New Children's Book on the Sirah
  The Story of Muhammad is the first animated and interactive book app about the blessed Prophet (peace be upon him). Written by American Muslim children's book author Alexis York Lumbard with classically-inspired miniature paintings by Maram al-Hidmi, the book covers the most essential aspects of the Prophet's life and prophetic mission.  Based on Quran & Hadith, children will learn about the mi...

Remembering Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti
"To Allah we belong and unto Him we shall return" Mohammed Saeed Ramadan, most well-known by the name of al-Buti, was born in 1929, in the village of Ayn Dewar, Northern Syria. His father was a scholar in the Ottoman world who fled to Damascus when his son was just four years old, fearing the anticlerical excesses of the early Turkish Republic. The Shaykh received both his primary and secondary s...

Walead Mosaad Teaching on Insights From Imam Ghazali
Shaykh Walead Mosaad explains Imam al-Ghazali's understanding of the two great types of knowledge. Filmed at the Yenikapi Mevlevihane in Istanbul during the Rihla 2012 program. See http://www.deenintensive.com/?p=36...

"From Actions to Emotions" Billboard Design Contest
  Social platform Salamworld, along with the Organizaiton of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),  has rolled up its sleeves in a Billboard design contest created to provide an alternative response by Muslims towards the abuse of the freedom of expression where Islam is concerned. Salamworld, a newly launched global social platform based on Islamic values, has chosen the slogan of  "FROM EMOTIONS TO ACTIO...

Medina: The City Renewed by Emigration
Following a gloomy Maghrib prayer, the congregation leaves the Prophet's Mosque; all are silent. The congregation has shrunk in size; familiar faces have been replaced with faces that are now strangers through a loss of trust. The locals have gone to perform pilgrimage or have locked themselves into their homes. The Egyptian dissidents, slaves who are accustomed to rebellion, and the Bedouins, w...

"A Portrait of the Prophet: Reflections on the Messenger of Alla
  We may have heard about the example of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa sallam) before, but have we? If his life is just a story to us, and nothing more, then we have not truly heard it. If our eyes do not shed tears pondering over his beautiful character, then we do not truly know him. If our moral character is not a reflection of his Sunnah then there is more that w...

Condemnation and a Call for Restraint
  The last century in particular has been witness to systemic smear campaigns against Islam and the values which Islam holds sacred. Such attacks, stemming from the West, entered a new realm with the cartoon crisis which erupted in 2006. Muslims were insulted and hurt by such atrocious attacks which targeted their sacred values. The movie, Innocence of Muslims, which was recently released, ...

When Were "Candle Nights" First Celebrated?
The Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) birthday, Raghaib, Mi‘raj, The Night of Salvation (Bara'a) and the Night of Power are special nights celebrated and considered to be holy by Muslims. Because these nights were first celebrated during the reign of the Ottoman sultan, Selim II (1566-1574), by illuminating the mosques with candles on the minarets, these nights were called "candle nights." Thedates of cel...

Cable cars to visit historic caves of Hira and Thawr
MAKKA: The Hajj and 'Umra Research Institute at Umm Al-Qura University has completed studies to introduce a cable car system to transport people to the historic caves of Hira and Al-Thawr in Makka. Abdul Aziz Saroji, dean of the institute, said the plan aims to facilitate safe trips for Hajj and 'Umra pilgrims as well as visitors to the holy city who want to visit the caves situated on top of A...

Quilliam Press Presents Abdal Hakim Murad's Live Online Class: T
Quilliam Press presents a live online class in the caliphate of the third Caliph 'Uthman. Entitled The Khilafa of Uthman: The Wisdom and the Agony, and taught by Cambridge University's Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, the live online class is the third in a series on the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Watch the class live online at quilliampress.com on Sunday, April 15, 2012 7:00-8:00pm (GMT). The reco...

Are You a Shadow or Body?
I recently became acquainted with a concept: “Regenerating the Sunna.” Not imitating the Sunna, but realizing it, bringing it to fruition, actualizing it. The concept implies not merely remembering the actions of Prophet Muhammad, but living and experiencing those behaviors in the here and now. It does not refer to remembrance of the Sunna through longing, but its manifestation as an aesthetic e...

Book on Prophet Muhammad Enters World Records
The largest book ever published, This is Muhammad, on the life of Prophet Muhammad was unveiled in Dubai recently. Dr Mohammed Saeed Al Awlaki, Chairman of the board of Mshahed Investment Group, told Khaleej Times that the book is written by Dr Abdullah Abdulaziz Al Muslih, Saudi author and Secretary General of the Complex for Islamic Jurisprudence Research in Riyadh. “The book, weighing ov...