This study inventories and analyzes Mālikī legal opinions (fatwās) discouraging or prohibiting the pilgrimage to Mecca (the ḥajj) for Muslims in the Islamic West (al-Andalus, North Africa, and West Africa) from the...
June, 2019
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12 June
Pics: Indian Protesters Demand Reconstruction of Jannat al-Baqee
People of India stage a demonstration demanding the reconstruction of the Jannat al-Baqee cemetery in Medina that was destroyed in 1925 by the government of Saudi Arabia and...
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11 June
Documentary: The Destruction of Jannat al-Baqee
on 8th Shawwal 1345 the mausoleums in Jannatul al-Baqi were demolished by King Ibn Saud. A documentary searching into the hatred against the family of the...
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10 June
Ayatollah Khomeini, AnjumanSharieShian and Aga Syed Hassan: A Case for Shi’i Movement in Kashmir
The resistance movement of Ayatollah Khomeini is off-spring of a massive Shi’i Usuli movement after its revival in Karbala. Kashmir is associated with Sufism when it comes to...
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7 June
Saudi Arabia Mistakes Saturn for the Shawwal Moon
Al Jazeera TV announced that Saudi Arabia had taken Saturn for the crescent moon of Shawwal at Monday’s sunset...
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7 June
The Rites of Hajj, Practical Treatise and Rules+PDF
This book discusses the importance of Hajj, one of the obligatory pillars in Islam. The secrets, conditions of necessity, different types of Hajj as well as ...
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5 June
Video: Fasting in a Land Where the Sun Never Sets
Muslims around the world are fasting from dawn to maqrib this Ramadan. But what happens if the sun never sets...
May, 2019
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24 May
Book: Encyclopedia of Islamic Herbal Medicine
An authoritative reference work for anyone interested in herbal medicine, this book provides unprecedented insight into Prophetic phytotherapy, a branch of herbal medicine which...
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18 May
Video: World Largest Iftar at UAE’s Mosque Feeds 35000 People
Making of the UAE's largest Iftar meal that feeds 35,000 people daily at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque every Ramadan is not an easy task. An army of chefs and cooking assistants work hard to...
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15 May
Faces of Muhammad: Western Perceptions of the Prophet of Islam from the Middle Ages to Today
In European culture, Muhammad has been vilified as a heretic, an impostor, and a pagan idol. But these aren’t the only images of the Prophet of Islam that emerge from Western history....