By Radwa Hassan http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2005-02/05/article05.shtml IslamOnline CAIRO, February 5 (IslamOnline.net) A Europe-based Muslim activist has called for according due attention to the sizable Muslim community in Eastern Europe, which has broken loose from the Communist yoke. “In East European countries like Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia Muslims make up the majority of populace,” Ayman Sayed Ahmad, director of Eastern Europe Department at the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE), told IslamOnline.net’s visitors in a live dialogue. He added that in other countries such as Bulgaria, Ukraine and federal Russia Muslims are considered “influential minority communities”. Ahmad put the number of
Read MoreBy Al-Amin Andalusi http://www.islamonline.org/English/News/2005-01/12/article05.shtml IslamOnline MADRID, January 12 (IslamOnline.net) – Teaching Islam in Spanish schools has finally found its way to implementation after almost a decade of delays and obstacles. Since coming to power in the European country, Spain’s new Socialist government under Jose Rodriguez Zapatero has made a host of good gestures toward the Muslim community in the country, the most remarkable of which was a decision to allow the teaching of Islamic subjects at public schools of major cities with significant Muslim presence. The long-awaited development saw the light early January, 2005. The government decision on teaching Islam
Read MoreBy Ni’mah Isma’il Nawwab http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199204/the.journey.of.a.lifetime.htm Saudi Aramco WorldJuly-August 1992 The hajj, or pilgrimage to Makkah, a central duty of Islam whose origins date back to the Prophet Abraham, brings together Muslims of all races and tongues for one of life’s most moving spiritual experiences. For 14 centuries, countless millions of Muslims, men and women from the four corners of the earth, have made the pilgrimage to Makkah, the birthplace of Islam. In carrying out this obligation, they fulfill one of the five “pillars” of Islam, or central religious duties of the believer. Muslims trace the recorded origins of the divinely
Read MorePor de Nímah Ismáil Nawwab http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199204/the.journey.of.a.lifetime.htm Saudi Aramco WorldJuly-August 1992 El Hayy, o el peregrinaje a la ciudad sagrada de Meca, un deber central del Islám que orígenes datan desde el profeta Abrahán, reúne a musulmanes de todas razas e idiomas para una de las experiencias más espirituales de mundo. Por 14 siglos, millones incontables de musulmanes, hombres y mujeres de las cuatro esquinas de la tierra, han hecho el peregrinaje a la Meca, el lugar de nacimiento del Islám. En realizar esta obligación, satisfacen uno de los cinco “pilares” del Islám, o los deberes religiosos centrales del creyente. Los
Read MoreBy Daud S. Ali An Arson in Springfield, MassachusettsFor the Muslim brothers and sisters that called the Al-Baqi Islamic Center their home, the arson fire that displaced them on December 8, 2004 at the beginning of winter marks the beginning of a new chapter in the existence of their tight-knit community. In interviews with local and national media, Rasul Seifullah, the imam of Al-Baqi community, has acknowledged that the fire is a test from Allah and that the community will strive to bear it with patience. Members of the Al-Baqi community are united in this view and are well aware
Read MoreBy Ricardo Pena Chicago Association of Latino-American Muslims Eid Al-Adha is the blessed holiday commemorating the event in which the Prophet Abraham, may the peace and blessings of God be upon him, was going to sacrifice his son in submission to the will of God before He stayed his hand. This act is the epitome of submission and has since been the example for all of mankind to follow. It is fitting that it is upon this holiday that Muslims take their pilgrimage to Mecca to fulfill one of the five pillars of Islam. For converted Muslims it is especially
Read MoreBy Rocío Martínez-Mendoza I am a Latina Muslim from Mexico City who now lives in west Texas. My husband is Moroccan, and, as a result, home is full of Latin and Arab culture alhamduliAllah. My husband and I have been planning our Hadjj trip but didn’t have the chance to do it either because of money, visa, or pregnancy reasons. When we finally thought we were able to do it and started the planning my husband told me that it is inshaAllah going to be a very different kind of trip; it is not a trip for vacation, for leisure,
Read MoreBy Juan Galvan The Message InternationalNovember-December 2004http://www.messageonline.org In the Qur’an, Allah (swt) says: “And We did not send any messenger but with the language of his people, so that he might explain to them clearly. Then Allah leaves astray whom He wills, and guides whom He wills. He is the Mighty, the Wise.” (14:4) In the verse, language doesn’t only mean language in its verbal form. Prophets addressed the concerns, values, beliefs, and needs of the people to whom they were sent. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was born in Arabia and naturally spoke the language of his people. He knew
Read MoreBy Isa Lima Some people want to live to see old age,others long for wealth and power that’ll never fad,I just want one thing before I leave this cruel land,Oh Allah, allow me to die upon Islam. Everyday I see crowds enter into the deen in success,as Muslims take it for granted, throw it away, and leave it understress,I desire one thing, and that is to leave the best way I can.Oh Allah, let me die upon Islam. You ask for spacious houses that can neither save you nor protect youin theleast,I build my home in the akhirah with tahmeed,
Read More“Surely Abraham was an example, obedient to Allah, by nature upright, and he was not of the polytheists. He was grateful for Our bounties. We chose him and guided him unto a right path. We gave him good in this world, and in the next he will most surely be among the righteous.” – Quran 16:120-121. “And proclaim the Hajj to mankind. They will come to thee on foot and (mounted) on every kind of camel lean on account of journeys through deep and distant mountain highways.” – Quran 22:27. Narrated Anas, the Prophet said, “None of you will have
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