Muslim communities

Malcom X, an American Muslim Minister and rights activist, once said that “You are not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you cannot face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.” He is speaking of a term called civil disobedience, the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of the government, or of an occupying international power. Civil disobedience is used by influential “rebels” all over the world and throughout history. Many people have different opinions…

I was born in a Muslim community, about 90% of the people that I grew up with believed that Islam was the one true religion and all other religions were false. Me being a child, unable to think for myself at the time, pretty much automatically started believing the same things as those around me. I remember very clearly thinking that there is a man in the sky who created these people called Adam and Eve that they are the ancestors of every living human being on earth, And that Every single human…

Defination of Faith: “Faith is complete confidence or trust in a person or thing or a belief not based on proof. It may also refer to a particular system of religious belief”. Hazrat Adam(AS) is the first prophet and Mohammad Rasoolullah (SAW) is the last prophet sent by Allah (SWT) for the Optimization of mankind. We believe in all Prophets who are mentioned in Quran. All of them have given the same message. They were sent by Allah to teach to the people…

but the imam included Arabic language within his speech. He greeted everyone by saying welcome brothers and sister. He said that there is no god but Allah and the Muhammed is the messenger of Allah. Then he said speak truth all the times be a good Muslim just Allah requests. He said Allah…

History: Throughout history, Afghanistan has been used a gateway from Europe through to Asia, due to where it is situated. Many tribes and cultures have passed through, and made it their home. Those included Persians, under Darius the Great as well as the Greeks who were brought over by Alexander the Great; this all come about around 323-522 BCE. Throughout 699-700 Islam became a part of Afghanistan, due to an Arab invasion in Kandahar. Within the 13th century, Genghis Khan (the founder of the…

Ibn al-Qayyim wrote mainly on subjects like commentary of the Holy Qur'an, Islamic jurisprudence, traditions of the Holy Prophet (SAW), mysticism, social, political and economic issues. We can divide his economic thoughts into five main categories: 1 His views on the economic philosophy of Islam. a) Homo Islamicus and Not Homo Economicus Ibn al-Qayyim highlights the basic Islamic faith that every man is accountable before Allah (SWT) for his conduct and that Allah (SWT) is the source of…

The main goal of zakat is to redistribute income in favor of the poor in the community. While the important role of charitable and non-government organization is getting acknowledged recently in the overall economic growth and welfare programs of the economy, Islam had introduced these kinds of institution since its beginning more…

who was then known as Ibn Khaldun. He was born in Tunisia on 1 Ramadan 732 AH / May 27, 1332 M. He died in 1382 at the age of 50 years old. He is well known as a historian and father of sociology who memorized the Koran Islam since childhood. As a Muslim politician, he is also known as the father of Islamic Economics, for his thoughts about the logic of economic theory was first put forward realistic before Adam Smith (1723M -1790M) and David Ricardo (1772M -1823M) produce economic theories.…

semester, I participated in serval service-learning events which have broaden my insight on issues within my community. I participated in service-learning events held by Faith in Fresno. The overall mission statement of Faith in Fresno is to “…unlock the power of people to put faith into action in the public square, and to advance a movement for racial justice and health equity.” The community service related events I participated in were Day of Action and Rapid Response Training, which were…

have not chosen to cover my head for MEN. I have chosen to cover myself for the sake of Allah SWT and Allah SWT only. When Muslim women are asked why they wear the Hijab the simple answer should be "because god asked me to". I believe that the Hijab is about Tawakkul - تَوَكُّل‎ ; submitting to Allah SWT and trusting his way. Wearing…