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Assalaamu aleikum

Date: 02 Dec 2008, 5:34 am / Mood: peaceful

I frequently see people writing or hear them saying “salaam aleikum” or “wa...

Science and Islam

Date: 21 Mar 2008, 5:33 pm / Mood: Other/None


Sometimes people are concerned because of what they see as a conflict between science and Islam, and they think science is attacking Islam. Science is just a m...

Israel

Date: 14 Mar 2008, 2:06 am / Mood: Other/None


What did Israel learn from the Nazis and fro...

The Children of 5767

Date: 06 Oct 2007, 10:24 pm / Mood: Other/None


I don't normally like to copy and paste, but this from an Israeli, writing in Haaretz, is worth reading:



 


On Meaning and Evidence

Date: 03 Aug 2007, 3:56 am / Mood: Other/None


3:7 He it is Who has sent down to thee the Book: In it are verses basic or fundamental (of established meaning); they are the foundation of the Book: others are allegorical. But t...

Divisions

Date: 08 Apr 2007, 3:55 am / Mood: Other
Alhamdulillah, if we were all clones we could all follow a single, well-defined path that would require little of us in terms of thinking, understanding or decision-making.

Allah has cho...

Improving One's Din

Date: 04 Feb 2007, 7:32 pm / Mood: Other
A brother asks how he can become a better servant of Allah. I answered:

"You ask a deep questions to which I'll give a shallow answer: because we are each imperfect in different ways, we...

Sectarian Conflicts

Date: 10 Dec 2006, 10:32 pm / Mood: Other
The first principle of Islam is unity--unity of Allah, of the creation, and of the ummah.

Who wins when muslims kill each other? The enemies of islam win.

Who wins when musli...

Exemptions from Fasting

Date: 19 Aug 2006, 3:55 am / Mood: Other
A brother has asked about fasting; he has medical treatment that requires him to take medications and to eat regularly. These comments to him apply as well to aged or feeble people who need food, wate...

Adolescent Stresses

Date: 08 Aug 2006, 8:42 pm / Mood: Other
This is exerpted from a message I sent a young sister who was distressed; I hope it will be helpful to other young people and to those who may try to help them.

Thank you, sister, for tak...

Reverting

Date: 08 Jun 2006, 3:59 am / Mood: Other
Several of you have asked for my story, so here it is:

I was humanist/agnostic kafir for 32 yrs and reverted 30 yrs ago.

At the time, I was a counselor and foreign student ad...

Ajr

Date: 01 Jun 2006, 4:13 am / Mood: Other
This is a "What do you think?"

I often hear things like, "Give money to get a lot of ajr, or pray at the front of the masjid to get more ajr", or similar admonitions.

I think...
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