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Jul 22nd, 2013 |
By Maryam Sakeenah |
Category: Quran Journey Series, Religion
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Woe to every slanderer and backbiter. Who has gathered wealth and counted it. He thinks that his wealth will make him last forever! Nay! Verily, he will be thrown into the crushing Fire. And what will make you know what the crushing Fire is? The fire of Allah, kindled, Which […]
Tags: backbiting, greed, Islam, money, quranic reflections
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Jul 21st, 2013 |
By Maryam Sakeenah |
Category: Quran Journey Series, Religion
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful “And they will say: “Our Lord! Verily, we obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, and they misled us from the (Right) Way. Our Lord! give them double torment and curse them with a mighty curse!” (33:66-67) The verse illustrates the perils of blindly and unquestioningly following […]
Tags: blind following, Islam, quranic reflections
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Jul 20th, 2013 |
By Maryam Sakeenah |
Category: Quran Journey Series, Religion
In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful ‘What? Can there be a doubt about Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth?’ (Surah Ibrahim chapter 14, verse 10) Often the yardstick of logic and science is used to ‘prove’ the existence of God. That endeavour is somewhat misplaced because of its concession […]
Tags: eiman, faith, God's existence, Islam
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Jul 18th, 2013 |
By Maryam Sakeenah |
Category: Quran Journey Series, Religion
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful “See you not how Allah sets forth a parable? – A goodly word as a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the sky (i.e. very high). Giving its fruit at all times, by the Leave of its Lord […]
Tags: Islam, quran, quranic reflections, Ramadhan
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Jul 16th, 2013 |
By Maryam Sakeenah |
Category: Quran Journey Series, Religion
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful “And verily! This your religion (of Islamic Monotheism) is one religion, and I am your Lord, so keep your duty to Me. But they (men) have broken their religion among them into sects, each group rejoicing in its belief. So leave them in their error for […]
Tags: Islam, Quran Journey, tolerance, Unity
Posted in Quran Journey Series, Religion |
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May 26th, 2013 |
By Assed Baig |
Category: Latest, Media Watch, Religion, World
The murder in Woolwich has shocked everyone, no one was prepared for such a killing on the streets of the UK. The response has been of disgust and condemnation. This incident has raised some questions that politicians and the mainstream media have conveniently dodged. I am disgusted and appalled by what has taken place, but why should I […]
Tags: Islam, Muslim response, Soldier Murder, Woolich
Posted in Latest, Media Watch, Religion, World |
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May 24th, 2013 |
By Lauren Booth |
Category: Latest, Lauren Booth's Diary, Religion, World
This is my response to an article on The Hindu which has several inaccuracies about Islam.”Dear Editor of The Hindu, In the Name of Allah the Most Beneficient the Most Merciful,As a Muslim convert featured in your article, I would like to request an explanation for several statements which appeared alongside my photo;In your editorial, […]
Tags: Hasan Suroor, Islam, Lauren Booth, The Hindu, women in islam
Posted in Latest, Lauren Booth's Diary, Religion, World |
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Apr 3rd, 2013 |
By Owys Zemir |
Category: Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan, Religion
“We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman.” (Daniel J Boorstin) This article could have begun with an example of Yellow Journalism. A sensational headline bound to attract, opening lines to chill the spine, spicy factoids sugarcoated as facts, an agenda to […]
Tags: Islam, journalism, quran, yellow journalism
Posted in Latest, Media Watch, Pakistan, Religion |
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Mar 16th, 2013 |
By Muhammad Saad Khan |
Category: Latest, Pakistan, Religion
Risk is the greatest source of fear in our lives. Whenever we think about starting a business, we are mostly concerned about the risks of failure involved. A lot of strategies are formulated to mitigate the risks and threats to avoid loss and many a times business is not even started because of the risk […]
Tags: Islam, loss, profit, quran, surah asr
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Jan 29th, 2013 |
By Ali Naqash |
Category: Latest, Pakistan, Religion, World
We all seem to have an image. An image of what a God-fearing and religious person looks like. That image may be founded on our experience with those whom we consider to be “religious” or at times based on what we imagine a pious person to be, created upon our reading from a particular […]
Tags: intention, Islam, Piety, reliogious
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