Super-Muslim-man
Superman, Batman, X-Men... There is probably no one in the world who hasn't heard of these superheroes. While watching them, we may admire such heroes, who have, in some way, shape or form, been a part of our lives, regardless of how culturally or religiously undesirable they may have been. How wonderful it would be if there were Muslim super heroes who could entertain our children. The US-ra...

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...

"American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender With
Although class and gender are critiqued as factors influencing the movement and interaction of women, race and ethnicity appear to be the chief informant for negotiations within the ummah. The concept of Muslim brotherhood and sisterhood is one that rests in the collective consciousness of Muslims the world over. In theory, this unity is perceived as a natural and logical by-product o...

African American perception of the Last Prophet
Whenever anyone would ask me what "type" of Muslim I was, I'd simply say, "I have no type. I'm just a Muslim." To this day, I avoid debates over madhabs like the plague and consciously remain silent during conversations harkening back to the glory days of Islam. As an African-American Muslim woman, I have always been conscious about the difference between how I have come to view Islam...

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...

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...