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By HudaJerusalem is perhaps the only city in the world that is considered historically and spiritually significant to Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike. The city of Jerusalem is known in Arabic as Al-Quds or Baitul-Maqdis (“The Noble, Sacred Place”), and the importance of the city to Muslims comes as a surprise to some Christians and Jews.CENTER OFMONOTHEISMIt should be remembered that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all spring from a common source.All are religions of monotheism—the belief that there is one God, and one God only. All three religions share a reverence for many of the same prophets responsible for first teaching the Oneness of God in the area around Jerusalem, including Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus—peace be upon them all. The reverence these...
December 07, 2017
The importance of the city of Jerusalem in Islam
By Mohammed Tanveer ZahaquePrince Mohammed Bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, pledged on 24th October 2017 that he will bring back the moderate Islam that has existed in the Middle East in the pre-1979 era.The word ‘moderate’ Islam has caused huge hue and cry among Muslims across the globe because the Western media has misinterpreted the term ‘moderate Islam’, and this term has been widely misunderstood. According to the Western media, moderate Islam means that a Muslim can drink alcohol, go to clubs, dance, and basically do whatever he/she wants, and at the same time claims to be a Muslim. In the Western media, a regular, peaceful practicing Muslim man who prays 5 times a day and grows a beard, or a regular Muslim woman who wears the hijab is looked at as an...
December 07, 2017
Moderate Islam
November 30, 2017
What ‘Allahu Akbar’ really means
November 30, 2017
‘Are you being forced?’ UK Muslim schoolgirls wearing the hijab to be quizzed
By Ameera AbidAlthough the definition of a mosque can be put into a simple sentence like, “A mosque is a place of worship for Muslims,” it is far more than that simple definition. Many mosques we see around us carry a legacy, a back story, a struggle. One should ponder on this every once in a while. People living in Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries are blessed by the availability of mosques in every neighborhood, to offer their prayers.Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said, “The earth has been made a place of prostration and a means of purification for me”. (Sahih Al-Bukhari)This is manifest in the many times we have seen a small crowd of men and women offering the prayer on pavements, in parks, malls, and in the airports.Today I would like to shed light on the mosques,...
November 23, 2017
Mosques in Muslim Communities
November 23, 2017
Gallery of knowledge, power, perfection, and beauty
Saudi GazetteAlthough Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) carried the world’s weight of responsibility on his shoulders, calling people to Allah and teaching Islam, he (peace be upon him), valued family and cared deeply about his family members. To learn how women are viewed in Islam or how women should be treated, one is to look at the Prophet (peace be upon him), and how he interacted with his daughters, wives, and the women in his community.Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) loved his daughters dearly and he never made them feel marginalized or unimportant because they were women, or because they were daughters not sons. He loved his daughters, took pride in them, and he was never ashamed to show his affection towards them in public.Although the youngest of his daughters, Fatima...
November 16, 2017
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the Father and Husband
November 16, 2017
Barbie makes doll of hijab-wearing Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad
The ongoing wars on Muslim lands are yet another tragedy on our world community, our Ummah. And when we are sitting in front of our computer screens, reading the news, one of many thoughts that cross our minds is “Are the non-believers going to continue to oppress the weak Muslims in Rohingya and elsewhere in the world?”We delve into endless anxiety. Here, we are forgetting the ultimate solution that Allah has given to all of mankind, and that is “And whoever has taqwa of Allah, He will make for him a way out, and will provide for him from where he does not expect.” (Chapter 65, verses 2 to 3)And in another verse in the same chapter (Surah Al-Talaq), Allah says, “And whoever has taqwa of Allah, He will make for him of his matter ease.” (Chapter 65, verse 4)We should not lose...
November 09, 2017
Turning to Allah, Al-Fattah
Saudi GazetteI arrive at my appointment ten minutes late and the meek excuse I give the receptionist is, “Sorry I’m late, I was stuck in traffic.” I lied. It wasn’t traffic that delayed me. What delayed me was the cup of coffee I wanted to finish before leaving my house because I feared that if I didn’t have my morning coffee, I would have to deal with a headache all day.No big deal, right? It’s only a little white lie.My sixteen year old daughter is on an infuriatingly rigid health diet. She sends me on shopping trips that are more like a wild goose chase, searching for items like quinoa, apple butter, ground flaxseeds, organic kale chips, Greek yogurt and a dozen other almost impossible items to find, not to mention how pricey that all is. It can’t be regular yogurt; it has...
November 02, 2017
White Lie, Red Lie
