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Muslim woman reportedly attacked on airplane at Detroit Metro Airport

The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is urging Wayne County officials to charge a woman who reportedly assaulted a Muslim woman Saturday on a Spirit Airlines flight. According to…

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America’s Muslims Come from Many Traditions and Cultures

Journalists and scholars have pointed out how Muslims in the U.S. are often cast simplistically either as good or bad: The good ones are raising their voices against terrorism and the…

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Five Prerequisites for Shortening the Prayer

Shortening the Prayer means to perform the regularly four-rak’ah prayer, namely, the Dhuhr (Noon), ‘Asr (Afternoon) and ‘Isha’ (Evening) Prayers, as only two-rak’ah prayer during travel. The Legal Ruling Concerning Shortening the Prayer The majority of scholars including…

Articles Islam

STRIVING FOR GOD’S GUIDANCE

I was thinking about how rich in meaning Surah al-Fatihah[1] is.  Take verse six, for instance, where we say “Guide us to the straight way.” Here we are offering a supplication, not…

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ONE DIRECTION, ONE PEOPLE, ONE GOD

There are more than 1.5 billion Muslims in the world, and each time they pray, they turn their faces in one direction, towards Mecca.  The Islamic term for this direction…

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MALCOLM X’S LETTER FROM MECCA

Many Muslims who have been blessed to make Hajj often speak of how the journey is a life-changing experience.  This is more the case for some than others. Malcolm X, or Al-Hajj…

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THE PLEASURES OF PARADISE

The reality of Paradise is something which people will never be able to understand until they actually enter it, but God has shown us glimpses of it in the Quran. …

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Row over Hijab demo: Bajrang Dal charges conversion bid; Nagpur top cop says no offence booked

The Bajrang Dal filed a complaint with police, accusing a group of young Muslim women of attempting to convert Hindu women following a verbal duel between a group of men…

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Muslim communities worry that Islamophobic violence is being forgotten during election campaign

Three months after all major party leaders gave emotional speeches at a vigil in London, Ontario for the four members of the Aafzal family who were killed in a drive-by attack, the…

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Grand Mosque to receive 70,000 Umrah pilgrims daily

The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has completed all preparations to receive Umrah pilgrims after increasing the capacity to 70,000 per day. These preparations were…