The New Villains of Hollywood
After the Danish Cartoon crisis in 2005 many right wing and Islamophobic campaigns started to rear their ugly heads. Attacks on mosques, the minaret ban in Switzerland, the recent face-veil/burqa bans in Italy and Belgium and the fact that other places, such as Montreal, are considering following suit, are all a part of a not-so-new puzzle that needs to be solved by the modern world. It seems tha...

Responsibilities for the Islamic Community
The meeting with the Turkish scholars was very interesting from many points of view. A group of Muslim intellectuals debating about Prophet Muhammad and the image of Islam in the West is something special today. We all know the problems cartoons about the Prophet which were published on September 30 2005 in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten; a  few days ago they were reprinted in the Norwegia...

In the House of Islamophobia
  There was an Arabic school in Milan, housed in an old industrial building with green walls and consisting of two floors; it was located far from the centre, in the east of the town. It was time for the children to return home; their parents were waiting for them to come from school. Among them was an old woman, nearly 50, a converted Italian, wearing the niqab. In Italy, you don't often come ac...

Istanbul Seminars discuss the issues of dialogue and civilizatio
The third of the annual İstanbul Seminars were realized between May 19-24 at the Bilgi University with the cooperation of Reset-Dialogue on Civilizations Foundation in Italy. The seminars, bringing together prominent scholars, journalists and activists competent on their areas every year, offered an ambiance of debate and exchange of ideas about the civilizations on the 21st century, dialogue, th...

Jonathan Brown and Ahmad Vincenzo in Turkey
The Meridyen Association's project to understand and introduce Prophet Muhammad to the world through lastprophet.info continues with international projects. Abdal Hakim Murad (Timothy Winters) from Cambridge University, Jonathan Brown from Washington University and Ahmad Vincenzo, the author of Spring in Yathrib, will be in Turkey this month as guests of the Meridyen Association Panel: "...

Hadith and Seerah Research Awards Granted to Winners
digg_title = "Hadith and Seerah Research Awards Granted to Winners "; var sburl7355 = window.location.href; var sbtitle7355 = document.title; The third "Hadith and Sirah Research Awards" winners were presented with their awards at an opening ceremony held at the Cemal Resit Rey Concert Hall on Sunday April 11, 2010 in a ceremony attended by the President of Turkish Religious Affairs Dire...

The Lifetime Service to Hadith and Seerah Award winner was the l
The third Lifetime Service to Hadith and Seerah Award, which is held by the Meridyen Association's lasprophet.info project and aims to honor individuals who have devoted their lives to narrating the life of Prophet Muhammad, took place on Sunday April 11, 2010 this year. The ceremony which took place at the Cemal Resit Rey concert Hall, kiced off with attendance from the President of Turkish Reli...

Banning mixing goes against society during Prophet's rule, says

Mixing of the sexes is permissable in Islam and is a natural part of life, the president of the Mecca branch of the religious police told a Saudi paper, adding he did not understand why there was so much outrage when the co-ed university, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), was opened.  Those who oppose mixing of the sexes are contradicting themselves as they most lik...

Hadith software published in Azerbaijan

The audiovisual software Quranic Ahlolbeit Statements and Hadith is published in Baku by Islamic Culture and Relations Organization. According to the public relations office of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO), the software is designed to spread Islamic teachings and the Ahlolbeit trends of life in Azerbaijan.  The program discusses different topics based on Quranic verse...

Welcome to Celebrate Mercy

digg_title = "Welcome to Celebrate Mercy"; var sburl1009 = window.location.href; var sbtitle1009 = document.title;Celebratemercy.com brings a global celebration of  Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) webcast live to your living room. Organized between Feb. 25-9 PM EST and Feb. 28-10 AM GMT, the programme include many significant speakers like Dr. Yusuf İslam (aka Cat Stevens), Hamza Yusuf, Dr. Sami Yusu...

Qatari firm in talks to make Prophet Muhammad film
An epic film about Islam's Prophet Muhammad backed by the producer of The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix is being planned with the aim of "bridging cultures." Filming of the $150-million English-language movie is set to start in 2011 with American Barrie Osborne as its producer, Qatari media company Alnoor Holdings said on Sunday. The film - in which the Prophet would not be depic...

Born With a Pen: Expressing the Prophet through Islamic Calligra
  Interview with Ali Hüsrevoğlu, Turkish calligraphy artist Can we begin with some information on how you began your artistic life? This happened through the guidance of Allah. My intention was to concentrate on science and not art. However, when Allah placed such a program in front of me, I, subconsciously, leaned towards art more. I saw that there were very few people actually reflecting t...