Bismillah Heerahma Neerahim - In The Name Of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Mücahir Bilici - karakalem
Four questions that each panelist is asked to respond:
1. What is your definition of morality? What are your motivations?
2. How do we go about moral reasoning if we are faced with a dilemma?
3. How do you translate your understanding of morality into your daily life?
4. Is there a universal morality (is morality [...]
A Reality Check:
Our Youth, How Safe Are They on the Internet?
By Fatin Khairallah
So many of you must be thinking, “Drugs, guns, pregnancies, our kids could never do these things.” In fact, these activities don’t even cross our minds when thinking about our MUSLIM youth. We automatically assume that, “”these things don’t happen to [...]
Know, O Friend!
If the great world which you see, the macrocosm, is considered to be a vast book, the Muhammed (PBUH) Light is the ink of the pen of the book’s Writer.
And if the great world is imagined to be a tree, the Muhammedan Light is both is seed and its fruit.
And if the world [...]
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What is Eid al-Adha?
At the end of the Hajj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca), Muslims throughout the world celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice). In 2008, Eid al-Adha will begin on approximately December 8th, and will last for three days.
What does Eid al-Adha commemorate?
During the Hajj, Muslims remember and commemorate the trials and [...]
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
The Prophet said, “No good deeds done on other days are superior to those done on these (first ten days of Dhul Hijja).” Then some companions of the Prophet said, “Not even Jihad?” He replied, “Not even Jihad, except that of a man who does it by putting himself and his property in [...]
God instructs men to be nice to their wives and to treat them well to the best of their ability:
“And live with them in kindness.” (Quran 4:19)
The Messenger of God -sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam- said, The most perfect of believers in belief is the best of them in character. The best of you are those [...]
Hatred as the Root of Violence, the Trap of Said Nursi
-A Verson Who Was Spared From This Trap
Mustafa ULUSOY
WE LIVE IN a world which is being constructed at the same time it is being destroyed. Symbols are made and symbols are destroyed. Houses are built and houses are destroyed. People are born, people are [...]
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Question: A foreign writer says, Muslim should revolt against a government when it inflicts oppression and injustice on them. Is it true?
ANSWER
This idea of that writer does not conform with what the Islamic scholars reported. Muslims do not revolt. They do not arouse sedition and mischief. It is a sin to revolt against even a [...]
Question: Some people say that it is halâl [permitted] for women to talk to nâ-mahram men [not one of the eighteen men whom Islam has prescribed as a womans close relatives]. Is it not harâm [prohibited]?
ANSWER
It took 23 years for the rules of Islam to be introduced. It is a mistake to deal with events [...]
