The word “heart” is one of the most commonly used motifs, metaphors, and symbols in human history. It is a term whose definition is broad enough to include the fierceness of strength and courage as well as the tenderness and vulnerability of intense emotion...
An outlook on the recent elections in Egypt, Iraq and Palestine.
The past year witnessed several landmark elections in the Middle East. Egypt saw its first multi-candidate presidential elections. Iraq held elections for the first full-time government and parliament..
The Muslim stance on the caricatures depicting the Prophet (saws).
When Europe departed from the Dark Ages and witnessed the coming of the ‘Enlightenment Period,’ the first societal act was the expulsion of Christianity as a social and civil dogma. ..
"And (you all) Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, and to parents do good (ihsan), and to relatives, orphans, the needy, the near neighbor, the neighbor farther away, the companion at your side, the traveler, and those whom your right hands posses. Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and boastful" (Qur’an 4:36).
IHSAN
is one of the many words that cannot be translated into just one English word but rather has a broad and deep meaning. Allah, subhanahu wa ta`ala (the Exalted and..