Int'l Conference on the Companions of Prophet Muhammad
Int'l Conference on the Companions of Prophet Muhammad Jun 29,2011 Hyderabad, Jun 29 (PTI) An International Conference on `Azmat-E-Sahaba' -- companions of Prophet Muhammad -- will start here on Friday. The 3-day conference is being organised by Jamia Islamia Darululoom which will be attended by Islamic Scholars from the middle-east, Nepal, Denmark and Canada, said Mohammed Raheemuddin An...

1400 Qur’an Readings for 1400 Years of Prophethood
QUR'AN READINGS PLEDGED SO FAR   Following the success of its “International 1400 Qur’an Reading Campaign” last year to mark the 1400th year of the Qur’an’s revelation, Lastprophet.info has this year launched the global “1400 Qur’an Readings for 1400 Years of Prophethood Campaign”, this time to commemorate the Prophet Muhammad’s...

BBC to show film on Muhammad's life
Jun 20,2011 The BBC is to trace the journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad for a new series which is claimed to be a first for British television. Al Jazeera reporter Rageh Omaar will present the three-part programme for BBC2, following in the prophet's footsteps from Mecca and along the journeys he took during his life. To ensure the programmes are in line with Islamic tradition, they will ...

Friday Sermon: Characteristics of the Believer in Islam
            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 Republic of Turkey. Please contact us if you would like to c...

Hadith and Sirah Research Awards
The fourth of the annual Hadith and Sirah Research Awards Ceremony, hosted by IRCICA, was held on Saturday April 9th at Yıldız Saray in Istanbul, Turkey. Many prominent guests, such as the Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertuğrul Günay, General Director of IRCICA Mohammed Thamimi, and the wife of Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sare Davutoğlu were present as the winners’ names were announced...

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)