SIGNS & symbolsThe editorial in this issue highlights how humanitarian aid to Palestine has become a symbol of solidarity among Indonesians. It examines two major Islamic mass organizations in Indonesia, Nahdhatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, and how they mobilize their ...
The number was well below forecasts and comes as other signs show the job market is weakening. Tim SmartMarch 5, 2025 Trump Tells Congress: ‘America Is Back' In his first address to Congress since returning to Washington, Trump touted the ‘swift and unrelenting action’ taken...
The acceptance of astrology by al-Biruni and, more generally, its integration into the Muslim perspective is due to the unified perspective of this very ancient form of wisdom. This perspective is based on the idea of the polarization of the Pure Being into the qualities of the signs of the...
and featuring the zodiac signs, solar symbols, planets, animal heads and anthropomorphic calligraphic scripts, this rare basin was made to symbolise the universe and harness its energy - evidence of a counterculture of astrology in the Muslim world, which predated Islam and continues to this da...
“It is a sort of Mona Lisa,” he observed. “You can see the emblem of the crescent. This, here, may be cuneiform signs or the distant history of Iraq. And there are all these flowers, which may symbolize the renaissance of Iraq and the connection between the people and the land. ...
I set aside time, leaving early for my workout so I could stop at my polling place and vote on my way. At 9:00 I drove to my polling place. As I pulled into the parking lot, I saw no less than 20 Vote for TR**P signs. I didn’t see more than 1 sign for each of the ot...
‘sloping’, in this case to the right. Ma’il is also notable for its lack of diacritical marks, the spelling symbols that distinguish between letters of similar shape. In this Qur’an, as in other ancient fragments, there are no vowel signs or other aids to pronunciation, and the end...
32 Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Tarafi, an eleventh century Arab chronographer writes: "[God] showed [Abraham] the signs of the heavens and the earth; indeed, the seven heavens gaped open before him even to the throne, and he contemplated them, and the seven earths were opened...
All the quotes and factual assertions in the long piece are documented, so you can check for yourself. Finally, in 2016, the U.S., along with 30 other countriesadopted a working definition of anti-semitismfor government use. Here are some of the signs of anti-Semitism given in that defin...
There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is his messenger. The Shahada prayer is the first of the Five Pillars of Islam. The Shahada prayer is also what is written on the black battle flags of Islamic jihad. Along with Allahu Akbar—our God is greatest—the Shahada is the battle cry of...