Assalaam alaykum, We would like to encourage you to check out our updated LADO Photo Gallery. The LADO Photo Gallery is best known for containing many wonderful images of Latino Muslims from around the United States. You will also find images featuring images of Islam in Latin America, Spain, the United States, and elsewhere. The images found in the LADO Photo Gallery can be used for computer wallpapers, presentations, etc. Because LADO does not own the copyrights to some images found on the LADO photo gallery, we do request to be asked whether or not LADO owns the copyrights to
Read MoreBy Shaykh Faraz Rabbani http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=1&ID=336&CATE=6 When is Laylat al-Qadr? The Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) said, “Whoever prays on Laylat al-Qadr out of faith and sincerity, shall have all their past sins forgiven.” [Bukhari and Muslim, from Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him)] The Prophet (Allah bless him & give him peace) also said, “Seek it in the last ten days, on the odd nights.” [Bukhari and Muslim from Abu Sa`id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him)] The scholars affirm that it is the best of nights, [al-Fatawa al-Hindiyya, quoting Mi`raj al-Diraya, 1.216] because of
Read MoreBy Prof. Shahul Hameed http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1159951551162 &pagename=Zone-English-Discover_Islam%2FDIELayout Voluntary abstinence from food has been a spiritual purification rite in many religions. Penitence, purification, mourning, sacrifice and enhancement of knowledge and powers were some of the aims of fasting envisaged by these religions. Even philosophers, scientists and physicians of the past adopted fasting as a healing process needed to recreate health where there was sickness. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Galen, Paracelsus, and Hippocrates all believed in fasting as a form of therapy (Haas). We find in scriptures such as the Bible, for example, prophets like Moses, Elijah, Daniel and Jesus resorting to fasting for
Read MoreBy Sound Vision http://www.soundvision.com/info/ramadan/officetips.asp If work is simply the place you earn your bread and punch in your hours, why not redefine it this Ramadan? Make your workplace the scenario for Dawa, especially in the current tension-filled atmosphere of misunderstandings about Islam and Muslims. Here are some ideas that can help you share Ramadan with your boss and coworkers this year. 1. Begin informing people about it as soon as possible Start telling bosses, supervisors and coworkers about Ramadan now. Bring it up in the course of conversation casually. In terms of when Ramadan starts and ends, just give the
Read MoreBy Yahsmin M. B. BoBo In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Kind “The believers are but a single brotherhood.” (Qur’an 49: 10) When I conjure thoughts of Muslim Unity, I think back to the earliest days in the establishment of Islam. I envision our blessed Nabi, peace be upon him, his family and companions, may Allah be pleased with them. I ponder the persecution, alienation and hardship they endured during their difficult stay in Mecca and during both migrations first to Abyssinia and later to Medina. Their unity and support of one another was inescapable and indeed, crucial
Read MoreBy Diana Mariam Santos Garcia 1. Will you tell us more about yourself?I was born and raised in the capital city of Ecuador, Quito. I am the eldest of three children. Two boys and one girl. My father and mother used to display the same love and affection to the three of us. I was fortunate to be raised in a loving home environment. While growing up, I enjoyed playing car- racing tracks with my brother and hunting with my father. When it came to friends, I was selective from the beginning. I liked the best behaved. 2. Will you
Read MoreBy Teresa de Castro http://www.geocities.com/tdcastros/Historyserver/papers/IberianPeninsula.htm Cuisine in the Iberian Peninsula: Moorish Heritage in the Cuisines of Spain and Portugal INTRODUCTION The Iberian Peninsula, in south-western Europe, is occupied by Spain and Portugal. It is separated from the main continent by the Pyrennees and surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the northwest and west and the Mediterranean to the south and east. The characteristics of the Iberian cuisine cannot be understood without the culinary influence of Romans, Arabs, Jews and Christians, and the dietary exchange that followed the colonisation of America and the colonialism in Africa and the Far East. Still,
Read MoreBy Rebecca Abuqaoud Waleikum Salam, I am pleased to discuss an interesting phenomenon that is happening in North America. The Latino Muslims as a whole are growing in numbers like never before. Amazingly, Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the United States, and it is significantly attracting Hispanic people. There are only estimates about the accurate number of how many Latinos have reverted to Islam. This interesting phenomenon about the growing number of Latinos converting to Islam in the United States is so appealing that recently Latino Muslims are subjects of study by teachers, professors, and universities.
Read MoreBy Donna Sibaai http://www.muhajabah.com/ramadan-poems.htm The holy month of RamadanFor all Muslims has begun.Praising Allah through the day,From dawn to dusk we fast and pray.We pay zakah (charity) for those in need,Trying hard to do good deeds.When the sun has set, and day is done-I’ll break this chain, but only one.By the end of Ramadan, this whole chain will be all gone!It’s time for Eid and lots of fun!!!
Read More“Say: ‘This is my way: I invite to Allah on/with clear knowledge – I and whomever follows me (does this). Glorified is Allah, and I am not of the polytheists.’” Qur’an 12:108. “And remember Allah’s favour upon you and the covenant which He made with you, when you said, `We hear and we obey.’ And fear Allah. Surely Allah knows well what is in your minds.” – Quran 5:8. Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever observes fasts during the month of Ramadan out of sincere faith, and hoping to attain Allah’s rewards, then all his past sins will be forgiven.” – Bukhari
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