“Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research is a research institute which aims to instill conviction and inspire contribution based on mainstream Islamic texts.” Below is an in-depth look at the scientific and spiritual secrets behind the Prophetic supplication for anxiety and grief. ‘Oh Allāh, certainly I am your slave, the son of your male slave and […]
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Responding to hostility and racism against Muslim women
Muslim Woman Responds to Pauline Hanson’s Outrageous Racist Behavior. The following is an excerpt from an interview taken with Umm Jamaal Ud-Din, a teacher and Islamic scholar from Sydney in response to the recent hostility and provocations faced by Muslim women daily by both mainstream media and politicians. Okay, what I’d say is yes Muslim […]
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Trump’s twitter has a double standard.
Donald Trump has a double-standard. After a series of violent clashes between neo-Nazis and anti-Fascists in the United States, US President Donald Trump has had a difficult time singling out the white-nationalists in his condemnation. Despite widespread criticisms of his statements, even by members of his own party, the President today continued to place blame […]
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Should Muslims support LGBT rights to help Islamophobia
Should Muslims Support The LGBT Movement.. So They Support Us? The following is an excerpt from Dr Shadee Elmasry after being asked about a question in relation to fighting Islamophobia through social activism. He touched on the topic of being forced into supporting other movements such as the LGBT movement which will then conflict against […]
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The Reality of this World
The Reality of this World We all love the Dunya. We all love the worldly life and all the glamour it contains, from its cars, to its houses, to its wealth and all the luxuries it has to offer. We desire its riches, its comforts and the sparks of happiness it brings. We love it. […]
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Pauline Hanson just got Shut. Down.
Pauline Hanson’s Racism gets Shut Down. Senator Pauline Hanson stood up last night in the Australian Senate to deliver a 9-minute long diatribe against the Australian Muslim community. Claiming that there are “no democratic Islamic countries” and that “many [Muslims] never leave their communities except when accessing government services and benefits and when going […]
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Minnesota governor calls Mosque attack “A Criminal Act of Terrorism”
As the Imam of Dar al-Farooq mosque prepared to lead the Fajr [dawn] prayers last Saturday, he was unaware that an unknown assailant intended a Mosque attack to be his last. That is until a bomb was thrown through the window of his thankfully empty office, ripping out part of the wall and waking the […]
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London’s newest doctor is a Syrian refugee
Meet Tirej Brimo, London’s new refugee doctor After facing the horrors of war and the trauma of migration, Tirej Brimo has finally come to the end of his 10 years of study. The 27-year old Syrian refugee fled Aleppo in 2012 to Lebanon, before moving to Egypt and finally the UK in order to […]
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6 ways in which ISLAM brought back Women’s rights
Here are some of the rights given to women by Islam more than 1400 years ago. Prior to Islam, the oppression and exploitation of women was rampant. Women were treated like commodities, female children were buried alive, the right of divorce was in the hands of the man and women were not allowed to own […]
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4 Ways to increase your Iman while on your menses
4 ways to increase your Iman while on your menses We have all experienced the ups and downs on our journey of faith. Women tend to have a time in the month where they are exempt from certain obligatory acts of worship, making them more vulnerable to losing enthusiasm towards worship. The culprit is “Dear […]
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Cycling from London to Makkah, the Hajj Ride.
Muslim Cyclists Cycling from London to Makkah for Hajj. These Muslims cyclists from the UK are riding from London to Makkah! It’s all part of the official “Hajj Ride” set up to raise money for the suffering in Syria. The ride will cross through 8 different countries, stretching over 3500 km within 6 weeks. This […]
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Chris Smith calls for Muslim Airport Worker Ban
2GB radio host Chris Smith has caused outrage yet again.. 2GB host Chris Smith seems to have a problem with Islam. And it’s getting uglier and uglier. Earlier this month he had a conversation with Channel 9’s Prue Macsween about Sudanese-Australian Yassmin Abdel-Magied in which Macsween said she didn’t give the “flea [Abdel-Magied] a second-thought” […]