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SHAFAQNA- A lie can give instant gratification but that is only the outer ‘cloak’ it wears. The reality has not changed, and the lie remains false and against the facts. Even the slightest slip-up will put the liar in that same position again he started at if not worse. In essence, the person who li...

SHAFAQNA – As European countries are arguing nationalities and religions – in search of their own identity, researchers decided to investigate European’s belief in God. The number of Norwegians who say they do not believe in God has reached an all-time record and eclipsed those who do believe for th...

SHAFAQNA – Sixteenth-century Elizabethan England has always had a special place in the nation’s understanding of itself. But few realise that it was also the first time that Muslims began openly living, working and practising their faith in England, writes Jerry Brotton. From as far away as North Af...

[embedded content] SHAFAQNA – A high school guidance counselor is attempting to counter anti-Muslim rhetoric by wearing an Islamic hijab to her public school every Monday — an effort that she launched after her pastor spoke about the importance of challenging oneself to make a difference. “I felt mo...

SHAFAQNA – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today called on all Muslims in the country to keep an open heart in tackling differences of opinion. He said in Islam, Muslims are allowed to have difference of opinion, to voice out their opinions and to question somebody else’s opinions, but it must...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Javadi Amoli said: Once I went to see the late Allama Tabatabaie before I departed for Hajj pilgrimage and told him: Please advise me. Allama recited Ayah 152 of Surah Al-Baqarah: “Remember Allah (SWT), so that God remembers you. Be grateful (give thanks) to God and do...

SHAFAQNA – In Islam the most important and superior of the prayers is Halal ea ing. It is narrated from the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) who said: “Prayers have seventy parts and the highest and the most important part is Halal ea ing [1].” Some commentators explained that the figure of 70 is the sign of...

SHAFAQNA – The Prophet of Islam (PBUH) always used to give up his own right but he never tolerated any insult or transgression of the sacred values of the religion and the Divine Sanctity. His holy anger was also for God and in the way of God. It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: The Prophet ...

SHAFAQNA – According to Islamic teachings, religion, wisdom and ethics are inseparable and if one of them is absent the other two will not exist. It is narrated that religion, wisdom and ethics are always together and when the Prophet Adam (AS) accepted the wisdom, religion and ethics did not agree ...

SHAFAQNA – Writing about a virtue of Imam Ali(a) as a leader, I realised that he had so many virtues that I would find it difficult to choose one. Upon reflection, it became clear that he had one virtue, upon which all the others depended, and which he himself recognised was the source of his extrao...

SHAFAQNA – Islamic ethics is the code of morals that a believer follows in their daily life. That is the total code of conduct that shapes his life and guides him through this world into the Hereafter, which is the true abode for a believer for all ete ity.Islamic ethics make a person become the kin...

SHAFAQNA – An article in the Sunday Express this March 19 covered the controversial topic of self-flagellation in Islam, comparing the practice to medieval barbarism. The article read: “A shocking video from 2013 appears to show a group of men with bloodied backs thrashing themselves with bladed ins...

SHAFAQNA – Prominent Ghanaian Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams has backtracked on his controversial statements regarding Islam, apologizing to the Muslim community worldwide and pleading for their forgiveness ‘in the name of Allah’. The self-declared ‘father of charismatic Christianity’ in West A...

SHAFAQNA – Dear Donald Trump: In 1981, after being persecuted and imprisoned for refusing to comply with Soviet communism, I escaped Afghanistan and came to the United States of America as a refugee with one thing in mind: freedom. A freedom I experienced as a foreign exchange student in America, an...

SHAFAQNA – What is Nowruz? It is a day that marks the New Year across parts of the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus and Asia. It can be spelled Novruz, Nowrouz, Nooruz, Navruz, Nauroz or Nevruz depending on the region. Where is it celebrated? Nowruz is celebrated by 300 million people in place...

SHAFAQNA – On 20 March a number of people of the Zoroastrian faith will mark the festival of Nowruz. This is the Iranian New Year and is celebrated on the ve al equinox to mark the begi ing of spring, with the word “Nowruz” translating to “new day”. In 2009 the United Nations put Nowruz on the Repre...

SHAFAQNA – US President Barack Obama says Washington recognizes Iran’s “right to peaceful nuclear energy” in his Nowruz message to congratulate Iranians on the eve of the Persian calendar New Year. “We recognize Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy consistent with Iran’s nuclear obligations,” Oba...

SHAFAQNA- The President of the Manitoba Islamic Association is responding to peoples’ curiosity around the newly established mosque in Winkler. Dr. Idris Elbakri says it’s more of a gathering space for the growing number of Muslims moving to the Pembina Valley. “It’s a place for people to gather tog...