SHAFAQNA – About 200 Calgarians attended a conference on Saturday with a goal of addressing Islamophobia through dialogue. The non-profit group “Think for Actions” organized the “Your Muslim Neighbour” day-long event. It covered many themes on how to get people of all faiths to respect each other. M...

Oct 6 2015--Vancouver BC--Citizenship ceremony: New Canadians take the citizenship oath during a ceremony in Vancouver. (Photographs by Brian Howell) SHAFAQNA – The recent Environics Institute survey of Muslims in Canada reveals a community that belies facile stereotypes – no more so than when you a...

SHAFAQNA – If praising others is unreal and exaggerated then the person who gives praise is committing the act of hypocrisy and is lying and according to Imam Ali (AS) this is somehow making fun of the one who is being praised [1]. If praise falls short of the reality, then in this case the one who ...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Shobairi Zanjani answered questions about taking control of the wealth belonging to a person suffering from Alzheimer. Question: Is it possible to take control of the wealth of a person who is suffering from Alzheimer? What are the limits of the control in these cases?...

Britain's incoming London Mayor Sadiq Khan attends his swearing-in ceremony at Southwark Cathedral in cental London on May 7, 2016. (AFP/File) SHAFAQNA- Khan rejected the notion that Islam was incompatible with mode Weste values and said Trump’s “ignorant” views on Islam were “playing into the hands...

Southwest Airlines jets are seen at Chicago’s Midway Airport in an April 2008 file photo. (Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) SHAFAQNA- A man who admitted yanking a Muslim woman’s hijab from her head during an airline flight pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of obstruction of a person’s free exercise...

[embedded content] SHAFAQNA – The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) staed a protest and vigil for Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky in London, where President Muhammadu Buhari attended an anti-corruption summit. The aim of the protest is to call attention to the Zaria massacre, in which over 350 Shiite Mu...

SHAFAQNA – One of the prayers which if it is performed with total concentration of the heart and pure intention will have amazing effects on the spiritual growth and accomplishment as well as the purification of the soul is Salaat. Performing Salaat on time and the recommended Night Salaat (Nafeleh)...

SHAFAQNA – If attacks against Muslims have become a regular occurrence – a direct result of the narrative of hate and exclusion Weste gove ments have been only too keen to front, to better assert their own neo-imperialistic agenda, one incident this week in the US held a mirror to the hatred America...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about drinking wine to the level which does not affect the human being. Question: Is it allowed when drinking wine is to the level which does not affect human being? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: Drinking wine even for one drop is Haram and i...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei answered a question about selling wine to non-Muslims. Question: If a Muslim person opens a hotel in a non-Islamic country, and is forced to sell some kinds of wine and Haram foods because the majority of the people in that country are Christians who drink win...

SHAFAQNA – The new Mayor of London is determined to hug the headlines as he offered to educate Mr Donald Trump on Islam … A career Islamophobe, Mr Trump has lived and breathed xenophobia over the past months, riding fear and prejudice to propel himself before the steps of the White House. The first ...

SHAFAQNA – If Britain still presents itself to the world as a responsible nation, a nation for which human rights, and human dignity mean a great deal, Britain’s attitude towards war refugees speaks a different truth altogether. While Britain ambitions still to grand-stand over nations – a shining b...

SHAFAQNA – Do not consider any Dua small, maybe (Divine) acceptance is in that (small) Dua. After performing Salaat evry person is allowed one Dua to be accepted by God, then stands up and goes, do not stand up and leave the moment you finish performing Salaat, recite the follow ups, recite Dua. As ...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Sajjad who said: After knowledge of God nothing is more liked by Allah (SWT) than modesty, clea ess of stomach and chastity [1]. [1] Tohaful Oqool, page 290. SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleWhy persistence in prayers to God is recommended? Next articleWhat ...

SHAFAQNA – The heart which is saddened with sadness of others and the heart which is ready to accept advice, take heed and wisdom, and in this condition such a heart is called a tender and kind heart [1]. [1] Merajal Sa’aadah, Page 256 and Dars’hayee az Akhlaq, page 259. SHARE Facebook Twitter Previ...

SHAFAQNA – Up to 40 thousand non-Muslim refugees have been harassed at German migrant centers by Muslim migrants and refugees, according to a survey, presented by six human rights groups presented in Berlin on Monday. In an interview with Radio Sputnik Simon Jacob, ambassador of the Central Council ...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about filming parties where wine (Alcohol) is consumed. Question: A film maker is invited to a wedding party where wine is consumed, is it allowed to accept such invitation? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: It is not allowed to film wine drinkin...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Khamenei answered a question about broadcasting music from Mosques on the occasion of birthdays of infallible Imams (AS). Question: Is it religiously right to broadcast happy music from Mosques on the occasion of the birthdays of infallible Imams (AS)? The Grand Ayatol...