Drinking alcohol is often associated with the Punjabi culture, butis prohibited in Sikhism. Baptised Sikhs are forbidden from drinking but some non-baptised Sikhs do consume alcohol. Whilst the vast majority of those who do drink have no problem, a small number of Punjabi Sikh women are aff...
Is alcohol a sin in Islam? Although alcohol is considered haram (prohibited or sinful) by the majority of Muslims, a significant minority drinks, and those who do often outdrink their Western counterparts. Among drinkers, Chad and a number of other Muslim-majority countries top the global rank...
3. The belief in the hereafter in Islam does not come to mean forgetting about the world entirely as is the case in Christianity; rather, this is such a belief that moves from the meaning contained in the hadith: The world is the field of the hereafter.(This hadith is not included in ...
How can you say that Islam is tolerant toward different beliefs when this verse is present: “And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter…” (al-Baqara,191)? It is...
Among drinkers, Chad and a number of other Muslim-majority countries top the global ranking for alcohol consumption. What does the Quran say about food? The dietary laws are found in the Quran, the holy book of Islam, as well as in collections of traditions attributed to Islamic prophet ...
Islam in Turkey dates back tothe 8th century, when Turkic tribes fought alongside Arab Muslims against Chinese forces at the Battle of Talas in 751 A.D. Spurred by the influence of ruling dynasties, many people converted to Islam over the next few centuries. ...
Islam is the largest religion in Turkey according to the state, with 99.9% of the population being initially registered by the state as Muslim, for anyone whose parents are not of any other officially recognised religion and the remaining 0.1% are Christians or adherents of other officially reco...