I Left My Heart in Sarajevo
I have dreamt of visiting Sarajevo since my childhood. I remember the crushing feeling of helplessness as I watched the Mostar Bridge collapse.  The grey pictures of war had been carved in my memory forever. Alhamdulillah, the war came to an end and there was encouraging news about people struggling to begin anew, working to rebuild their devastated country and start a new life. Two days ag...

Over-consumption and the New Ummah
            The hubbub of the city during the week preceding the month of Ramadan never ceases to leave butterflies in one’s stomach as the anticipation nears of an entire month of abstaining from food and drink, back-biting and cynicism, intercourse, cigarettes and anything pertaining to the animal desires, from dawn until dusk. Somewhat rese...

Professor Hayrettin Karaman answers your questions about Ramadan
Islamic jurist and Professor Hayrettin Karaman will be answering questions that you have regarding fasting and the month of Ramadan throughout this holy month. If you happen to have questions to which you can’t find answers below, then please send your questions to Mr. Karaman at hkaraman@sonpeygamber.info -Can a toothbrush or miswaq&...

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Giant Mecca clock seeks to call time on Greenwich

  digg_title = "Giant Mecca clock seeks to call time on Greenwich"; var sburl9386 = window.location.href; var sbtitle9386 = document.title; For more than a century, a point on the top of a hill in south-east London has been recognised as the centre of world time and the official starting point of each new day. But now the supremacy of Greenwich Mean Time is bei...

Vincenzo: Being a Muslim in the Middle of Europe
digg_title = "Being a Muslim in the Middle of Europe"; var sburl1133 = window.location.href; var sbtitle1133 = document.title; Interview with Ahmad Vincenzo Islam and Europe... These are the two concepts which have been increasingly subject to big debates,  particularly since the last ten years. Living as a Muslim in Europe, thus, rises a lot of issues related to the...

The Mawlid
These are poems about the birth of Prophet Muhammad, the various stages in his life, his miracles and his death. Although many works have been written on these subjects in Islamic/ Turkish literature, the poem entitled Vesiletu'n-necat, completed by Süleyman Çelebi (d. 1422) in Bursa was loved the most and is still being recited today. Written in the aruz "failatun failatun failun" meter and in p...

Tawshih
This was composed to be recited between the sections of a mawlid (poem celebrating the birth of the Prophet) and mi'rajiyya (poem recounting the Prophet Muhammad's miraculous ascension to heaven). It is a poem that praises the Prophet in one of his attributes. The lyrics are mainly taken from Sufi poets, and although they are usually written in Turkish, there are some examples in Arabic or Persia...