Fr. Menezes` Biography of Muhammad Reconsidered
... having the same foundation for Christians as does the Quran and the mosque for Muslims. In fact, relative to Christians, Muhammad revealed the following: You [Muslims] will surely find that the nearest in affection to those who believe are the ones who say, "We are Christians" (Quran 5:82). Needless ...
... having the same foundation for Christians as does the Quran and the mosque for Muslims. In fact, relative to Christians, Muhammad revealed the following: You [Muslims] will surely find that the nearest in affection to those who believe are the ones who say, "We are Christians" (Quran 5:82). Needless ...
Shrine Pilgrimage (Ziyārat)
... expresses the regional Islamic culture of a population especially in non-Arab countries. These voluntary pilgrimages are akin to pilgrimage travel in 1. Moreover, the Hajj to Mecca occupies such a central position that it, along with Profession of faith, fasting during the month of Ramadan, almsgivi ...
... expresses the regional Islamic culture of a population especially in non-Arab countries. These voluntary pilgrimages are akin to pilgrimage travel in 1. Moreover, the Hajj to Mecca occupies such a central position that it, along with Profession of faith, fasting during the month of Ramadan, almsgivi ...
Christian-Muslim Relations—A Road to
... ‘ala s-salat), the muezzin calls them to “the sowing” (Hayy ‘ala l-falah). This unusual phrase, taken from agriculture, is an allusion to prayer as sowing the seed in this present world which will bear fruit in the world to come. To these, at the morning prayer, is added the affirmation that prayer ...
... ‘ala s-salat), the muezzin calls them to “the sowing” (Hayy ‘ala l-falah). This unusual phrase, taken from agriculture, is an allusion to prayer as sowing the seed in this present world which will bear fruit in the world to come. To these, at the morning prayer, is added the affirmation that prayer ...
animal experimentation: the muslim viewpoint
... God is not meant to be only a human domain. God’s mercy encompasses all creation, including the animal kingdom. Called to administer justice and grace over the whole of his kingdom, man cannot succeed if he fails to nurture in himself the attributes embodied infinitely in God. Contrary to certain s ...
... God is not meant to be only a human domain. God’s mercy encompasses all creation, including the animal kingdom. Called to administer justice and grace over the whole of his kingdom, man cannot succeed if he fails to nurture in himself the attributes embodied infinitely in God. Contrary to certain s ...
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... cleanse the Ka’aba, a pre-Islamic pilgrimage site, of its many idols. After conquering Mecca, Muhammad realized his vow and the Arabian Peninsula was united under one faith, one leader, and one God. After the death of Muhammad, Islam spread in many ways. It spread through conquest, although conversi ...
... cleanse the Ka’aba, a pre-Islamic pilgrimage site, of its many idols. After conquering Mecca, Muhammad realized his vow and the Arabian Peninsula was united under one faith, one leader, and one God. After the death of Muhammad, Islam spread in many ways. It spread through conquest, although conversi ...
Purity, Soul Food, and Sunni Islam: Explorations at the Intersection
... structures. Performing race, gender, and citizenship through food and consumption while determined in part by structures of power nevertheless offers opportunities for symbolic critique. As Kondo argues, “Meaning is never fully closed, and in those moments of instability, ambiguity, and contradictio ...
... structures. Performing race, gender, and citizenship through food and consumption while determined in part by structures of power nevertheless offers opportunities for symbolic critique. As Kondo argues, “Meaning is never fully closed, and in those moments of instability, ambiguity, and contradictio ...
The Beginnings and Development of Islam and Quranic Schools in
... they are guided by a holy revealed book called QURAN and the traditions of the Holy prophet known as Sunnah (Berkey, 2004). It is one of the major religions in the world together with Christianity and Judaism. It teaches monotheism which is the doctrine that there is only one God in all existence, i ...
... they are guided by a holy revealed book called QURAN and the traditions of the Holy prophet known as Sunnah (Berkey, 2004). It is one of the major religions in the world together with Christianity and Judaism. It teaches monotheism which is the doctrine that there is only one God in all existence, i ...
