What does Fard mean in Islam? Farḍ (Arabic: فرض) or farīḍah (فريضة) in Islam isa religious duty commanded by God. The word is also used in Urdu, Persian, Pashto, Turkish (spelled farz), and Malay (spelled fardu or fardhu) in the same meaning. What...
Any member of the Quraysh who was a Muslim before this would necessarily have made hijra. Since Sa'd ibn Abu Waqqas (rAa) does not say "some emigrant women" but instead says "some Qurayshi women", it seems likely that the women only accepted Islam in Ramadan of 8 A.H. and therefore...
in itself a matter of debate) does imagine that a land is promised to them, or should belong to “the Muslims” at large, irrespective of creed, culture, local tradition, etc. ISIS does project the notion that the Muslim homeland involves a rejection of what is not Muslim, or at least ...
Primitive does not mean Stupid or Juvenile: One of the characters in the movieNight at the Museumis the unnamed "Easter Island Head." Instead of intelligent or spiritual dialog from the Moai, the movie's writers chose the head to utter lines such as "Hey! Dum-dum! You give me gum-gum!
religions Article What Changed in Medina: The Place of Peace and War in the Life of Prophet Muhammad Suleyman Sertkaya Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University, Melbourne 3062, Australia; ssertkaya@csu.edu.au Abstract: The Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, is depicted ...
in Ancient Egypt from the Dynastic to the Byzantine PeriodAccommodating the Other: Negotiating Christianity, Indigenous Practices, and Colonialism in the Jesuit Reductions500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines: Impact on Asia and the WorldA Transdisciplinary Approach to the Study of Islam and ...