1. Allah won’t ask what kind of car you drove, but will ask how many people you drove who didn’t have transportation. 2. Allah won’t ask what your highest salary was, but will ask if you compromised your character or morals to obtain that salary. 3. Allah won’t ask the square footage of your house, but will ask how many people you welcomed into your home. 4. Allah won’t ask about the fancy clothes you had in your closet, but will ask how many of those clothes helped the needy. 5 Allah won’t ask about your social status, but will
Read MoreBy Juan Galvan In September 1999, a group of five Los Angeles Latino Muslims decided to form a study group to learn more about Islam in Spanish. They began meeting on Sundays at the Islamic Center of Southern California. The small group realized that many local Latinos were visiting the Islamic Center by either curiosity or to find information about Islam in Spanish. These visits by non-Muslim Latinos were occurring so frequently that they decided to structure an introduction to Islam program in the Spanish language. Local reporters began to take notice of this growing Latino Muslim group. Because reporters
Read MoreBy Ibad Ur Rahman Something happened recently that I want to share with you. What happened was funny, and what happened was also a fun experience. I want to share this fun experience with you, my brothers and sisters, because I think you might gain from it and you might be amused. I was eating pasta in the college Union and minding my own business. Some people might say I was looking like my “bad version.” lol. My cap was turned backward, and I was wearing an old leather jacket. I had a slightly tense expression, a lot of work
Read MoreBy Yusuf Fernández Since the seventies the number of Muslims in Spain has been increasing. Muslims signed an agreement with the state 10 years ago but last Spanish governements haven´t implemented it up to now. Nowadays, there are about 500.000 Muslims in Spain. Most of them are Moroccan immigrants. There is a growing number of Spaniards who enter Islam especially in the southern region of Andalusia, where there are still lots of buildings and monuments which come from the time of Al Andalus (711-1492). Among the countries of Europe, Spain was that which had the longest period of a Muslim
Read MoreBy Francisco Rodriguez The hidden truth that was concealed for centuries, by the Christian Spaniards! It was told by a Chieftain from the Mohawk and Iroquois Federation, that the first non Native-Americans they had encountered off the Eastern Shores of Northern America, were not the so-called Vikings or in general, the Infamous Europeans; but instead lo in behold, the Moors of Al Andalus! Long before the first European ever made contact with the Native-Americans, some nearly one hundred years before Colombus, ever sailed off the shores of Galicia. In fact the first means of commerce and trade, was not between
Read MoreBy Juan Galvan An Overview Let all Americans wonder, “Why are so many Latinos converting to Islam? What is it about that religion?” Estimated reports claim 40,000 Latino Muslims live in the U.S. Unfortunately, the rate of conversion of Latinos to Islam is lower than that of African-Americans and the non-Hispanic White population. Most Latino Muslims are converts who were formerly Catholic. Most Latino Muslims embrace Islam as a result of dawah. Like many other Americans, they have realized that Islam is the true, universal religion of our Creator. Many Muslims are beginning to realize what many Latinos have been
Read MoreFunny and clever! The interview between a Fox interviewer and the Lebanese Ambassador to the U.S., Mr. Farid Abboud. This was GREAT ! If you didn’t see the interview, then THIS IS A MUST READ !!!Aziz bin Taleb Fox Interviewer: Mr. Ambassador, do you consider Hizbollah a terrorist organization ? Abboud: Yes, Sharon is a terrorist ! Fox: Mr. Ambassador, this was not my question. I asked you about the operations of Hizbollah in the targeting and killing of innocent civilians. How do you view Hizbollah ? Abboud: Yes, Sharon the terrorist has killed thousands upon thousands of civilians. He
