Tag Archives: GOD

From Facebook to God’s Book MARYAM AMIR-EBRAHIMI

Many of us have an addictive relationship with Facebook. We check our accounts compulsively, multiple times a day. It is sometimes the last thing many of us do before we sleep and the first thing we do when we wake up; time flies when we’re on it, and it is obsessive. Yet how many of us have an addictive relationship—have any relationship—with …

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Give Good Tidings to the Patient By MUHAMMAD HAQ (HAQ)

It is one of those unavoidable facts of life: sometimes we find ourselves in situations we don’t want to be in. Often, we have to do things or resist doing other things. The Qur’ān and Ḥadīth mention such occurrences, and also elaborate on our response to them. Thus the following verse: “And We will surely test you with something of …

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10th Anniversary of 9/11 – By YAHYA EDERER (ABU MAJEED)

The horrific violence that took place on September 11th 2001 spawned many negative – and a few positive – realities. Before going in to any discussion about it, let’s look at the facts: The The major negative effects of 9/11 were: The murder of 3,000-plus innocent people, whose “crime” was going to work to support their families. Demonstrating our 800-billion-dollar a …

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