SHAFAQNA – Imam Ali (AS) said: Greed is everlasting slavery. Meaning greed is worse than slavery [1]. Luqman the wise advised his son about greed by saying: My son, if you want to attain dignity in this world, cut your greed towards what are in the hands of people because the prophets and the pious ...

SHAFAQNA- Tom Angel, a top official with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, is resigning as chief of staff to Sheriff Jim McDo ell after it was revealed he forwarded emails with racist jokes and anti-Muslim statements while at his previous job with Burbank police, McDo ell a ounced Sunday....

SHAFAQNA- The Role of Religion in Our Lives by Sayed Saleh AlQazwini

SHAFAQNA – In late April I took part in a debate with Patricia Chagnon, a French official, and member of the Front National on the issue of radicalization and the Muslim veil – aka hijab. A profoundly secular country, France operates under the premise that religion is a private matter, a belief syst...

4.1.1 Shafaqna – Commentary of the Quran (Chapter 2:45-46)By: Mohammad Sobhanie Dealing with Life’s Challanges بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِوَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ ﴿٤٥﴾ الَّذِينَ يَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُم مُّلَاقُو رَبِّهِمْ وَ...

SHAFAQNA – The main facts to know about Divine Blessings are: Firstly, it is necessary to try to recognize the one (the Supreme Being; Allah (SWT)) who gives people all the blessings as best as possible; and secondly know the fact that no one is able to count God’s blessings; as their number is not ...

SHAFAQNA – The cruelty of the heart is defined as: The condition in which a person is not bothered or affected by sufferings and hardships of others and in fact has no fear of oppressing, being unjust, harming or causing distress to other human beings. In addition, such a person (the cruel person) w...

SHAFAQNA – The Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to the UN expressing conce s that the doctors contract amounts to unfair discrimination against women. The UK’s equality watchdog has written to the UN to express conce s that the proposed junior doctors’ contract is “potentially discri...

SHAFAQNA – GP surgeries are tu ing away asylum seekers when they attempt to register as patients to practices, despite migrants being eligible for treatment under NHS guidelines, according to the charity Doctors of the World. The group, which finds and allocates healthcare services for asylum seeker...

SHAFAQNA – The son of a London bus driver, Sadiq Khan has had a remarkable rise into the upper echelons of British politics. He grew up with seven siblings in a three-bedroom home in public housing and attended state schools before becoming a human rights lawyer and then a senior gove ment minister....

SHAFAQNA- Zakiya Zakzaky, a stepdaughter of prominent Shia cleric and leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky, in an interview with IQNA talked about last year’s massacre in Zaria. On December 12 last year, Nigerian soldiers attacked Shia Muslims attending a ceremo...

SHAFAQNA- The secretary general of Bahrain’s Islamic Action Society,also referred to as Amal Party, has been released after serving five years behind bars in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom. The Arabic-language Bahrainmirror website reported the release of Sheikh Mohammed Ali Mahfouz on Saturday. A Ba...

SHAFAQNA – The Prophet of Islam (PBUH) was attending the Mosque when among the large crowd suddenly a group of people started shouting. The Prophet (PBUH) asked: What is happening? They said: A rude young person has come and saying let me go the Prophet (PBUH) to ask permission for adultery. The Pro...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Sadeq (AS) who said: Every mo ing, Imam Ali (AS) used to address the two angels who register deeds (of every human being) and say: Well done you two gracious angels who register deeds; God willing, today I will also do whatever you like to register, and after this...

SHAFAQNA – An influential politician from Angela Merkel’s ruling CDU party said all mosques in Germany should be subject to state supervision in light of what he sees as a threat from extremist. Volker Kauder, who heads the conservative parliamentary grouping in Germany’s lower house, used his twitt...

SHAFAQNA – Visiting Imam Reza Holy Shrine (AS), five Swedish nationals converted to Islam and became Shia Muslims. Getting familiar with the fundamental principles of Islam, accepting the oneness of God, prophecy of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), as well as confessing to the Velayat of Ali (AS), the visit...

SHAFAQNA – Many people may know Ali ibn Abu Talib or ‘Imam Ali’ as a distinguished warrior and a man with unmatched bravery. But the other side of him that is equally unique, is the treasure of knowledge that he carried with him. A glimpse of this treasure can be seen in his many wise words that add...

SHAFAQNA – According to Imam Ali (AS) pious children are presents to humanity. Imam (AS) considered pious children as lights of their parent’s eyes and good provisions for their parents after their death in the hereafter. It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: Swear to God, I never asked God fo...

SHAFAQNA – Divine Blessings must be appreciated and looked after by using them at the right time, at the right place, and to the right measure. In other words they must be used according to God’s satisfaction. It has been narrated that one of the reasons for the pressure of the grave is due to wasti...

SHAFAQNA – We must feel happy and satisfied with Divine Blessings. It has been narrated: Whenever something happens to the human being which causes happiness, say: Praise be to Allah (SWT) for this blessing; and whenever somethings happens which causes sadness, say: Praise be to Allah (SWT) at all c...