[embedded content] SHAFAQNA – The US idea to civilize the Islamic society by publishing its own version of the Quran is quite ridiculous and carries nothing but silly tricks of the Weste special services. Azhdar Kurtov, chief editor of the RISS jou al “National Strategy Issues”, told Pravda.Ru wheth...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) who said: Be aware; Rajab is the month of Allah (SWT), Sha’abaan is my month, and Ramadhan is the month of my Ummah [1]. [1] Faza’elal Ash’har Althalathah, page 24. SHARE Facebook Twitter Previous articleQuran Teacher Training Course Underwa...

SHAFAQNA – Allah (SWT) has said: “We tested predecessors to make it clear who is the believer and who is the hypocrite.” All the people, even those in top positions or in the market (traders), all (must) know that they are in the presence of God, and are being tested. It is very easy for a human bei...

SHAFAQNA – Sheikh Sadooq according to authentic documents, narrated from Imam Sadeq (AS) that one of Imam’s close companions came to see Imam (AS) towards the end of the month of Rajab. Imam Sadeq (AS) asked: Have you fasted this month? He replied: No, Imam (AS) said: You lost so much rewards which ...

SHAFAQNA- The Dar-ol-Quran Center of Imam Hussein (AS) Holy Shrine in Karbala, Iraq, has organized the new edition of a national course for training Quran teachers. According to the website of the center, 180 teachers from different parts of Iraq have taken the course. Ali Ubud Al-Tayi, head of the ...

SHAFAQNA – Dozens of heavily armed military police flooded into Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Tuesday night, evacuating part of the busy travel hub and arresting one man during a four-hour security alert. The incident came as the Netherlands has been on high alert following the 22 March attack on ...

SHAFAQNA – A non-Muslim woman in Florida has launched a campaign against an anti-Islam billboard in St. Augustine beach, Florida, according to media reports. “It was disturbing to me,” says Becky Williams. “My daughter was in the back seat with me and my first thought was, ‘if that was the faith we ...

SHAFAQNA – I have written at length about Yemen, the war and the conflicting agendas which have fed its fire. Today, I would like to take a minute or two to remember those men, women, and children who were lost to us – those smiles, and those memories which were robbed from under us by a greed and a...

SHAFAQNA- Amnesty Inte ational issued a press release today calling for an urgent investigation into the “slaughter and secret burial of 347 members of a Shi’ite religious group in mass graves by the Nigerian army.” Their statement follows testimony yesterday by a Kaduna State gove ment official adm...

Commentary of the Quran (Chapter 2:41; Part-2)By: Mohammad Sobhanie Biblical Prophecies on the Advent of Prophet Mohammad (SAW) بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِوَآمِنُوا بِمَا أَنزَلْتُ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَا تَكُونُوا أَوَّلَ كَافِرٍ بِهِ ۖ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا بِآيَاتِي ثَمَنًا قَلِي...

SHAFAQNA – Imam Ali (AS) said: Those whose time are run out request for more opportunities, and those who still have time, are negligent [1]. The months of Rajab, Sha’abaan and Ramadhan are part of those excellent God given opportunities for people to strengthen their belief and attract Divine Bless...

SHAFAQNA – The month of Rajab is the month of special blessings and according to some narrations is called the month of God, as the month of Sha’aban is called the month of the Prophet (PBUH) and the month of Ramadhan, the month of Ummah [1]. Rajab is one of the months when the start of any war is f...

SHAFAQNA- Egypt has Khokha, India has Chamki and now Afghanistan is getting its first home-grown “Sesame Street” Muppet—a six-year-old girl called Zari. Zari, a curious and lively girl whose name means “shimmering” in the Dari and Pashto languages, makes her debut on Thursday on the “Baghch-e-Simsim...

SHAFAQNA- A former student of Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky , leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, voiced conce over the health conditions of the senior cleric. Mustafa Muhammad said members of the IMN who met with Sheikh Zakzaky on Friday have described his health as grave. He said the situation of S...

SHAFAQNA – Islamic teaching is against flattery and the flatterer. It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam who said: Throw dust into the faces of flatterers [1]. And in another narration said: A person must not be satisfied by flattery of other people and must not be dissatisfied with their reproac...

SHAFAQNA – Abu Mosa narrated: I went to see Imam Hadi (AS) and said to him: Motawakel (the Caliph) cut my salary because of my love for you, please order my salary to be paid. Imam Hadi (AS) replied: If God wants, your problem will be solved. That night the Caliph’s agents knocked my door, when I op...

SHAFAQNA – Seyyed Ali Fadhl Allah, Friday prayer leader of Beirut, in his speech on Monday referred to several challenges in front of the Arab world and Islam calling terrorism and religious pluralism as the most important of them. He said,” Political and economic issues are reasons for outbreak of ...

SHAFAQNA – A Bahraini Appeals Court decided on Monday (April 11, 2016) to issue its verdict in the Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman’s case on May 30. The court had sentenced Sheikh Salman to four years in prison over a speech he delivered late December 2014, in which he called for puttin...

SHAFAQNA – “I know [the Bahraini authorities] are serious about targeting me or silencing me. I guarantee that they will leave me alone if I keep quiet. But I know myself I will never keep quiet. I will keep speaking for those people, for those victims, who ca ot speak about themselves.” – Nabeel Ra...

SHAFAQNA- The Department of Tourism (DOT) in the Philippines is pushing for “halal consciousness” in the country’s tourist hubs as a way of inculcating respect for the Islamic religion and to attract more Muslim visitors.Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr. said that with the Philippine Halal Tourism...