BY: MANSOOR ALAM Self Improvement Lessons from Qur’anic Guidance: 1) Respect and honor all human beings irrespective of their religion, color, race, sex, language, status, property, birth, profession/job and so on. [Quran 17:70] 2) Talk straight, to the point, without any ambiguity or deception. [Quran 33:70] 3) Choose best words to speak and say them in...
August 27, 2025
Category: Religion
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The Sacred Month of Rajab
BY AMATULLAH Allah has given a special status to certain days, months, places, and people. The Prophets of God are the most honored among mankind; Makkah is the holiest of all cities; Ramadan is the best month; and the Night of Power (Laylatul Qadr) is the greatest night of the year. Allah says in the Qur’an: إِنَّ...
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Nourin Mohamed Siddig: The African art of reciting the Koran
Social media has enabled a revival in unique African styles of Koranic recitation, which were once dominated by Middle Eastern traditions and as Isma’il Kushkush reports a voice from Sudan has come to exemplify what the continent has to offer. When Nourin Mohamed Siddig recited the Koran, people around the world described his tone as...
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NBA star Stephen Jackson on converting to Islam: ‘I needed to listen to my heart’
‘Allah has blessed me with so much already, and now he has blessed me with Islam,’ said Jackson. By Omar Suleiman Stephen Jackson, the NBA star who led the Golden State Warriors’ 2007 “We Believe” playoff run, has not stopped moving since he retired from basketball in 2015. Appearing frequently on ESPN as a commentator on...
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‘Their goal is to destroy everyone’: Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape
By Matthew Hill, David Campanale and Joel Gunter The men always wore masks, Tursunay Ziawudun said, even though there was no pandemic then. They wore suits, she said, not police uniforms. Sometime after midnight, they came to the cells to select the women they wanted and took them down the corridor to a “black room”,...
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How Did Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Offer Sincere Advice?
BY: AHMAD ANSARI In the Qur’an, Allah SWT has commanded the believers to continue reminding others. He said: وَذَكِّر فَإِنَّ الذِّكرى تَنْفَعُ المؤمِنِين “And continue to remind. For certainly reminders benefit the believers.” (Al-Qur’an: 51:55). Providing a sincere counsel to fellow Muslim brothers and sisters is a noble act and a Sunnah of Rasulullah ﷺ....
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Reality of the Fear of Coronavirus
BY: MUHAMMAD MUMTAZ ALI We all are still suffering from COVID-19 and its new form. It seems everyone is under the psychology of fear. Fear of death, loss of business, loss of peace. COVID-19 has affected different people in different ways, and its impact on the world’s economies and asset markets can be seen. The impact is...
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On Azmil Umoor in the Qur’an
BY: SHAIK AFZAL The words عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ (Azmil Umoor) appear in the Qur’an three times. The phrase generally means the best course of action. It could also mean behavior that is worthy of being aspired. In a given situation, the best course of action a person can take could be termed as Azmil Umoor. In all three...
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Twitter blocks China embassy tweet for ‘dehumanising’ Uighur women
China’s embassy in the United States claimed Uighur women were no longer ‘baby-making’ machines Twitter blocked a tweet on Saturday made by China’s embassy in the United States which claimed that Uighur women were “emancipated” and no longer “baby-making machines.” The social media company said the tweet, which drew widespread condemnation, violated its policies on dehumanisation....
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Joe Biden Has Promised to End Trump’s Muslim and African ‘Travel Ban.’ But Its Legacy Will Be Felt for Years
By Sanya Mansooor, Times Magazine Afnan Salem’s father, a Somali citizen living in Malaysia, has been waiting three years for United States immigration authorities to allow him to come to Ohio to live with his family. But Trump’s severe travel restrictions on many visas for those with citizenship from more than a dozen predominantly African...