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The concept of communication in Islam
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- Published on Tuesday, 16 April 2013 18:41
- Written by Syed Kazim
The ability to communicate effectively is necessary to carry out thoughts and visions to people. It helps convey directions and provide synchronization. Without communication, there is no way to express thoughts, ideas and feelings. The importance of communication becomes much more crucial when you are on a mission or need to fulfill a goal. Without a means to communicate, you will stand isolated. The ability to effectively communicate is very important when it is usually underestimated and overlooked. Communication is a necessity as we need to convey the message and spread ideas. The importance of communication is crucial for any success because we need to reach out to people in order to fulfill the mission. It is in the basic nature of every individual to communicate, even a person who is dumb communicates through action.
Thus far the last strong Islamic Calipha Abdülhamid II
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- Published on Saturday, 06 April 2013 20:39
- Written by BC & Agencies
Throughout Islamic history, one of the uniting aspects of the Muslim world was the caliphate. After the death of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing upon him, his close companion, Abu Bakr, was elected as the first khalifah, or caliph, of the Muslim community. His job as leader combined political power over the Muslim state as well as spiritual guidance for Muslims. After the third caliph Umar, the person who holds the tile is also known as the Emir al-Mumiminum (the leader of the faithful). Eventually, after the rule of the fourth rightly guided caliph Ali, caliphate becomes a hereditary position, occupied at first by the Umayyad family, and later by the Abbasids. In 1517, the caliphate was transferred to the Ottoman family, who ruled the largest and most powerful empire in the world in the 1500s.
The scientific method: Ibn Al Haitham to Karl Popper
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- Published on Thursday, 20 December 2012 23:45
- Written by Baybers of Astrolabe
1. Ibn Al Haitham created the scientific method. Prior to the Islamic Enlightenment there was no science; it had not been invented.
2. The scientific method is an instrument of logic that is used to test a hypothesis. It is not (as its disciples believe) a explanation of the world.
3. One does not need to attack or undermine science to affirm Tawheed (an Islamic understanding of God). i.e. Harun Yayhaism is an unnecessary bidah. Not only is it intellectually bankrupt, it is fundamentally dishonest and an affront to our own contribution to civilization.
4. Most disciples of scientism, believe it to be an all encompassing explanation for everything without understanding the limitations of the scientific method.
Prior to the great Islamic universities of the 8th and 9th centuries, science did not exist. Aristotle, for all his brilliance, only managed to derive knowledge based upon empiricism (constructing theories about reality based on one's experience).
Mexico becoming more Muslim, one person at a time
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- Published on Friday, 05 April 2013 15:24
- Written by BC & Agencies
Gathering from different countries at the sleepy beach of Tijuana, a growing number of the city's population are becoming Muslims, finding Islamic values close to the country's Catholic traditions.
Bosnia got the new Grand Mufti
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- Published on Friday, 23 November 2012 15:07
- Written by BC & Agencies
The Muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina are still proud of Husein Kavazovic's behavior during the Bosnian War. He was a 31-year-old imam in the northeastern Bosnian city of Tuzla in July 1995, when grim confrontations between the ethnic Serbian paramilitaries and Bosnian army shook the region. A few days after news of the massacre of over 8,000 Muslim men and youths in nearby Srebrenica broke, Kavazovic made the following radio announcement towards his fellow citizens:
Thank God It’s Friday, for Muslims
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- Published on Friday, 08 February 2013 15:48
- Written by BC & Agencies
For most people, Friday represents the beginning of the weekend. For Muslims, however, Fridays mean more. In the Islamic context, Friday or jummah is the high day. Not only does the jummah prayer, a special congregational prayer, occur on Friday but it is believed to have other virtues.
In every mosque around the world, Muslims gather for the jummah prayer, as commanded in the following verses of the Qur'an:
The internal dimensions of Hajj
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:21
- Written by BC-Stuff
The ultimate destination
You are the luckiest person in the world. Allah has invited you personally to His House.
