Masjid Parking Syndrome
AlJazeera English | A History of Muslims in France
British Government Drags its Heels over Extradition Treaty
Islamic Art Feature: Pick of the Month, 1/12
Abdul Nasir Jangda | Salah in Focus
Embracing the Winter Blues
‘Religious’ Violence in Nigeria fueled by Poverty and Ethnicity?
Book Review | The Spirit Level
Guantánamo No More: 10th Anniversary of the Draconian Prison
So How Much SHOULD Islamic Clergy Make?
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Add Images of Islamic Phrases to Your WordPress Posts using Shortcodes (15)
MuslimMatters.org presents Islamic Graphics: a Wordpress plugin that allows you to easily insert images of common Islamic phrases directly into your posts and pages via shortcodes.
Civil Rights»
Guantánamo No More: 10th Anniversary of the Draconian Prison (15)
Guantanamo Bay violates every possible standard laid out for an imprisonment facility; hence the rationale for building it on a naval base in Cuba. It denies prisoners protections guaranteed by the Geneva conventions, holds them indefinitely without laying charges and effectively bars them from having any chances at a fair trial.
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Abdul Nasir Jangda | Salah in Focus (22)
What happened during this time that makes it The Year of Grief and Sorrow? What events led to the focus on ṣalāh (prayer)? Probably the greatest personal tragedy. There were many difficult events and moments of the life of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) but the greatest personal tragedy of the life of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was the passing of his beloved wife Khadījah (raḍyAllāhu ‘anha). One common complaint that I have – and I make this complaint often to my students and my own community – is that too often, I find that particularly in regards to the sīrah, we have either a Wikipedia approach to the life of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) or an entertainment-like approach to the life of the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam).
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Islamic Art Feature: Pick of the Month, 1/12 (5)
Welcome to the another edition of MuslimMatters.org’s regular Islamic Art feature. If you want to see your work on MM, then either email us your images to art[@]muslimmatters[.]org or submit them to our Flickr group. Click on the images below to view the original.
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In Police Training, a Dark Film on U.S. Muslims (1)
Ominous music plays as images appear on the screen: Muslim terrorists shoot Christians in the head, car bombs explode, executed children lie covered by sheets and a doctored photograph shows an Islamic flag flying over the White House. “This is the true agenda of much of Islam in America,” a narrator intones. “A strategy to [...]
Opinion»
Masjid Parking Syndrome (22)
And you thought parking in the middle of New York City was bad? You ain’t seen NOTHING yet.
Politics»
Church Attacked in Nigeria (35)
Update: More violence in Nigeria. Gunmen open fire at Christians in town hall meeting. From BBC Gunmen have attacked a church in north-east Nigeria killing at least six people, the church’s pastor says. Johnson Jauro said the killings took place when gunmen burst into his Deeper Life Church in Gombe, capital of Gombe state. He said [...]
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Haleh Banani | Where Psychology Meets Islam | Giving Advice Part 1 (0)
Learn critical methodology in giving advice such as: building rapport, asking questions, taking your time and making du‘ā’.
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