SHAFAQNA – The Muslim Lawyers Association of South Africa is working to have former Israeli President Shimon Peres arrested during his upcoming visit to the country, Israeli news outlets reported. The organization has asked the state prosecutor to issue an arrest warrant for Peres, who is supposed t...

SHAFAQNA – Ahmad Zia Masooud, the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s special envoy for reform and good gove ance, has recently asserted that presence of the Mujahedeen in all political and military fields was a vital need of the country, as he called on them to take the leadership of the war in the cou...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Baqer (AS) who said: The most immoral ea ing is from usury [1]. Also it is narrated: The usurer will be resurrected as a mad person on the Day of Judgment [2]. [1] Kafi, Vol.5, Page 147. [2] Tafseer Dorrul Manthoor, Vol. 2, page 102. This entry passed through the ...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Hussain (AS) who said: If a person insults me in my right ear and offers an apology in my left ear, I will forgive him; because my father Imam Ali (AS) narrated from my grandfather, the Prophet of Allah (SWT) who said: The person who does not accept others justifi...

SHAFAQNA- Police are investigating an act of Islamophobia in the University of Sydney’s Muslim prayer room in the fifth instance of vandalism in three months. Muslim students who arrived at the room on Monday mo ing found wardrobes and cupboards emptied and rubbish strewn on the floor, the student n...

SHAFAQNA- This article first published by GR in November 2006 is of particular relevance to an understanding of the ongoing process of destabilization and political fragmentation of Iraq, Syria and Yemen. John Kerry’s “Plan B” consists in breaking up Syria and Iraq.“Hegemony is as old as Mankind…” -...

SHAFAQNA – The author has written at least five different versions of this essay, all in an attempt to relay the same message at different levels of overtness targeting different audiences. Bits and pieces of it have been used here and there by some, even published, sometimes with good intentions an...

SHAFAQNA – Earlier this January, Press TV ran a documentary which looks at the root cause of radicalization and terror, focusing NOT on the manifestation of such an ideology, but those forces and ideological currents which have fed it, engineered it and made it grow to the monster it is today. Embed...

SHAFAQNA- As shown by any dictionary of Qur’anic words, the word amr and its other derivations occur in 248 places in the Qur’an. On surveying all the instances of this word in the Qur’an, one comes to the conclusion that the word amr has been used in the following two basic meanings: firstly, meani...

SHAFAQNA- In verses 4 and 5 of Surat al‑Sajdah, it is said: اللَّـهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ مَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِهِ مِن وَلِيٍّ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ أَفَلَا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ﴿٤﴾ يُدَبِّرُ الْأَمْرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى ال...

SHAFAQNA- How to Feel the Joy of Worship? It has been a while that I did not like to say my prayers. I find a lot of excuses in order not to say my prayers. For example, I tell myself that I will say my prayers after I watch a movie. But after that, I study or I find other things to do, just because...

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SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from Imam Sadeq (AS) who said: The Prophet of Islam (PBUH) in parts of his will to Imam Ali (AS) said: O’ Ali (AS), there are three characteristics which are superior to others: Show fai ess to people (be fair to people); and give financial help to brother in religion; and ...

SHAFAQNA – Even after repenting, the purity of soul ca ot be as before because when a white sheet of paper is blackened, ca ot be retu ed to its original shine; or if a broken dish is repaired, is not easy to make it look like its original shape. There is a lot of difference between a friend who is ...

SHAFAQNA – One of the skills that the human being must lea in life is the skill of offering an apology for the mistake committed and also be able to accept others justified apologies. Basically, offering an apology is the sign of the wisdom of the person who does so. It is narrated from Imam Ali (AS...

SHAFAQNA – It is narrated from the prophet of Islam (PBUH) who said: O’ Ali (AS), whatever you do not want for yourself, do not wish for others; and whatever you like for yourself, like it for your (Muslim) brother as well. In this way, you will be just in your judgment and you will always be seekin...

SHAFAQNA- There are many pieces of knowledge which are gained through experience and trial, either through personal experiencing or by the experiences of others, but neither through perception nor scientific analysis. When the child draws his hand for the first time towards the fire and perceives th...

SHAFAQNA- You’re scheduled to present a proposed advertising plan in front of your clients. Your props are well-prepared, you’ve memorized your speech and you’ve got the presentation flow ready. You’ve even wo your best tie, so you’ll feel more primped up. During the presentation, as you stand up to...