SHAFAQNA- The a ouncement of the establishment of an Arab Court of Human Rights, indeed any Court devote to Human Rights, should be an inte ationally welcomed initiative. The fact that the initiative has come from the Shoura Council of Saudi Arabia, the formal one hundred and fifty strong legislativ...

SHAFAQNA- At least 40 people were killed by a suicide bomber at a funeral in Iraq’s easte province of Diyala while a suicide blast at a security checkpoint in Baghdad’s weste outskirts killed eight members of the security forces, police said on Monday. The larger attack in Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles...

1. Having conducted a research into Hadith (scriptural) sources, we found out that the narrations about cleaning, dusting and sweeping a house are absolute and unrestricted in the sense that they include both day and night. There is nothing to indicate that dusting and cleaning are forbidden at nigh...

SHAFAQNA- It has been narrated from Abu Sa’id al-Khudri that he said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) say the following to a person whom he was advising: ‘Actively seek that which is in the presence of Allah so that Allah will love you; keep away from that which is in the hands of the people ...

SHAFAQNA- The vice of jealousy is one of the fatal illnesses of ethics that can be destructive to its beholder in both his life and the after-life. The difference between jealousy and envy is that jealousy involves a man desiring that a blessing be removed from his brother though he knows that such ...

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SHAFAQNA – A suicide car bombing killed four people Monday when it hit a gathering of loyalist forces in Aden, the southe Yemen city serving as a gove ment base, AFP reported. Five others were wounded in the attack in the residential Sheikh Othman district, according to a security official. The bomb...

SHAFAQNA – Thisarticle has been broken into four sections due to its length. You can either click on the part you wish to go to or simply scroll down to view the whole document Introduction Birth Miscellaneous Information on Imam Mahdi (AS) Su i Documentation on Imam Mahdi (AS) Special Specification...

SHAFAQNA – America’s largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization CAIR posted a photo of racist epithets spray painted on the brick wall of the Islamic Society of North America headquarters in Plainfield, Indiana this weekend. The ISNA reported the incident immediately to local police an...

SHAFAQNA – Syria entered a truce Friday set to last a whole two weeks, allowing for a much needed humanitarian reprieve. The question on everyone’s lips: will it hold, and more importantly – what kind of resolution will it achieve for the Syrian people? Following months of political and diplomatic w...

SHAFAQNA – Allah (SWT) in Ayah 28 of Surah Al-Kahf describes three negative effects of neglecting remembrance of God. Unable to be with the Prophet (PBUH) Following own desires; if God’s remembrance is non-existent in a heart, that heart ca ot love God, because knowing and loving God is possible thr...

SHAFAQNA – People in Bahrain have taken to the streets to show their growing frustration with the ruling Al Khalifah regime, calling for the release of political prisoners. Protesters rallied in the village of Sanabis, on the outskirts of the capital Manama, on Monday. They chanted slogans against t...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS) who said: Allah (SWT) looks kindly to the pure (clean) hearts of the servants of God [1]. What is a pure heart? At the time of creation of the heart, God made it the place of Divine Kindness. Anything else apart from God enters the heart, the heart become...

SHAFAQNA – I came across a rather upsetting piece of jou alism this Monday as I read through developments in the Islamic world. As I skimmed through the headlines my eyes caught something I would have hoped never saw the light of day as it betrays a hate so fierce, blind and ignorant it can only be ...

SHAFAQNA – The Grand Ayatollah Shobairi answered questions about guiding and selling drugs for abortion. Question: What is the ruling about guiding a person who intends to abort a foetus, practically (perform or abandon) and situational circumstances (bringing into effect)? Is it allowed to sell dru...

SHAFAQNA- He’s a duopoly power anomaly, a billionaire, demagogic business as usual aspirant, coming across to supporters as populist. Yet nothing in his campaign suggests it, other than his anti-establishment rhetoric. A previous article said he appeals to voters against bipartisan politics they dep...

SHAFAQNA- A local Muslim leader is back from Capitol Hill. He says his message to our elected officials in Wisconsin was simple: We’re here to help. Shortly after the San Be ardino mass shooting in December 2015, the community launched its “True Islam” campaign. Organizers say they want to combat ra...

Bosnian Security Minister Dragan Mektic said this week that police would soon shut down Muslim community groups that refuse affiliation with the state-recognized Islamic Community organisation based in the capital Sarajevo. “It is correct and true that criminals who have made fascist and violent thr...