Daughter of Namrud 0
Namrud was the oppressive king who threw Ibrahim (A.S.) into the fire. His daughter, Ru‘dah, was watching the scene from above. She noticed that the fire was having no effect on Ibrahim (A.S.).
Archive for February, 2010
The Messenger Was Born 0
Share By Abu Eesa Niamatullah (Cross-posted from AE’s personal blog) At a time when many Muslims will be debating the definitions of bid‘ah and the condemnation of people based upon whether they don’t celebrate the ‘Eed Milād’l-Nabi or do, where some will find excuse to mix and party and others will find reason to have a quiet reflective moment, perhaps it would be pertinent to remind ourselves exactly what this debate is all really about. The blessed Prophet and Messenger Sayyidina Muhammad (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was understood to have been born in the early half of the current month Rabī’l-Awwal in the year 570 or 571 CE. There is not a single piece of evidence that categorically establishes the exact date of birth and indeed this was never an issue for the early scholars due to their lack of celebrating the particular birthday of the Prophet (‘alayhi-salātullāh)
Fundraising Dinner & Fashion Show 0
Hijab Style has just heard about an awesome fundraising dinner, Islamic fashion show and charity auction that’s happening in Luton on Saturday 20th March 2010. Lots of modest fashion companies will be at the event; looks like a great evening! Check out the flyer for more details:
Norway: No follow-up on integration subsidies 0
Norway: No follow-up on integration subsidies Since 1987, immigrant organizations in Norway have received 220 million kroner in public integration subsidies, but little was done to find out whether the money had any effect. Aftenposten had gone through all the subsidy arrangements. There is no overall summary, but several hundred million kroner were given out
Norway: Iraqis accuse Child Welfare Agency of racism 0
Norway: Iraqis accuse Child Welfare Agency of racism Several weeks ago an Iraqi couple, Musheer Nadheer Mustafa (36) and Khalidah Yaseen Al-Khalidi (33), abducted their three children.
Netherlands: Crown-Prince studied Islam 0
Netherlands: Crown-Prince studied Islam So to speak. ———- Dutch crown-prince Willem-Alexander has been working for years on his image, with some success, according to a new biography. In 2008 and 2009 Willem-Alexander studied Islam for a year and a half.
Yemen: Norwegian citizen arrested on terrorism charges (UPDATED) 0
Yemen: Norwegian citizen arrested on terrorism charges Update: There’s apparently an EU-wide push against the PKK. Ten Turks and one Italian nationals were arrested in Italy, on charges of recruiting and training PKK terrorists. ( EN ) ———— In other terrorism news, a Somali arrested in the Netherlands is fighting extradition to the US (h/t R., more here, Netherlands: American Somali arrested on terrorism charges ).
Norway: Debate on headscarf in school continues 0
Norway: Debate on headscarf in school continues Loveleen Rihel Brenna has seen parents beat their girls when they discovered that they’ve taken off their hijab on the way to school. “When I worked in the Children’s Protection Service, I myself saw parents who beat their daughter who on the way to school have taken off their hijab,” says Loveleen Rihel Brenna
Liverpool: Police officers to protect hijab-girls on buses 0
Liverpool: Police officers to protect hijab-girls on buses POLICE officers are being drafted on to Merseyside school buses to stop Muslim pupils being racially abused. The problems centre around verbal attacks on hijab- wearing girls at West Derby’s Holly Lodge Girls’ College.
Libya: Gaddafi calls for jihad against Switzerland 0
Libya: Gaddafi calls for jihad against Switzerland This follows the latest round of the Libya-Switzerland spat , following the arrest of Gaddafi’s son in Switzerland in 2008. —————– Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has called for a “holy war”, or jihad, against Switzerland, the AFP news service reported on Thursday. During a speech in Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city, Gaddafi declared Switzerland “faithless” and a country of infidels who have “destroyed Allah’s house”