Muslims should take a more modern view of their religion and think about the factors that lead to terrorism, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said Thursday in Davos. “Islam is a tolerant religion, but this was not always clear to the world during the past 20 or 30 years,” al-Sisi said[…]
An estimated 100,000 pro- and anti-Pegida protesters will rally in the east German city of Leipzig on Wednesday, in what is expected to be the largest such protest march to date. Authorities expect Pegida, an anti-Islam movement that has gained momentum in Germany since October, to mobilize about 40,000 supporters.[…]
Egyptian prosecutors have referred a writer to a criminal trial on charges of showing contempt for Islam in a tweet allegedly criticizing ritual slaughtering, state-run newspaper al-Ahram reported online Saturday. The referral comes in response to a lawsuit filed by a lawyer against Fatima Naoot, accusing her of defaming Islam[…]
Musallees at Claremont Main Road Mosque (CMRM) will offer special prayers for the victims and the families affected by the Pakistani school massacre, during the Jumu`ah service on Friday 19 December at 1pm. The CMRM strongly condemned the heinous attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar that killed at[…]
OPINION by Safiyyah Surtee Condemning the Taliban and other criminal groups every time they commit yet another atrocity is necessary but it is not effective. It can seem like we only care and express outrage after the deed is done, when truly we need to be speaking, acting and working[…]
With South Africa on alert following speculative reports that locals are being actively recruited to the Islamic State (IS), ulema in Cape Town have again vociferously condemned the group and its objectives. During a press briefing at the Muslim Judicial Council’s (MJC) head offices in Rylands this week, president Maulana[…]
One characteristic of the Qur’an is moderation or harmony between the divine and human, the spiritual and the material, the individual and the collective, and so on. The Qur’an pays due attention to all facts of life and all needs of man, and deals with them in such a way[…]
Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh on Friday said that un-Islamic forces are hatching conspiracies against Islam and Muslim countries. “Khawarij (those who withdrew from the mainstream Islam) are still among the sects of Muslims,” the Grand Mufti stated during annual Hajj sermon. He said those who spread anarchy in[…]
FEATURE by Dr. Magdi Al-Hilali The Qur’an has a wondrous impact on those who receive it as a book of guidance and remedy. Its influence on them is great and radical; the Qur’an reforms the character and remolds it into a new form that is loved by Allah. One who doubts[…]
FEATURE by Idris Tawfiq When young Muslims meet others for the first time and find out that they are Muslim, often one of the very first questions they ask each other is, “Do you pray?” It’s as if this is their touchstone to see if the person they have met is[…]
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