Bismilllah HeeRahma NeeRahim - In the name of Allah, The Beneficient, the Merciful
By LOUISE PEMBLE
13 Nov 2005
UNCOVERED: Reporter Louise Pemble dressed as a Muslim.
TO walk around Perth dressed as a Muslim is to be treated as an outsider in your own town.
In a week of allegations that Muslims were plotting a terrorist attack in Australia, I donned full Islamic garb and walked through the city to gauge [...]
All my life I was told not to question things. I kept a bible under my pillow out of loyalty to God, but whenever I opened it to read the verses therein, I became confused. And no one could answer my questions.So in the end the bible remained under my pillow, though I never opened [...]
By Jamilah Kolocotronis
Her novel Echoes discusses problems that the new Muslims face.
I sat in my night class, in my first semester at the community college, daydreaming as usual. I thought about my future and wondered where it would take me. Suddenly I had a revelation. I wanted to become a minister. I wanted to devote [...]
IN the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “On the night on which I was taken on the Night Journey (Isra’), a beautiful fragrance came to me. I said: [...]
From: The Stories of the Prophets
By: Al Imam Ibn Kathir [(701 - 774 AH) or (1301 - 1372 AD)]
Ibn Ishaaq stated that he was a man of Rum. His names was Job Ibn Mose Ibn Razeh Ibn Esau Ibn Isaac Ibn Abraham. Someone else said he was Job Ibn Mose, Ibn Rimil Ibn Esau Ibn [...]
ISLAM is a lifelong journey, but it begins with a first step. I entered the door of Islam at an American mosque on September 18, 2003 after I heard the words of one Hadith: If you walk toward Allah, He comes to you running. This was my Islamic moment, and I never looked back. Yet, [...]
by Yusuf Islam
All I have to say is all what you know already, to confirm what you already know, the message of the Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) as given by God - the Religion of Truth. As human beings we are given a consciousness and a duty that has placed us at the top [...]
All praise is due to Allâh, the Rabb of the worlds and may His choicest blessing shower upon our Master who emancipated both men and women from the yoke of repression.
Anâs Radhi-Allâhu ‘anhu reports that Nabî Sallallâhu ‘alayhi wasallam has said: “From among the women of the world who have reached perfection and who are [...]
N the ninth year of Hijra, the Master was leading an expedition to Tabuk. One evening as the army was encamping, people saw someone trudging on, with baggage on his back.
“Who could this fellow be, coming on foot, all by himself?” remarked some of the men. “It must be Abu Dhar,” said the Master. People [...]
By Br Abdulrahim Bin Abdullah
I was working in a retail store in 1995.
I was a Muslim but not seriously practicing at that time.
As the store manager, I had others working for me; both full-time employees, and part-timers.
One of the part-timers had worked with me in various other stores owned by the company.
He was a large [...]
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