By Hasan Rabani How do women fit into Islam? What is their fate?This has been the subject of many a debate.“for the believing men and women, is a great reward’This is from Surah Al Azaab, the words of our Lord.It can be seen from reading the Holy Quranthat a woman has some privilege over a man. Women can pray at the mosque or even at home.They may marry or divorce, its their choice, their own.After marriage she can retain her old maiden nameand is rewarded for treating all her offspring the same.Once women are married they should live pious lives.“and
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By Jawad Ahmed Islam is peace; Islam is ease.Islam’s not danger or disease.Islam is love and prosperity.Islam’s not hatred or adversity.Islam is salvation through repentance.Islam has love for all in abundance.Islam means no harm or affliction. Islam implores you with affection.Islam is neither maze nor craze.Islam is giving Allah all praise.Islam is acing through the race.Islam will be on everyone’s face.Islam is worshipping only the Creator.Islam’s not mere numbers on a calculator. Islam gives you power when you surrender.Islam’s not a terrorist or for a pretender.Islam is patience and perseverance.Islam eases your vengeance through tolerance.Islam is life for all eternity.Islam
Read More“And Allah has brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers while you knew nothing, and gave you ears and eyes and hearts, that you may be grateful.” – Quran 16:78. “Say: Shall we tell you who will lose most in respect of their deeds? Those whose efforts were astray in the life of this world, while they thought that they were doing good works.” – Quran 18:103-104. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, “Once while a prophet amongst the prophets was taking a rest underneath a tree, an ant bit him. He, therefore, ordered that his luggage be taken
Read MoreBy Juan Galvan Assalaam alaykum, During the July 4th weekend, I attended the fifth annual ISNA Latino Muslims Conference. The event was held in Dallas, Texas. Our main speaker was Imam Yahya Suquillo of Ecuador. Imam Suquillo helped a Latino take shahada at the event. It was beautiful to see a Latino make his declaration of faith in Arabic and Spanish. All the sisters were crying, and the brothers who weren’t crying were trying hard not to cry. After a day long of sessions, I requested the audience to write down their comments about the program. InshAllah, all Muslims can
Read MoreQ: What is a mosque?A: A mosque is a public place of worship used by Muslims. The English word “mosque” is derived from its Arabic equivalent, masjid, which means “place of prostration.” Suitably termed, because the Islamic prayer, or salat, includes prostrating oneself before God. Q: How is a mosque used?A: The Mosque plays a central role in the Muslim community primarily because it functions as the place where we may congregate to perform the required five daily prayers as well as the Friday Communal Prayers. In the United States, mosques may also accommodate fulltime and weekend Islamic schools, day
Read Morehttp://usinfo.state.gov/espanol/muslim La Oficina de Programas de Información InternacionalDepartamento de Estado de Estados Unidos El Islam es una de las religiones de más rápido crecimiento en Estados Unidos. Según un estudio reciente, hay 1.209 mezquitas en este país y muchas más de la mitad de ellas se establecieron en los últimos 20 años. Entre el 17 y el 30 por ciento de los musulmanes estadounidenses son conversos. La familia ocupa el lugar central tanto de la vida estadounidense tradicional como de la mayoría de los inmigrantes musulmanes que, generalmente, han llegado en fecha más reciente. El ingeniero Shahed Amanullah, quien vive
Read MoreBy Shaykh Muhammad Qutb http://www.islaam.com/Article.aspx?id=317 The Islamic community had been left in ruins. It had been weakened and divided into small nations. The seeds of internal conflict had been planed and nurtured. Every effort had been made to draw society far away from the essence of religion, keeping people in ignorance and luring them with worldly incentives. Attempts to reform within an Islamic framework are still being suppressed. Religious practicing Muslims have become outcasts in their own society. And yet it was the will of Allah, the Almighty, that this religion would survive – not only survive, but make a
Read MorePor Juan Galvan Mucha gente se sorprendería al ver el amor que los Musulmanes sienten por la Virgen María, la madre de Jesús. En el Corán, a ninguna otra mujer se le da más atención que a María. Ella recibe más atención que a todos los Profetas con la excepción de Adán. En los 114 capítúlos del Corán, María esta entre las ocho personas en tener un capítúlo a su nombre. El decimonoveno capítúlo del Corán se llama Mariam, en honor a la Virgen María. ‘Mariam’ significa María en Árabe. El tercer capítúlo del Corán se llama Amran, el cuál
Read MoreBy Juan Galvan Many people may be surprised that Muslims love Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the Quran, no woman is given more attention than Mary. Mary receives the most attention of any woman mentioned in the Quran even though all the Prophets with the exception of Adam had mothers. Of the Quran’s 114 chapters, she is among the eight people who have a chapter named after them. The nineteenth chapter of the Quran is named after her, Mariam. Mariam means Mary in Arabic. The third chapter in the Quran is named after her father, Imran. Chapters Mariam and
Read MoreBy Sharif Online under “On the Road”http://apacheeagles.tripod.com/caravansaryofpeace/id10.htmlwww.caravansary.de.vu Prophet Muhammad brought home to the Muslims in a famous hadith to travel for the sake of ´ilm (education, science) even if this journey takes us to China. Brother Bakr and I made a 10-day-trip to Andalusia in southern Spain; the Arabs gave it the name Al-Andalus. After having had a nice flight from Dusseldorf to Seville alhamdulillah we looked for a tourist information center so that we could arm ourselves with city maps. As we are perfect backpack travelers, we already had lots of information from the internet about the Andalusia sightseeing,