What is Hajj? Hajj in the Arabic language means aim, destination or purpose (qasd). The reason is clear: Hajj is the ultimate journey of loving submission ('ubudiyah) and conscious surrender (riq) to Allah. Its ultimate destination is your encounter with the House of Allah (Bayt al-Allah) – the Ka'bah – with both your physical body and, more importantly, your heart (qalb).
Ibn al-Jawzi (rahimahullah) relates a story of an old, blind woman who was journeying to Hajj years ago with a caravan. Throughout the journey, she keeps asking: "Are we at the house of my Lord?" Time and again, she is told, "No, mother, we are not there yet." As the caravan nears Makkah, she is informed that they are almost there. Finally, they enter Masjid al-haram. She is led to the Ka'bah. Touching the Ka'bah, she cries, "Baytu rabbi!" ("The House of my Lord!"). Weeping, she clings to the cloth of the Ka'bah – and dies.
Halal Pork - Muslims have themselves to blame
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- Published on Tuesday, 05 February 2013 23:14
- Written by Mustaqim - Musings of a flying Imam
Investigations following the detection of horse meat DNA in burgers sold in British supermarkets eventually also led to the discovery of pork DNA in processed food supplied as halal produce to prisons throughout the UK. The response is probably as scandalous as the discovery. On the non-Muslim side the emphasis was on this having been an unfortunate isolated accident.
Hajj: A Journey of Selfless Brotherhood
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- Published on Friday, 19 October 2012 23:38
- Written by BC-Stuff
For someone who has never gone for Hajj, I do not think any amount of literary research, academic classes, or wistful anticipation can prepare them enough for what the journey entails, and what they will bring away from it eventually, in the form of practical lessons, life-changing experiences, and long-lasting memories.
Hajj is an experience and journey like no other. You have to go on Hajj yourself to be able to fully learn, decipher and fathom just what it entails.
Many a time, after the initial days spent smoothly and uneventfully in hotels, the talbiyah-repeating pilgrim might find himself musing over the logic behind performing all the Hajj rituals. He or she might wonder why God has ordained this journey upon those of His believing slaves who can physically and financially afford it; a journey that involves observance of strict restrictions in ihram and the communal performance of rites combined with often exhausting travel, starting and ending with a 5-day sojourn in different places around Makkah.
I wasn’t looking for a religion ... I just fell in love with Islam
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- Published on Saturday, 02 February 2013 14:55
- Written by BC & Agencies
Meet four of the 5,000 Brits who become Muslims each year
More than half of those who make the switch are white – and 75 per cent are women.
But what would make someone want to change their lifestyle so dramatically? Police Community Support Officer Jayne Kemp left her Catholic roots behind after "falling in love" with Islam while helping victims of so-called honour violence.
Let Us Rejoice at `Eid
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- Published on Saturday, 18 August 2012 06:03
- Written by Salman Al-Oadah
Congratulation on the blessed 'Eid! May Allah make such occasions a continuous joy for all Muslims! O my beloved, this is 'Eid; it is the day of joy, delight, and purity. Allah says: {Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy therein let them rejoice. It is better than what they hoard} (Yunus 10:58).
Let hearts be reconciled and souls be sincere toward one another. Let us renew the Islamic fraternity charter that brings the believers together. They help one another to righteousness, exhort one another to truth and endurance, help the oppressed, and curb the oppressor. Actually, the joy of 'Eid will not be sensed by those whose hearts are envious, whose consciences are cheating, or whose souls are overwhelmed by whim. Let us dream of a promising future whose good omens are glimmering on the horizon. How tough life would be if it lacked hope!
The poet Abu At-Taib Al-Mutanabi innovated bad custom followed by many poets later on. He authored his pessimistic poem lamenting his luck in 'Eid. Poets followed Al-Mutanabi's footsteps and used to lament their bad conditions and unfortunate luck in 'Eid. Some lamented their personal, individual problems and others had a wider outlook. Since our childhood, we memorized poems grieving over the painful reality of the Ummah and its sufferings that reject the joy of 'Eid without achieving victory.
