Qureshi points out that Islam, as a religion, has been colonised over the past couple of hundred years and that many Muslims have reacted with very purist interpretations. "Going back to our tradition, if we learn about the nature of what it means to be a Muslim and we really expand ...
For many of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims, fasting began Monday, after an announcement from officials in Saudi Arabia, which is home to the holiest places in Islam. Muslim communities may start Ramadan on different days, due to declarations by multiple Islamic authorities aroun...
In Muslim cultures, “al-salamu alaykum” is more than a way of saying hello. It points to the spiritual peace of submitting to God – and not only in this life. Saying “peace be upon you” is a prayer that God will grant heaven to the person with whom you are speaking. Many Mus...
Arafah is also the day in which the Prophet Muhammad made his farewell sermon during his final pilgrimage and bore witness that Allah perfected his religion, completed his favours upon his beloved Prophet Muhammad and approved Islam as a way of life. Image:Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namir...
and that the Quran is Allah's sacred text. The process of converting to Islam is simple, as long as you have an earnest desire to practice the faith. However, once you become a Muslim, you must familiarize yourself with Islamic practices and traditions to partake fully in the religion. ...
the restoration of houses and property to those who had abandoned our city before the siege, if they returned home, they would be treated according to their rank and religion, as if nothing had changed.” (George Sphrantzes, 1401-1478, Byzantine Christian chronicler and witness of the fall...
Today, Islam is the second most widespread religion in Russia. It is practiced by about 20 million people living in the Volga Region, the Urals, the North Caucasus and Siberia. When and how did the Muslim faith come to the country?
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the chronicler Nestor. Of the Muslim Bulgarians of the Volga the envoys reported there is no gladness among them; only sorrow and a great stench. He also said that the Bulgars' religion of Islam was undesirable due to its taboo against alcoholic beverages and pork; Vladimir said on that ...
Just 50 years ago, no one knew why the Earth has mountains. Now we do. This is the story of how we figured it out - and how we keep learning.