The Mosque’s Silent Guests: Women
Holding an important place in the life of Muslims, mosques are places that bring people of every age and social strata together, enable them to gain the consciousness of servanthood to God, and allow them to perform worship in a proper manner according to correct religious knowledge that has been purified from false beliefs and superstitions. Benefiting greatly from the mosque and congregation d...

Fitr Alms
One of the five basic principles Islam offers to man to gain happiness in this world and the next is the Ramadan fast. The five basic things that the religion of Islam aims to protect are religion, nafs (ego or soul), the mind, property and chastity (maslahat al-khamsa). When looked at in the light of these principles, it can be seen that all of religion's commands and prohibitions serve the prot...

Uniting Through Worship
The tarawih prayer, one of the few supererogatory prayers that can be prayed with a congregation, has an important function in respect to enabling individuals to get to know one another, to draw closer to one another and to become reconciled. When the tarawih is performed together, Muslims are better able to comprehend their distinct identity and it allows them to feel unity with their Muslim bro...