Many questions have been asked about the Arabian Peninsula. Questions such as what is the geography of the peninsula, and how Muslims are perceived around the world. Now, those questions have been answered. The Arabian Peninsula is located in Middle-East Asia. Countries considered part of...
Conflicts mostly about two groups of people who claim the same land and it goes back about a century to the early nineteen hundreds.The land then was religiously diverseincluding mostly Muslims and Christian salso a small number of Jews who livedgenerally in peace but it...
There is no doubt that social media has made social communications easy and convenient. However, by doing so, it has also exposed its users to deception and scam. Increased usage of social media has raised a number of ethical concerns which need to be addressed...
I have lived in Hudson for 12 years, and am puzzled by the exchange of letters over the past couple of years regarding Muslims. In the time I have lived here I have not encountered asingle Muslim in Hudson. I lived for many years on...
The happening of the 9/ 11 attack, firefighter Piciatto shares, ” And then the noise started, and the building began to tremble, and we all froze”. Piciatto (2004), also goes on describing the attack, dead solid still. To a man, no one moved, except to...
In our country, India, there are many social injustices, especially ones that are related to religion. Just like that, I will be dealing with the triple talaq bill which is one of the most recent issues. On 22nd August 2017, The Supreme Court of India...
The Middle East Conflict is old as hills and they are divergent views on the solution to the Middle East conflicts. The divergence arised from not having the same views on the roots. Ahmed Zewal in his speech at Cairo University in 2009 said “Peace...
A Muslim woman, Jamida K popularly known as ‘Jamida Teacher’ became the first Indian Muslim woman Imam to lead Jumma prayers. She led the prayers for a mixed group of around 50 men and women at the central committee office of the Quran Sunnath Society...
Poets have remarked on the affairs of the contemporary world, advocated for the victims of tyranny and even became the pioneers of social change. Plato, a philosopher in Classical Greece, while responding to the complexity of poets, concludes that they are impersonators of the world:...
Muslim women are increasingly not given a free choice about wearing clothing, and those who resist are beaten, threatened with death, arrest, flagged, or murdered for the honor of their family. Being fully covered does not mean that you will not be harassed, stalked, rape,...
Dreams are of two kinds: Dreams that are product of our minds. They are mental processes that occur all night at various stages of our sleep cycles, but especially during REM sleep. We are usually not aware of them, unless we wake up right at...
Kerala: A Muslim woman, Jamida K popularly known as ‘Jamida Teacher’ became the first Indian Muslim woman Imam to lead Jumma prayers. She led the prayers for a mixed group of around 50 men and women at the central committee office of the Quran Sunnath...
One of the most famous, and respected philanthropist in Azerbaijan, Russia, and in all Muslim world was Haji Zeynalabdin Tagiyev. He was called the “Father of the Nation”. He was bor in 1821, and rose in shoemaker family in Baku. He started learning masonry to...
The first war between India and Pakistan started very often the independence in October 1947 and ended in December 1948 with the mediation of UN, effected on January 1st, 1949. This was also known as first Kashmir war, fought for Kashmir accession between both countries....
The Muslim culture, identity and sense of belonging are founded on Islamic teachings. In the context of Muslim’s, centrality of Islamic faith is the foundation of all cultural diversities. The Islamic culture is a set of beliefs, traditions and customs, which guide Muslim’s in their...
Sikhism began to arise in a period of tension between Muslims and Hindus in India in the sixth century A.D. The Moguls had conquered India and brought Islam with them, and some people sought to establish harmony between the two religions based on the concept...
Death is seen as a normal event that happens to all people whether we like it or not. Many different cultures and religions go about death and grief in many different ways, ways some might not even understand. For instincts one culture might hold a...
The Haji is the second largest annual gathering of Muslims in the world. The Hajj is a demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim people, and their submission to God (Allah). The word Hajj means “to intend a journey”, which connotes both the outward act...
Growing up in a Middle-Eastern household always heavily contrasted with the Catholic-American backgrounds of my peers. Therefore, it produced awareness regarding the vast amount of different perspectives of health, wellness, and rituals revolving around death that are present in each individual’s unique bloodline. These cultural...