Read MoreBy C.K. Harpole The Latino Open House was held on Sunday, April 25, 2004 from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. It was one of the first events of its kind to take place in our area. The open house took place at Masjid Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq in Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. It was sponsored by Muslim American Society of New Orleans. The Latino Muslims are a group that follows Ahl-sunnah wal-jamaat. Sister Jenny Yanez hosted the event with the help of the Islamic community. Her mother is from Spain but lived in Cuba for many years. Her father and
Read MoreBy a 15 year old Muslim teenager from Dallas, TX It is hard,So hard.The stress,The expectation,The obligation: “Uphold the family image”“Uphold Islam”“Make something of yourself”“Be successful”“Get better Grades”“Prove to your teachers you can”“Be an example to your siblings and to other Muslim women”“You have more opportunities then I ever had”“Why aren’t you studying”“Study harder”“Do your homework”“Listen to your teachers”“What are they teaching you”“You just have to work harder”“You don’t take school serious enough”“You can be anything you want…. anything at all……” But, what do I want to beWhat do I want to studyCan I please them all? Can not be a failureCan
Read More“Nay – whoever submits his whole self, to God and is a doer of good – he will get his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear nor shall they grieve.” – Qur’an 2:112. “Say to the People of the Book and to those who are unlearned: ‘Do ye (also) submit yourselves?’ If they do, they are in right guidance, but if they turn back, thy duty is to convey the Message.” – Quran 3:20. The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, “A time will come when the murderer will not know why he has committed the murder, and
Read MoreAt the 2003 Emmy Awards, Jon Stewart of The Daily Showshowed the audience various news clips of anchors askingexperts about monkey pox and dirty bombs. He wanted to show the audience how ridiculous real news can be.He said that cable news stations should get some kind of awardfor their use of fear and speculation. The news clips were capped off withNBC News’ Chris Jansing seriously asking an expert,“What can you tell us about Hispanic Muslims?” Afterward, Stewart paused then asked,“What can you tell us about Hispanic Muslims?Are they nocturnal? Carnivores?” Who are Hispanic Muslims?Who are Muslims?What is Islam?
Read MoreBy Kazi Mahmood http://www.islam-online.net/English/ArtCulture/2003/12/article05.shtml IslamOnlineDecember 17, 2003 Inside Mecca is a nice production depicting the journey of three Muslims from three continents: one from Malaysia, one from the United States and one from South Africa, describing their experiences both before and during the Hajj. One of the five pillars of Islam, the Hajj is required of all who can manage it at least once in a lifetime. Each year, Muslims from all over the world travel to Mecca to praise and give thanks to Allah, to ask pardon for their sins and renew their spiritual commitment through an elaborate series
Read MoreSome Tips & Resources on Class Presentation about Eid From SoundVision http://www.soundvision.com/Info/misc/eidbreak.asp Some Thoughts on Eid-ul-Adha As the Islamic Calendar pages turn with each moon that passes, we are quickly approaching the end of the Islamic year. During the coming days many of our sisters and brothers will be graced with the opportunity of making Hajj to the Holy city of Makkah. Those of us not embarking upon the pilgrimage may be commencing preparations for our Eid ul-Adha celebrations. The Christmas season fell during our Holy month of Ramadan in December. Now with the approaching of spring, we see the
Read MoreBy Damir AhmadIslamOnline Correspondent http://www.islam-online.net/English/News/2004-01/26/article03.shtml MOSCOW, January 26 (IslamOnline.net) Up to five thousand Russian Muslims undertake the holy journey to Makkah to perform hajj this year despite high costs. Many Russian Muslims complained about the highly-priced visa issuance, hajj costs and the hardships faced by pilgrims traveling by buses. Traveling by road costs about 36,000 Russian rubles ($1300), while by plane around 51,000 ($1800). According to the Saudi consul in Moscow, Abdal Razek Al-Kashmi, 3500 pilgrims were traveling by road this year. In sub-zero temperatures, the last 180-strong batch of pilgrims left the capital of Ingushetia Nazran Saturday, January 24,
Read MoreBy Hisham Aidi http://www.merip.org/mer/mer229/229_aidi.html Middle East ReportFebruary 2004 (Hisham Aidi, a research fellow at Columbia University’s Middle East Institute, works on the university’s Muslim Communities in New York Project, sponsored by the Ford Foundation.) “Seamos moros!” wrote the Cuban poet and nationalist José Martíí in 1893, in support of the Berber uprising against Spanish rule in northern Morocco. “Let us be Moors…the revolt in the Rif…is not an isolated incident, but an outbreak of the change and realignment that have entered the world. Let us be Moors…we [Cubans] who will probably die by the hand of Spain.” [1] Writing at
Read MoreBy Yahya Lopez The resolution As the day of Eid ul Adha (Dhul Hijjah 1423/ February 2003) approached, I had been inching closer to making the intention to attempt to sacrifice an animal this year with my very own two hands. Even though I was solely striving towards the intention at that time, the overall implications, nonetheless, created a potent, gut-wrenching dilemma within me that weighed heavily upon my heart and mind. On the one hand, there was the powerful feeling of duty and compliance. Out of His infinite, unfathomable wisdom, Allah, Most High, had commanded, by way of His
Read MoreBy Shinoa Day 1: January 18, 2004Sunday 5:30am We’re here at the Novotel Hotel in Cairo where we spent three hours sleeping. Originally, we meant to go straight to Jeddah but our entire group missed our flights. Needless to say, this is my first opportunity to write down a few thoughts. It’s about 5:30am, and I’m waiting for Brenda to finish getting ready. We just washed and entered into the state of Ihram for Umrah. The rest of the group should be already downstairs eating breakfast. My own flight to London the previous night was calm and without much turbulence,
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