The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) devoted himself heart and soul to the mission of Islam and achieved great success notwithstanding stiff opposition, in transforming the polytheistic Arabs into champions of monotheism. He drew upon every conceivable means for articulating the truth of Islam. His concern was so deep felt that he cried over...
Khursheed Alam Dawood Qasmi Beginning of Hijrah (Migration) and Welcome in Madinah: In the beginning, Rasulullah (Sallallahu Aleih Wa Sallam) was shown the Hijrah place, a land of date palm trees, between two mountains, the two stony tracts, in a dream. Up to the time, he (SAWS) was undecided about the place of Hijrah, until...
Dr Altaf Hussain Yatoo Dr Ali Sharieti, one of the great ideologues of the contemporary resurgence in the world of Isalm, says that ‘the best way to judge a world movement is to judge it through the role played by its leader and the guide-book he put forth’. It simply means that the leader should...
Khursheed Alam Dawood Qasmi Blessed Birth: Allah’s last and final Messenger, Muhammad (Sallallahu Aleihi Wa Sallam) was born on Monday 12th Rabiu al-Awwal in the year of the Elephant corresponding 20th April 571 AC to Abdullah son of Abdul Muttalib and Aminah daughter of Wahab son of Abdu Manaaf in Makkah, the city where holy...
RIYADH: More than 21,000 people from 162 countries have so far applied to take part in two prestigious Saudi-organized religious competitions. Launched earlier this year by Turki Al-Sheikh, chairman of the Kingdom’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA), the Qur’an and Adhan recital contests will offer a winners’ prize pot of SR7 million ($1.9 million). The initiative aims...
Zaira Wasim, the Bollywood actress who declared her dissociation from the industry last weekend, has grabbed many an eyeball both for the right and wrong reasons. While fellow Muslims, who have even the slightest bit of imaan and can see through the filth of Bollywood, have lauded her for her courageous move on the Path...
The fact not a single leader of a Muslim majority country has spoken out either forcibly or frequently against China’s cultural genocide in Xinjiang, one that constitutes the largest industrial scale persecution of a religious minority since the Holocaust, leaves ordinary Muslims asking what it is they can do to save 12 million of their...
Sadatullah Hussaini has been elected Ameer (National President) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. He was elected by Jamaat’s 157 member Markazi Majlis-e Numanidgan (Council of Representatives) after thorough deliberations on all aspects. He has been elected for a 4 year term from April 2019 till March 2023. Syed Sadatullah Hussaini is former National President of Jamaat’s student...
Renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani survived an assassination attempt on Friday when he was attacked by gunmen near Neepa Chowrangi on Friday. According to reports, two Darul Uloom Korangi cars came under attack in Karachi which killed two people and injured as many. The attack took place in the remits of Aziz Bhatti Police...
‘World must break its silence over Islamophobic hatred,’ says presidential spokesman Turkey is urging the world to stop “Islamophobic fascist terrorism” after armed terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand early Friday which left at least 49 people dead. “Attacks on two mosques in New Zealand show the point Islamophobia and Muslim hostility reached,” Ibrahim Kalin, Turkey’s...