SHAFAQNA – Is loving God enough to ea a person a ticket to Paradise? A Christian may say “yes”, and a Muslim may also say “yes” and add that loving God is one of three elements necessary for entry to Paradise. The other two are fear and hope. All elements are interco ected and one by itself is not s...

SHAFAQNA – Chinese officials have restricted civil servants, students and children in a mainly Muslim region from fasting during Ramadan, gove ment websites said as the holy month began on Monday. The country’s ruling Communist party is officially atheist and for years has ba ed gove ment employees ...

SHAFAQNA – We are being tu ed into a nation of vigilante terrorist hunters, says writer Reni Eddo-Lodge. From the gove ment’s prevent strategy to representations of Islam in the media, the message is that Muslims are guilty until proven i ocent. We should stop doing the terrorists’ job for them, she...

SHAFAQNA – If Prophet Muhammad was sent as God’s last messenger, a final reminder of God’s Words onto His creation, Muslims have since worked very hard at dividing which was meant to stand united. From the moment Prophet Muhammad was commanded to speak those first words of knowledge: “Read! In the N...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei answered a question about parents forcing their children to break their fast. Question: If I am fasting and my mother forces me to eat or drink, is my fast void (Baatel)? The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei: Eating and drinking make fasting void (Baatel) even if it i...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about fasting in long days in countries like Denmark. Question: I live in Denmark, day is 20-21 hours and I am working, and I am not able to fast in these long days, what is the ruling about my fasting? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: It is Waj...

SHAFAQNA – Even in his final months, Muhammad Ali spoke on behalf of Islam, a religion he famously embraced in the 1960s by changing his name and refusing to join the Vietnam War. In December, the boxing legend issued a statement criticizing presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Musl...

A member of the Louisville Islamic Center writes messages on a memorial ba er as she pays her respect to Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight boxing champion after he died at the age of 74 on Friday at the Islamic Center in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. June 5, 2016. REUTERS/John Sommers II. TPX ...

SHAFAQNA – The sun had already sunk below the blood red horizon in Addis Ababa’s neighborhood of Semien Mazegaja as Jemal Ahmed and his wife Kebedech Aliyu prepared for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Sitting in their neat one-bedroom home with their year-old twins Ismael and Issac sleeping nearby...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Shobairi Zanjani answered a question about ruling for Salaat and fasting when stopping jou ey after about 25 kilometers. Question: If a passenger stops the jou ey after about 25 kilometers and does not want to continue, and stays in that place for 10 days or retu s hom...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Vahid Khorasani answered a question about not fasting due to taking contraceptive pills. Question: If a person is fasting during the day of the holy month of Ramadhan and to prevent pregnancy must take pills and because the pills are taken every 12 hours and whatever t...

O Allah, I ask You for protection on the day when property will not avail, nor sons except he who comes with a heart free (from evil)(26: 88) And I ask You for protection on the day when the unjust one will bite his hands saying: O would that I had taken a way with the messenger.(25; 27) and I ask Y...

SHAFAQNA- The 7th Moscow inte ational exhibition-forum Moscow Halal Expo-2016 opened in the Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Center in Moscow. The purpose of the exhibition is the development of Russian brands and halal services, attraction of investments into the domestic halal sector, increasin...

The Malaysia Islamic Organizations Consultative Council (MAPIM) on Sunday launched the country’s first Quran radio station known as ‘Radio Nurul Quran Nusantara’. The move is an effort to instill a love for the Quran, especially among youngsters. MAPIM president Mohd Azmi Abd Hamid said through ‘the...

SHAFAQNA – On the occasion of the passing of legendary athlete and struggler for justice, Muhammad Ali, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins millions around the world in remembering Ali’s historic legacy of commitment to the liberation of oppressed peoples and his willingness to sa...

SHAFAQNA – New Yorkers protested on Friday, 3 June against the siege on Gaza in support of Palestinian fishermen under attack by Israeli occupation forces. To date, 70 fishers have been detained by Israeli naval forces and 20 boats confiscated in 2016; these numbers parallel the already troubling fi...

SHAFAQNA – Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani confirms on Monday, 6 June that the holy month of Ramadan will officially begins on Tuesday, 7 June for Europe and Islamic countries. In a statement the Grand Ayatollah conveyed his hopes for peace and blessings during the holy month noting: “We ask Allah’s ble...

Shafaqna – According to the statement of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, the first day of Ramadan 1437 AH in Iraq and other Arabic and Islamic states will be on Tuesday. ‘We ask Allah’s blessings for all the Muslims around the world in the Holy Month of Ramadan’ the office of Grand Ayatollah Sistani states...

SHAFAQNA – Is it really that bold to be the first Muslim mayor and be unafraid to be Muslim? I don’t call myself a Muslim politician; I’m not a Muslim spokesperson or leader, and it’s important to clarify that because otherwise you’re defined solely by your faith. We all have multiple identities – I...

SHAFAQNA – On the occasion of the passing of legendary athlete and struggler for justice, Muhammad Ali, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins millions around the world in remembering Ali’s historic legacy of commitment to the liberation of oppressed peoples and his willingness to sa...