Read MoreBy Juan Galvan Earlier this year, I asked a local Imam advice about dawah. He replied, “Sincerity. Intention. Tension. Manners. First, you must be sincere. Your intentions and actions must be only for the sake of Allah (swt). Expect tension. Have manners.” 1. Sincerity.“Say, Verily my prayer, my sacrifice, my living, and my dying are for Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.”(Qur’an 6:162). All our actions should be acts of worship. Sincerity ensures that your intentions and actions are only for the sake of Allah. Our actions must not be tainted by our own desires. The work you’re doing doesn’t
Read MoreBy Khadijah Rivera Assalamu alaikum,Since I reverted to Al Islam, I have not gone to any musical events. Oh I still love music but just did not want to be among the crowds. A while ago my son invited me to see Richie Havens. For those of you who are too young, let me tell you who he is. Richie was the opening act to Woodstock, a gentle African American man who then and now stands for human rights and love among the Hippies. Good lovin’ brotherhood-not Hippie love. His music is pure soul, folk music style. A great guitarist
Read MorePor Khadija Mohiuddin Ojalá que nunca olvide de mi visita a Cuba y mi encuentro histórico con los musulmanes de la Habana. Los musulmanes de Cuba realmente son un grupo maravilloso. A pesar de su ambiente que no está inclinado a “la religión,” ellos están sobreviviendo y superando. Tuve que irme a un país extranjero que queda perdido entre la lucha contra el capitalísmo y para el socialismo para poder ver un ejemplo puro del Islam. El amor que el musulmán cubano tiene para otro musulmán es imaginable, es algo bello que te llena de esperanza y confianza que sólo
Read MoreBy Yahya Juan Suquillohttp://centroislamico.org.ec HISTORICAL ASPECTSThirty to fifty centuries ago, the native Ecuadorian Indian cultures were known as: “Chordeleg, Machalilla and Chorrera.” They are believed to have been sun worshippers. Their Indian chief was believed to have been sent by their “Sun God.” They practiced religious ceremonies offering young virgin women for sacrifice as a sign of thankfulness for the goods harvested. These Indian tribes believed in physical resurrection after dead. Therefore, they would be buried with much food, drinks, spears, gold, etc. to prepare for a big journey they thought they were going to face after death. Later on,
Read MoreBy Juan Galvan. I grew up in the Texas Panhandle. I had a boring childhood, I should mention, again. I spent over half my life in two small towns, Turkey and Quitaque. Turkey was named after Turkey Creek. Turkey’s first newspaper was called the ‘Turkey Gobbler.’ Quitaque was named after an Indian name which means horse manure. I sometimes joke that I am uncultured as a result. The population of both towns is less than 600 and shrinking. In 1972, the Turkey and Quitaque schools consolidated creating Valley School halfway between the two towns. I attended Valley School and have
Read MoreBy Juan Galvan In September 1999, a group of five Los Angeles Latino Muslims decided to form a study group to learn more about Islam in Spanish. They began meeting on Sundays at the Islamic Center of Southern California. The small group realized that many local Latinos were visiting the Islamic Center by either curiosity or to find information about Islam in Spanish. These visits by non-Muslim Latinos were occurring so frequently that they decided to structure an introduction to Islam program in the Spanish language. Local reporters began to take notice of this growing Latino Muslim group. Because reporters
Read MoreBy Samantha Sanchez I am a woman of many layersExternallyInternallyOn the outside, I am protected by modest clothingConforming to my true self As the layers and veils are liftedMy inner self exposedStill layers to goStrata to uncoverTruths to unfold I am a woman and like the earthI am many layeredFirm with gentle wavesDeep and boundless My core is solidAnd i have lived a lifetimeOf quakes, eruptions, war and peace Yet ever comforting and protectingShielding, providingEncompassingAnd ever praising my CreatorI am earth
Read More“The Believers are but a single Brotherhood: so make peace and reconciliation between your two (contending) brothers; and fear Allah, that ye may receive Mercy.” – Qur’an 49:10. “The parable of those who take protectors other than Allah is that of the spider, who builds (to itself) a house; but truly the flimsiest of houses is the spider’s house – if they but knew.” – Quran 29:41. Narrated by Abu Wail (ra): ‘ Abdullah used to give a religious talk to the people on every Thursday. Once a man said, “O Aba ‘Abdur-Rahman! (By Allah) I wish if you could
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