Just as Islam arose in the seventh century from the traditions of Judaism and Christianity, so too did it elaborate on the struggle faced by the faithful: jihad. The term has two connotations in Arabic: an inward struggle of the soul and a righteous battle in the physical world. While crit...
After the post mortem, care is taken to return the body as close as possible to its original condition. Is a post mortem allowed in Islam for a valid reason? A very important and fundamental principle that should be remembered with regards to the human body is that the human body, ...
We can thank Islam for bringing chess to Europe. Muslim armies invaded Persia in the seventh and eighth centuries, and conquering caliphs fell in love with the game. As Muslim armies pushed into Spain and other parts of Europe, they brought the addictive game with them. "When chess moved ...
Islam teaches that if there was war of Jews and Christians, Muslims will help Christians because they believe on Allah and in Bible (Taurat-in Islam the third book from Allah) which proves the Quran, and Muhammad (saw) and also Quran proves the Bible (Taurat). The Israelis are killing Pa...
–Vlad III wasn’t convert to Islam, just Radu. –impaling, in those days and before, was practised in Byzantine (and Ottoman Empire) before Vlad III started it –Vlad III did rise against Ottomans because he hated them, not because money. As you wrote: “The young Dracula continually ab...
Narrated Abdullah: "Regarding the Verse: “Indeed he (Muhammad) did see. Of the Signs of his Lord, The Greatest!” (Quran 53.18) That the Prophet had seen a green carpet spread all over the horizon of the sky قَالَ رَأَى رَفْرَفًا ...
That is why the Americans have linked the recent incidents to Islam. I personally have suffered; my home was attacked and my daughters were harassed.” Q: “What did you do about this harassment?” Gamei’a: “When a group of people attacked my home, I went out to them and asked ...
The Quran states in unequivocal words that Muhammad was sent only as a Mercy from God to all peoples (21:107), and in another verse: “We have not sent thee but as a Mercy to all Mankind…” (34:28) This universality of Islam facilitated its acceptance by people from all races and ...
Muhammad’s return to Mecca included the mass cleansing of the Kabala and destruction of the idols therein. Similar things happened with the expansion of Islam, including the almost complete elimination of Zoroastrianism. All very normal. Historians who fail to fit the Maoist era into a global ...
Just as Islam arose in the seventh century from the traditions of Judaism and Christianity, so too did it elaborate on the struggle faced by the faithful: jihad. The term has two connotations in Arabic: an inward struggle of the soul and a righteous battle in the physical world. While crit...