The Pew Research Center on Wednesday released the results of a far-reaching new survey of Muslims nationwide that highlighted a broad sense of anxiety and unease about their place in the United States and with a president who most consider...
Read More »The Question of Women’s Inheritance
Under the old laws of the world, if inheritance was occasionally given to daughters, it was never given to the daughter’s children, while a son could inherit himself, and his children could grow up as the successor to their father’s property as...
Read More »Mīrzā Habībullah Rashtī
Mīrzā Habībullah Rashtī (b. 1234/1819 - d. 1312/1894), a famous Shi'a jurist (faqih) and marja' in Qajar period, was born in Amlash a village near Rasht, Iran...
Read More »Moraine Valley Muslim Art Project Aims to Build Bridges
Moraine Valley Community College will highlight the artistic and cultural diversity of Muslim artists living and working in the United States...
Read More »Ayatollah Makarim Issues Open Letter to Al-Azhar’s Imam on Temporary Marriage
Temporary marriage is not a means to abuse by sensual abusers and homosexuals! For this reason, in the questions we have been asked, we have given a fatwa that temporary marriage is only permitted if it is necessary, for example, when a person is away from his family and fears that if doesn’t use such a...
Read More »Ruling of Tawaf according to Ayatollah Sistani’ Islamic Law
In Umrat-ut-Tamatu, the second obligation is tawaf.If a pilgrim deliberately abandons it, his Hajj, shall be null and void, irrespective of whether or not he was aware of the rule governing the matter.Delaying its performance could be materialized in a way that it would no...
Read More »Islamic Religious Leaders Boycott Al-Aqsa Mosque over Metal Detectors
A Muslim religious authority, along with other Islamic groups, has called on Muslims to boycott all the Israeli acts of aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in a gesture of protest after Tel Aviv set up metal detectors at the...
Read More »Toronto Halal Food Fest Takes Muslims Back in Time
Over the course of two days, more than 35,000 people visited the fifth annual Halal Food Festival Toronto 2017 that took place on Saturday (July 15) and Sunday (July 16) at the International Centre in...
Read More »Shaking Hands by Muslims with Non-Muslim of the Opposite Sex
One of the difficulties faced by Muslims in non-Islamic countries is that in many instances they are exposed to situation where they are in a dilemma regarding shaking hands with...
Read More »A Report on London 11th Takaful Conference
The 11th Takaful Conference concluded successfully this week in London. The high powered summit focused on the development of the Islamic Finance and Insurance industries as...
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