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- April 22, 2006
- Video: Jews and Christians in US convert to Islam
Zaytuna Institute is a non-profit, educational institute and school founded and run by people committed to reviving time-tested methods of educating and transforming human beings. It is our belief that Islam offers a cohesive understanding of the world and a praxis for it that is able to cut through the illusion of contemporary nihilism and [...]
- April 22, 2006
- OCCUPATION 101
‘Occupation 101′ presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the United States’ role, and sheds light on the major obstacles which stand in the way of a lasting and viable [...]
- April 9, 2006
- Jesus ‘denied he was son of God’ -
Maurice Chittenden (The Sunday Times - Britain)
A HOLY war between writers is switching from the High Court to the bookshelves.
One of the authors who last week failed to win a plagiarism case against Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has written a new book just in time for Easter to question the very tenets [...]
- February 15, 2006
- Who Am I!
Poem by a Muslim Woman:
What do you see
when you look at me
Do you see someone limited,
or someone free
- February 10, 2006
- Jyllands Posten refused to publish lampooning Christ
3 Years ago the same newspaper Jyllands Posten that published 12 caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) refused to publish lampooning Christ on the grounds that they could be offensive to readers. This proves once again that the purpose of publication of the cartoons was not about “Freedom of Speech” but to [...]
- January 6, 2006
- Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Denmark
Freedom of Expression versus protection of minorities
In any society, Freedom of Expression is a fundament on which a democratic system is built. It gives the little man, a possibility to raise a voice against tyranny and state oppression, demand the rights and not to be afraid of the power elite. But as it is with [...]
- December 19, 2005
- Yvonne Ridley: From captive to convert
If you were being interrogated by the Taleban as a suspected US spy, it might be hard to imagine a happy ending.
But for journalist Yvonne Ridley, the ordeal in Afghanistan led her to convert to a religion she says is “the biggest and best family in the world”.
The formerly hard-drinking Sunday school teacher [...]
- November 26, 2005
- 10 Facts you didn’t know about Prophet Muhammad
Prophet Muhammad was an orphan. His father Abd Allah died before his birth, and his mother Aminah died when he was about 6 years old. He was taken care by his uncle Abu Talib.
He was illiterate, he could neither read nor write.
His first marriage was to a widow woman called Khadija, he [...]
- September 23, 2005
- The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History
Author: Michael H. Hart 1 MUHAMMAD (570-632)
My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world’s most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on [...]
- September 18, 2005
- How Converts convert to Islam?
Many western converts report that they had become rationally convinced of the truth of Islam before they embraced it. Maryam Jameelah, in her letters to Maududi, describes the intellectual appeal that Islam held for her. Marmaduke Pikthall’s conversion involved an intellectual maturation and discovery similar to Asad’s. Aminah Assilmi and Nancy Ali, wellknown speakers at [...]
- September 7, 2005
- The Last Sermon Of Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h.)
This sermon was delivered on the Ninth day of Dhul-Hijjah, 10 A.H. ( 623AD) in the Uranah valley of Mount Arafat in Mecca. It was the occasion of annual rites of Haj. It is also known as the Farewell Pilgrimage.
- September 1, 2005
- Is the Black Stone an Idol?
Let us examine closely the square-structured Ka’bah (The Holy House) at Makkah, in Arabia, wherein in its Eastern corner lies the Black Stone set up chest-high.
Every pilgrim in Makkah tries to kiss and caress it fondly first thing upon arrival there. This action marks the start of the act of Tawaf. The word "Tawaf" is [...]
- August 30, 2005
- Our Sister’s Keeper
“Do you have to wear that thing on your head?”
This was the final question during my job interview for a research position at a Canadian university. Apparently, my PhD in chemical physics from Harvard, research publications and postdoctoral research at MIT weren’t enough to convince my interviewer that I qualified for the job. It came [...]
- August 30, 2005
- Is the Pilgrimage a Pagan Rite?
Some non-Muslims think or are made to believe that the pilgrimage to Ka’bah is purely a pagan rite or one form of idol-worship, that it was being practiced by the Arab idolaters before Islam and that Islam borrowed it from them.
- August 29, 2005
- Goethe Embraced Islam
German poet, novelist, playwright and natural philosopher, one of the greatest figures in Western literature after whom countless institutes and associations have been named all over Europe and North America, namely Goethe Institute. All evidence have been taken from his own works and his letters to friends.
