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Why am i asking this question? Recently i have noticed an increase in the number of "shaykhs/imaams" visiting our shores (Cape Town) claiming to be descendents of our Beloved Prophet. From the little information i have gathered it seems to me that these persons belong to the Sufi movement...

Al-Farooq Mosque on Fourth Avenue, in Nashville, south Tennessee, was vandalized on Wednesday 10 February 2010. The attack on the Tennessee mosque has prompted leaders of different faiths to join hands to fight religious and racial hatred in the south-eastern American state. "As Jews, we...

OSLO – Thousands of Norwegian Muslims went into the streets of the capital Oslo Friday, 12 February 2010, in protest at a newspaper cartoon lampooning Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing be upon him) as a pig. "This is a big attack on Muslims,” Kamran Naveeb, a 25-year-old student, told...

http://www.islamicity.com/m/news_frame.asp?Frame=1&referenceID=48907 RENOWNED Swiss politician Daniel Streich, who rose to fame for his campaign against minarets of mosques, has embraced Islam. A member of the Swiss People’s Party (SVP) and a well-known politician, Daniel Streich was the...

Five years ago this July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague handed down its advisory opinion on Israel’s separation wall in the occupied Palestinian territories (see p. 32). Both the Israeli government and the Palestinians had been preparing for the decision since December...

Source: IslamOnline.net & News Agencies CAIRO - In a bid to contain the spread of swine flu, Arab health ministers agreed Wednesday, July 22, to ban the elderly and young children from going on `Umrah and hajj in Saudi Arabia this year. "Hajj and `Umrah will continue with some...

:salam2: I have seen the numbers "786" on various objects e.g. wedding invitations and at burial grounds etc. Does it have any meaning/significance in Islam? :wasalam:

A young Paris-based guerilla street artist who calls herself Princess Hijab (PH) has been "hijabizing" advertisements, spray-painting veils and chadors onto the lightly dressed models. MENASSAT had a chat with the mysterious artist who says she is fighting Jihad through art. By ALEXANDRA...

A young Paris-based guerilla street artist who calls herself Princess Hijab (PH) has been "hijabizing" advertisements, spray-painting veils and chadors onto the lightly dressed models. MENASSAT had a chat with the mysterious artist who says she is fighting Jihad through art. By ALEXANDRA...

:salam2: I recently stumbled upon the fact that the founder of the Protestant Church, Martin Luther wrote a book in 1543 entitled “The Jews and their Lies”. I am aware that this title/issue is addressed in both the Holy Quran and Bible. I was wondering if any of the brothers or sisters has...

Fatima Mali is a poor South African domestic worker from a black informal settlement who embraced Islam in 2005. Born in 1955 in Transkei (an ex-apartheid state in South Africa), she came to Cape Town, South Africa in 1991 in search of work. Her journey begins with the first steps she takes...

Assalaamu-Alaikum Initially i was a bit skeptical about this website, and i did not feel comfortable introducing myself hence the name Capetonian. How wrong i was, what i found was a wonderful Muslim community of true brotherhood and sisterhood and an informative website. I am from the city...

Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, former Hamas spiritual leader, born in January 1937. He was a refugee in Gaza after 1948 and worked as teacher, preacher, and community worker. Yassin confined to a wheelchair after a sports accident at the age of 12. Yassin was assassinated in March 22, 2004 when an...

Copy of letter sent to leading South African Newspaper Here in South Africa we are continuosly bombarded in the media with pro-Israeli support, this is my take and response to this issue. Can anybody please tell me how many Non-Muslims have been killed by “Islamic terrorists” in the last...