Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet - A Review
  Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophetis a fictionalized account of the life of Muhammad.  Unlike many biographies of Muhammad, this novel fills in the gaps between authenticated historical details with the author’s own creative license.  Each chapter of the novel is told from the perspective of individuals who encountered the Prophet as both a child and an adult.  Such...

Friday Sermon - The Ethics of Trade in Islam
Friday March 18, 2011 Lastprophet.info provides its readers with a weekly Friday sermon (khutbah), which may act as a supplemental guide for imams, hospital and prison chaiplains, Muslim organizations and societies (i.e. MSA), students and the general reader. All of our sermons have been prepared by imams, Islamic scholars and theologians in the Rebulic of Turkey. Please contact us if you would...

The Lens of Islam: An Interview with Peter Sanders
In the first edition of The 500 Most Influential Muslims published in 2009 by Georgetown University's The Prince Alwaleed Bin Talaal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre, Peter Sanders is described as “a notable photographer and convert to Islam. He was granted exclusive privileges to photograph Hajj pilgrimage rituals ...

When the Social Contract is Breached in Egypt
  The Egyptian people, many for the first time in their lives tasting the inebriating wine of political freedom, are challenging their government, courageously defying the fear factor so ruthlessly cultivated in the belly of the bestial state security apparatus. Something has irreversibly changed in the land of the Pharaohs. It has to do with the basic social contract, the relationsh...

Islamic Ruling on Female Circumcision
The following has been translated from the fatwa issued in Arabic by Egyptian Islamic Theologian Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. "Praise to Allah, and may the peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family and companions, and followers of his guidance."  Ever since I was a student at Al-Azhar University, I have seen people debate over the...

Vision and Mission
  Vision: To be a platform where Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and his message, Islam, are represented truthfully and objectively in the best possible way. Mission: To spread trustworthy and accurate information about the prophet of Islam to the whole world, to correct the misinformation about the Prophet of Islam, to promote academic and non-academic works in the field. ...

Live from the Ka’ba
Watch a live daily broadcast from SaudiTV in Mecca of the Ka’ba during the five daily prayers via LastProphet.info. TheTarawih prayers in Mecca during the month of Ramadan can also be viewed here.   (Please note: occasional broadcasting interruptions are SaudiTV-related and not connected to Lastprophet.info)

Live from the Prophet's Mosque (Masjid al-Nabawi)
Live broadcasts of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina can be viewed 24 hours at LastProphet.info. (Please note: occasional broadcasting interruptions are SaudiTV-related and not connected to Lastprophet.info)    

A view of Mecca from the heavens
  To view aerial photographer Orhan Durgut's gallery of the two holy cities, Mecca and Medina, please click here.

What really is a Black Hole?
This Quranic concept of the beginning and the end of the creation is undoubtedly extraordinary. It would not have been less amazing if it had been revealed to a highly educated person of our contemporary age, but one is wonder-struck by the fact that this most advanced knowledge, regarding the perpetually repeating phenomenon of creation, was revealed more than fourteen hundred years ago...

The Mawlid of Al-Barzanji (Trailer)
Mishkat Media has released a beautiful live recording of the celebrated Mawlid of Imam al-Barzanji. A classic of Islamic culture, it is a sung celebration of the birth and greatness of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

The recording was made in Cape Town at the annual Mawlid Jama’at at the Al-Zawiya mosque, under the direction of Shaykh Seraj Hendricks. The performance is available on DVD, with full Engl...

Islam's Stance On Homosexuality
  The persecuted homosexual has emerged as Islam’s essential difference, and has become a key figure in the ‘us’ versus ‘them’ rhetoric of those who believe in a clashed civilization of cultures.   Lately, there has been a lot of coverage on the degradation and punishment of homosexuals in Muslim communities. Although in many countries in the M...