Muslim parents in Birmingham have withdrawn 600 children from Parkfield Community School over what they say is the school’s refusal to listen to their concerns about the promotion of homosexuality. Parents say more than 80% of children at the Muslim-majority school were absent on Friday because of the “undermining of …
Read More »Diseases of the Soul: Prejudice
A short article that discusses the types of prejudice (asabiyyah), the evil effects of sinful prejudice, and ways to cure it. O people! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. The noblest of you in the sight of …
Read More »Diseases of the Soul: Pretending Virtuousness
This article discusses the nature of the sin of pretending virtuousness (riya’), it’s different stages, its devastating effects, and presents advice on how to combat it. Pretending Virtuousness (riya) … when they stand up to prayer they stand up sluggishly; they do it only to be seen of men and do …
Read More »Diseases of the Soul: Self Admiration
Self-admiration (`ujb)- Part 1 of 7 Say: Shall We inform you who will be the greatest losers in their deeds? Those whose efforts are wasted away in the life of the world, while they think that they are doing something good. (Qur’an, 18: 103-4) Imam Ali (a) said: “The one …
Read More »40 valuable pieces of advice to Newly-weds!
Sheikh Qara`ati’s Advice: Dear Wife: Be proud of your husband. Don’t compare him to anyone else. Don’t undermine his authority. Search for his beauty in his intellect. Be content. Don’t show your beauty to anyone else. Be shy, but don’t be haughty. Be attractive toward your husband. Accompany your positive …
Read More »A Special Message to my Muslim Sisters
A Special Message to my Muslim Sisters When you scroll down your Instagram feed and see others – don’t compare yourself to them. Embrace your natural beauty and never feel like you have to compete with someone else, or don’t ever feel as if you need to make any alterations …
Read More »Lustful Challenges Against Youth, Part I
It’s time to point out the elephant in the room. Youth, especially boys, are now more than ever challenged with the task of taming their carnal desires. Courtesy of the hyper-sexualized world that we live in, carnal desires innate in every being becomes unearthed at an earlier age, and thus, …
Read More »Shaykh Mansour Leghaei: The Benefits of Fasting
1) Physical Healing It is quoted from the Prophet of Islam to have said: “Fast, you’ll be healthy”. An Egyptian pyramid inscription in 3800B.C also reads: “Humans live on one-quarter of what they eat; on the three-quarters live their doctor!” The three fathers of Western Medicine; (Hippocrates, Galen & Paracelsus) …
Read More »Imam Khomeini: Islam & The role of the family (Part 2)
Religions concern themselves with all the dimensions man possesses. There are rules to ensure man’s well-being even before he is born, instructions relating to how a marriage should be contracted, what conditions should be met, what kind of woman the man should choose for a wife and what kind of …
Read More »Imam Khomeini: The role of the Family (Part 1)
The serious attention accorded all dimensions of family life by Islam The laws of the shari‘a embrace a diverse body of laws and regulations, which amounts to a complete social system. In this system of laws, all the needs of man have been met: his dealings with his neighbours, fellow …
Read More »Pregnancy: A Divine Journey
Positive. Two little lines, a plus sign; even clearer is the writing on the wall, “PREGNANT.” Pregnancy is a time of great change – mind, body, and soul. Most begin this journey with the usual motions of doctors visits, blood tests and other routine medical check ups. We are inundated …
Read More »My personal journey with Autism…
My little prince, born after years of prayers, covered his milestones like any other child and was the most joyous child to be around. With each passing day, like any other parent, we began weaving plans for his future. Little did we know that our life was to take a …
Read More »Fighting for motherhood: The case for valuing one of the most vital members in society
Abstract Contemporary dictionaries define a mother as “a female parent; a woman who conceives, gives birth to, and raises or nurtures a child.” Yet in Islamic teachings, a mother is also considered a child’s “first teacher”. In modern societies, mothers who choose to stay at home and raise their children are …
Read More »Islamic propagation in the age of new media
Abstract This article will argue that new media creates more of an opportunity for Islamic communities to carry out propagation through more than what is known as traditional media. Firstly, it will shed light on traditional media and how it makes propagation of true Islam difficult. Secondly, it will introduce …
Read More »Book Review: The Compassionate Family by Ayatollah Khamenei
To purchase this book, please click here. Abstract The book Khanivadeh is a collection of speeches by Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei regarding the concept of family in Islam. The book is made up of Ayatollah Khamenei’s speeches, which have been dissected and sorted according to their topics, such that similar …
Read More »Reading: the habit of the free
There was a time when lack of literacy and education among the people made them defenseless in the face of deceit and manipulation by those few who had access to advanced levels of intellectual polemic. Using information and sophisticated rhetoric as a weapon, select groups could, in some cases, direct …
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