England Matches for Hajj

AboutIslam & News Agencies 24 June, 2022 In another show of support for Muslim cricketers, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) supported Adil Rashid in his quest for hajj,…