Worldwide Muslim Survey Challenges Western Beliefs of Islam

 
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A huge survey of the world’s Muslims released Tuesday challenges Western notions that equate Islam with radicalism and violence.
The survey, conducted by the Gallup polling agency over six years and three continents, seeks to dispel the belief held by some in the West that Islam itself is the driving force of radicalism.
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Barack Obama – “I’ve seen how politics can be used to … scapegoat … Muslims”

Great speech by President Bara…..I mean Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

Slow down, you are going to Fast

“O you who believe fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you so that you can learn Taqwa” (Quran 2:183)

In an age in which we are surrounded with easy access to knowledge, we clearly find some of us going too fast in simply mimicking the actions of others. Siyam, or [...]

Obama’s Nice Fashion Taste

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(CNN) Feb 25, 2008— Barack Obama’s campaign accused Hillary Clinton’s team Monday of circulating a photo of the Illinois senator donning traditional attire – clothing worn by area Muslims – as a goodwill gesture during an overseas trip.
In a statement, the Clinton campaign called the charge “an obvious and transparent attempt to distract” [...]

Saad Al-Ghamdi–Surah Ar-Rahman w/translation

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Wise Words From a Wise Man

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Story of Luqman Part I
Story of Luqman Part II

Eclipse Prayer

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It is a well known fact that around the world at the time of an eclipse men turn into werewolves or zombie-like creatures and begin to dance in the middle of the woods. This has been well documented in both North America as well as in Southern India with rare footage of two [...]

Waving Goodbye to Hegemony

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I wanted to share an article that a good friend of mine sent me. He is a future professional soccer player for the Pakistan national team and will enter the blogsphere soon as well (according to me at least).
With all of the chaos that is surrounding us in the international political scene, the [...]

Greatness is only a product of hard work and practice

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Here is a great article that I read today. It’s not written from an Islamic perspective, but there are several Islamic values present in it. I personally used to believe that some people were just born with natural talents that led them to levels of greatness that most of us would never be [...]

Assalamualaikum Bloggers

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This is my first official post to my new blog. I’ll try to share things that have been going through my mind, opinions about issues going on around the world that I feel are important, and insha’Allah spread some knowledge to everyone out there reading.