By Ismail Kamdar A few days ago, I was feeling very sad about an accusation somebody made against me. Although I knew it was false, it still hurt me that somebody would think like that about me so I turned to the best words for advice…the Quran. I opened the Quran randomly asking Allah to guide me and looked down at the verses in front of me, which read, “We definitely know the grief their words cause you, it is not you they deny but it is the signs of Allah that the oppressors deny.

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IMAM NAWAWI [631 - 676 A.H] Birth and Birth place: The complete name of Imam Nawawi is Abu Zakaria Mohiuddin Yahya, son of Sharaf An-Nawawi, son of Murry, son of Hassan, son of Hussain, son of Muhammad, son of Juma, son of Hazam. Nawawi refers to Nawa, a place near Damascus, in the suburb of the city of Howran. One of his ancestors named Hazam had settled at this place

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بسم اللّه Part I | Part II | Part III For the second time in his young life, Prophet Yusuf [عليه السلام] found himself treated unjustly, oppressed and punished for committing absolutely no crime or offence. It is interesting how he appealed to Allah that living in a prison cell would be better for him than what the women of the city were calling him towards, and it was through his life in the cell that Allah decreed for him to have future honor and respect.

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France: Headscarf wearing Muslim on Communist party list France is in an uproar after the extreme-leftist and anti-religious party NPA put a Muslim women with a headscarf on its list.

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UK: Growing number of unregistered Islamic marriages Meanwhile, in Ghent, Belgium, the local wedding registrar refused to register the marriage of Erdal Akdeniz and Lenya Brahni after they mentioned during the ceremony that they've already had a wedding feast.  According to the constitution, the civil marriage should take place before the religious ceremony.  The registrar, alderman Catharina Segers (Open VLD), says she needs to look into the issue.  This is the second Muslim wedding issue that came up in Ghent recently. The couple says Seger jumped to conclusions.  “She asked why we were so calm and not in a party mood,” says Akdezni.  “I thought that was a strange question, but answered that there was already a wedding party.”  Segers started doubting the issue, and decided to postpone the marriage.  The couple was appalled.  “I still there: there was a wedding party on June 13, but not for Islam, just for friends and family, to show our love, but the alderman didn't listen.  She didn't give me the chance to explain it.  She heard 'wedding party' and jumped to conclusions.  ( NL ) ——————- BBC Asian Network has found that a growing number of young Muslims in the UK are entering marriages that are not legally recognised

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Today, Hijab Style rings you an exclusive interview with Marwa Atik and Nora Diab, founders of the fashion brand Vela . Vela’s mission is to create fashionable and unique hijabs with a distinctly American style. The scarves are all designed and handmade by the girls themselves; read on to find out more..

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Budapest: Somali refugees face winter struggle Abdurrahman* has dodged bullets in his native Mogadishu and endured tremendous hardship to reach Europe, but he says nothing has been as bad as his experiences in the Hungarian capital. “This has been the worst week of my life,” the young Somali refugee, clutching a cup of coffee in his freezing hands, told  UNHCR visitors who ran into him sitting on a bench in a downtown Budapest square and took him to a nearby café.

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Pakistan: Journalist interviews Belgian al-Qaeda fighter A video of the report is available here (in French) ———— His face hidden by a dark veil, wearing camouflage and armed with a knife and a machine gun. Ghent resident ‘Adelbert Naaktgeboren’ appeared this way on TV last night. As a real al-Qaeda fighter in Afghanistan, with a new name – Abu Adam Saifoula.

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Author unknown I am a muslim but only by name when it comes to practicing, what a shame! I go to friends and relatives in suit and tie it’s all right if i occasionally lie. yes i practice but when it suits me more to the point ,when it pleases the society.

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This is the story of the giant ship engine that failed. The ship’s owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine.

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