Ukraine's Muslim community has organized recently a workshop on traditional ways of wearing national headscarves and Islamic Hijab.
The zest of this workshop was a tour into the Ukrainian folk headwear. The specific characteristics of the headscarves vary from region to region. Oksana, the historian of the folk costume, says the tradition of covering hair of married women is deeply rooted in the Ukrainian culture.
After the training, all the ...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), It’s a controversial time for British women to be wearing the hijab, the basic Muslim headscarf. Last month, Belgium became the first European country to pass legislation to ban the burka (the most concealing of Islamic veils), calling it a “threat” to female dignity, while France looks poised to follow suit. In Italy earlier this month, a Muslim woman was fined €500 (£430) for wearing the Islamic veil ...
Bahrain's main opposition group Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society denounced what it described as "the heinous crime" that hit Nigeria, leaving many innocent people killed.In a statement issued on Wednesday (December 16, 2015), Al-Wefaq stressed that "the use of force and murder completely goes against the principles of humanity, the international human rights law and the principles and teachings of Islam. It cannot be justified in any way." It ...
Islamic Ethics in the Family Structure
The Prophet (Pbuh) said: I recommend you to have good morality, since verily this will take you to heaven, and you should not be foul tempered since that will undoubtedly take you to Hell. [Vasa'il, v.16, p.29, Al-i-Bayt Press]
The Value of Good Morality
It is necessary for parents to consider a few things which are repeatedly stressed in the Holy Quran for the sake of themselves and their children. It ...
Militants in Syria have threatened to execute Lebanese servicemen they hold captive unless Lebanon releases the ex-wife of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group's leader and another militant-linked woman, a negotiator said Tuesday.
Salafist Sheikh Wissam al-Masri is mediating the release of 25 police and soldiers held by ISIS and the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, the Al-Nusra Front.
Masri told reporters ISIS wrote a letter to him ...
In the East, particularly in our own country, and that too especially during the period of Islamic protection of the Muslim countries, there existed the indigenous mechanism that "Woman is the manifestation of the collective honour of a people". Well, if this manifestation were subjected to disgrace and dishonour, it would naturally lead to shattering the morale of those people. You may have noticed that in war countries that overpower the enemy ...
A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat."
"Is the man of the house home?", they asked.
"No", she replied. "He's out."
"Then we cannot come in", they replied.
In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.
"Go tell them I am home ...
Several noble deeds have been recounted from the people of Rey and other sources. Here we advise the interested persons to study related books in this regard.The 40th weekAs narrated from a well informed source, once one of the merchants of Tehran came across a problem. One day he put up the matter with one of his colleagues and his colleague said you should go to Abdolazim and intercede him for solving your problem.He said I went to abdolazim ...
Muslims in London Borough of Tower Hamlets have launched a new campaign to help smokers quit tobacco before the holy fasting month of Ramadan, offering them counseling and health services.“Ramadan is an ideal time to start healthy habits,” Dr Somen Banerjee, director of public health at Tower Hamlets Council, told East London Advertiser on Wednesday, May 28.“The health and financial benefits of quitting tobacco extend beyond a ...
Father's Day is a celebration inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting, and to honor and commemorate fathers and forefathers. Father's Day is celebrated on a variety of dates worldwide and typically involves gift-giving, and special dinners to fathers and family-oriented activities. In 2008, it is celebrated on June 15 in most countries.In Iran it is celebrated on the ...
5:88] Eat of that which Allah hath bestowed on you as food lawful and good, and keep your duty to Allah in Whom ye are believersMuslims can eat meat and vegetables.The restrictions are moslty realted to the type of meat we can eat. We must eat food that is halal, i.e. slaughtered in an Islamic manner. We are allowed to eat animals such as cow, sheep, camel and chicken etc. Muslims can not eat pigs, carnivorous animals, reptiles, insects, animals ...
Of course there is a close link between the freedom and independence on the one hand and the marriage and selection of a girl on the other. This issue is very important from the view of Islam. Professor hossein Ansarian in his book “ The structure of family in Islam” lays emphasize on this important matter. The text to be followed is an exemplar.
Mankind's creation is based upon his freedom in life, independence in carrying out daily ...
Just a few famous traditions regarding mothers make it obvious that in Islam, a mother’s role is not only respected and valued, but it is also considered to be key for the survival of a family. It is unfortunate that oftentimes Muslims themselves devalue the position of women and mothers in the family.In another popular hadith, a man asked the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P):“O Messenger of Allah, whom should I do goodness to?” ...
IntroductionAlthough Islamic philosophy is of great diversity and richness, it is characterized by certain features that are of special significance for both an understanding of it and for an appraisal of its impact on the world at large.One must remember that this philosophy existed at a time in which strict obedience of the Islamic religion was customary.Islamic philosophy was also concerned with the basic issue of the harmony between human ...
For Jaime Fletcher, an American of Colombian origin, Islam came to him at an unexpected moment in his life. “One night that I was with a friend of mine who I’d grown up with, after leaving a club and drinking, we were sitting outside of his house. He looked at the liquor that he had in his hands and he said, ‘I can’t believe I’m still doing this,’” Fletcher, the then gang member who drink, chase ...
A preliminary sentence is expected to be issued against Sheikh Qassim tomorrow (Sunday, May 7, 2017). Since June 2016, the Bahraini authorities have launched the harshest campaign against Shiite majority and opposition in the country since 2011 and revoked the citizenship of Sheikh Isa Qassim without a trial. This act prompted condemnations of Bahrain's key allies, US and UK. Thousands of Bahrainis have been protesting outside the house of ...
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LONDON: Kuwaiti line umpire, Aseel Shaheen, has become the first Arab woman to officiate at Wimbledon.The 41-year-old is among 350 men and women officiating at Wimbledon 2015. The majority of umpires and line judges at the championships are British, but around 60 are invited to take part from overseas.Shaheen, who became a line judge after enrolling on a course in 2002 admitted that even though she didn’t a lot ...
Salaam friends. Today we will focus on the continued oppression of the followers of the Ahl al-Bayt of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA) in Egypt, which once used to enjoy glory and freedom for people of all creeds during over two-and-a-half centuries of rule by the Fatemids, who built the city of Cairo and established the al-Azhar academy in honour of the Prophet's Immaculate Daughter, Hazrat Fatema Zahra (peace upon her). Today the 3-million ...
Religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini has made a triumphant return to Iran after 14 years in exile.
Up to five million people lined the streets of the nation's capital, Tehran, to witness the homecoming of the Shia Muslim imam.
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, 78, was imprisoned by the Shah in 1963 for his opposition to reforms and was expelled the following year, to Iraq - via Turkey.
He spent the last few months of his exile in France, near ...
Hundreds of Shia Muslims turned a major annual spiritual ritual into an antiterrorism rally Sunday, marching, singing and praying for hours from trendy Dupont Circle to the White House as tourists and brunch-goers rubbernecked.
Hundreds of Shia Muslims turned a major annual spiritual ritual into an antiterrorism rally Sunday, marching, singing and praying for hours from trendy Dupont Circle to the White House as tourists and brunch-goers ...