Enduring Financial Debt: An Islamic Perspective
... compassion for the deceased. For any Muslim, the prospect of not being granted mercy following death is horrendously appalling and as such, this particular example establishes a dreadful perception of debt from all its aspects. Other narrations however, exhibit a change in the Prophet’s disposition ...
... compassion for the deceased. For any Muslim, the prospect of not being granted mercy following death is horrendously appalling and as such, this particular example establishes a dreadful perception of debt from all its aspects. Other narrations however, exhibit a change in the Prophet’s disposition ...
Stories of New Muslims
... time to look outside Christianity. Second, I assumed that the Bible was the true Word of God. These were bad assumptions because they prohibited me from looking at things objectively. When I began my earnest study of Islam, I had to start at the very beginning, with no preconceived ideas. I was not ...
... time to look outside Christianity. Second, I assumed that the Bible was the true Word of God. These were bad assumptions because they prohibited me from looking at things objectively. When I began my earnest study of Islam, I had to start at the very beginning, with no preconceived ideas. I was not ...
Read - Bethlehem Lutheran Church
... find them, and take them captive and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them."According to this verse, the best way of staying safe from Muslim violence is to convert to Islam (prayer (salat) an ...
... find them, and take them captive and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them."According to this verse, the best way of staying safe from Muslim violence is to convert to Islam (prayer (salat) an ...
On being “kafir” (13/8)
... Quran says Allah has sent a guide (haad) for every nation. Thus, if there is no mention of a nation or the book they were given it should not automatically mean that the people of that faith have hidden the truth and so they are kafir. Mazher Jan-i-Janan, an eminent Sufi saint of 18th century Delhi, ...
... Quran says Allah has sent a guide (haad) for every nation. Thus, if there is no mention of a nation or the book they were given it should not automatically mean that the people of that faith have hidden the truth and so they are kafir. Mazher Jan-i-Janan, an eminent Sufi saint of 18th century Delhi, ...
SAEED ABDULLAH, The Need to Rethink
... Apostasy (riddah), desertion of Islam or converting from Islam to another religion, is today vigorous1y debated among Muslims. High-profile apostasy cases, and an increasing number of publications affirming the punishment of death for apostasy, have brought this once largely ignored pse-modern Islam ...
... Apostasy (riddah), desertion of Islam or converting from Islam to another religion, is today vigorous1y debated among Muslims. High-profile apostasy cases, and an increasing number of publications affirming the punishment of death for apostasy, have brought this once largely ignored pse-modern Islam ...
THE CHALLENGE OF DEMOCRACY IN INDONESIA
... many followers of the Laskar raised worry among its leading figures. This had showed how the Laskar had moved from fighting against non-Muslims to confronting the army.11 Thalib was also charged with having gone too far beyond his mandate by dispatching the Laskar Jihad to Ngawi, East Java, to deal ...
... many followers of the Laskar raised worry among its leading figures. This had showed how the Laskar had moved from fighting against non-Muslims to confronting the army.11 Thalib was also charged with having gone too far beyond his mandate by dispatching the Laskar Jihad to Ngawi, East Java, to deal ...
The Problem IS Fundamentalism: Christian OR Muslim
... udaism, Christianity, and Islam distinguish themselves from each other with an intensity rooted, paradoxically, in their symbolic and structural similarities. This intensity is fueled, as in a vacuum, by the absence of any culturally challenging alternative, 4 such as polytheism or even a robust ath ...
... udaism, Christianity, and Islam distinguish themselves from each other with an intensity rooted, paradoxically, in their symbolic and structural similarities. This intensity is fueled, as in a vacuum, by the absence of any culturally challenging alternative, 4 such as polytheism or even a robust ath ...
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... Indonesia’s foreign policy and its image in world politics. While Indonesian policy makers and even scholars are usually in a state of denial about Islamist radicalism in Indonesia, the fact of the matter is that Indonesian Islam has transformed immensely with the radicals gaining influence and powe ...
... Indonesia’s foreign policy and its image in world politics. While Indonesian policy makers and even scholars are usually in a state of denial about Islamist radicalism in Indonesia, the fact of the matter is that Indonesian Islam has transformed immensely with the radicals gaining influence and powe ...
