CHANGING RELIGIOUS TEXT TO MEET ONE’S OWN AGENDA
The dangers in changing the words of Divine texts (i.e. The Torah, The Bible and/or The Qur’an), in order to meet one’s “Nafs” (viz. lower worldly desires) can be very…
THE STORY OF THE FIRST QUR’ANIC REVELATION.
THE 1st REVELATION… Revelation was an event described in Islam as taking place in 610 AD, during which ProphetMuhammad was visited by the archangel JibrÄ«l (i.e. Gabrael) who revealed to…
THE COMPLETE STORY OF SODOM & GAMORRAH
Sodom and Gomorrah were cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis and throughout the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and in the deuterocanonical books, as well as in the Quran…
THE ISLAMIC STORY OF (YAHYA) “JOHN THE BAPTIST”
WHO WAS PROPHET YAHYA (i.e. John The Baptist)? John the Baptist was a Jewish itinerant preacher in the early first century AD. John is revered as a major religious figure…
WHO WE ARE AS MUSLIMS SHOULD BE EVIDENT BY OUR ADHERENCE TO QUR’AN
FRIDAY KHUTBAH WITH SHAIKH EL-FADL
TRAVEL THE ISLAMIC WORLD WITH ME… (UZBEKISTAN)
Uzbekistan is a Central Asian nation and former Soviet republic. It’s known for its mosques, mausoleums and other sites linked to the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China…
TRAVEL THE ISLAMIC WORLD WITH ME… (ISLAMABAD)
Islamabad is the capital city of Pakistan. It is federally administered as part of the Islamabad Capital Territory. Built as a planned city in the 1960s to replace Karachi as…
TRAVEL THE ISLAMIC WORLD WITH ME… (JERUSALEM)
Jerusalem is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities…
TRAVEL THE ISLAMIC WORLD WITH ME… (JAKARATA)
Jakarta, Indonesia’s massive capital, sits on the northwest coast of the island of Java. A historic mix of cultures – Javanese, Malay, Chinese, Arab, Indian and European – has influenced…
TRAVEL THE ISLAMIC WORLD WITH ME… (QATAR)
The 6th destination that I am very excited to travel with you is the country of Qatar. Qatar is a peninsular Arab country whose terrain comprises arid desert and a…