The Religious Foundations of Suicide Bombings
... ‘Azzam was a major intellectual influence upon Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.[54] In his book Knights under the Banner of the Prophet, bin Laden's number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, identified his organization's goals as da'wa and violent jihad against both an "internal enemy," i.e., existing Arab infid ...
... ‘Azzam was a major intellectual influence upon Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda.[54] In his book Knights under the Banner of the Prophet, bin Laden's number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, identified his organization's goals as da'wa and violent jihad against both an "internal enemy," i.e., existing Arab infid ...
Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani and the Islamic Liberation Party
... difference between capitalism and socialism is that the former gives primacy to the individual and his freedom whereas socialism gives precedence to the social collective, which is expressed in the state. They have in common the belief that human happiness comes from physical enjoyment or gratificat ...
... difference between capitalism and socialism is that the former gives primacy to the individual and his freedom whereas socialism gives precedence to the social collective, which is expressed in the state. They have in common the belief that human happiness comes from physical enjoyment or gratificat ...
The Angriest Black Man In America
... found a surrogate father in the movement’s leader, Elijah Muhammad. After prison he changed his name to Malcolm X and by the sixties had become the most prominent leader of the movement after his mentor. In 1964, when it was revealed that Elijah Muhammad indulged in multiple extramarital affairs, de ...
... found a surrogate father in the movement’s leader, Elijah Muhammad. After prison he changed his name to Malcolm X and by the sixties had become the most prominent leader of the movement after his mentor. In 1964, when it was revealed that Elijah Muhammad indulged in multiple extramarital affairs, de ...
Islam Apologetics
... Since September 11, 2001, Islam has been launched into the mindset and forefront of Western civilization; with the War in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has only intensified. Therefore, our knowledge and understanding of Muslims and Islam is even more important as our world is growing increasingly smaller ...
... Since September 11, 2001, Islam has been launched into the mindset and forefront of Western civilization; with the War in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has only intensified. Therefore, our knowledge and understanding of Muslims and Islam is even more important as our world is growing increasingly smaller ...
HADITH OF THE PROPHET (pbuh)
... The authorities of church and state correspond (from a general point of view) to the spiritual and temporal powers in Islam. The church is the authority for the transmission of the purely spiritual message of Jesus. While the state is an organization whose laws are not direct revelations from heaven ...
... The authorities of church and state correspond (from a general point of view) to the spiritual and temporal powers in Islam. The church is the authority for the transmission of the purely spiritual message of Jesus. While the state is an organization whose laws are not direct revelations from heaven ...
Joseph Smith, an American Muhammad? An Essay on the Perils of
... of these nineteenth-century writers possessed sufficient knowledge of Islam to draw more than a superficial parallel. After 1900 the comparison attracted the attention of writers who were not only more familiar with Muhammad but who approached the issue with a much more soundly prepared background a ...
... of these nineteenth-century writers possessed sufficient knowledge of Islam to draw more than a superficial parallel. After 1900 the comparison attracted the attention of writers who were not only more familiar with Muhammad but who approached the issue with a much more soundly prepared background a ...
islamic worldview - Islam is my life
... He is only responsible for what he thinks and believes even if, in so doing, he overburdens himself, especially since he is not content with only limiting himself to the categorical obligations required of him but seeks Allah's pleasure through supererogatory performances. ...
... He is only responsible for what he thinks and believes even if, in so doing, he overburdens himself, especially since he is not content with only limiting himself to the categorical obligations required of him but seeks Allah's pleasure through supererogatory performances. ...
HATE BEGOTTEN OF HATE: Louis Farrakhan and The Nation of
... meet the "this-worldly" needs of some of the poorest in this land. It is a religion solely interested in the affairs of this life and the physical betterment of its people. It is a faith based on racism and hate which expects that all of its enemies will soon be destroyed, and that its members will ...
... meet the "this-worldly" needs of some of the poorest in this land. It is a religion solely interested in the affairs of this life and the physical betterment of its people. It is a faith based on racism and hate which expects that all of its enemies will soon be destroyed, and that its members will ...