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Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be upon you], Continuing the 'series' about the dynasties that ruled the Muslim World (or large parts of it) as Caliphs, the following is some brief information about the Umayyads. The founder of this dynasty was Mu'aawiyah son of Abu Sufyaan [may Allah be pleased with...

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be upon you], I started a thread called "The Abbasid Caliphate" a short time ago. One of the brothers asked me to post some information and family charts of the Ummayads and the Ottomans. I thought it's best to open a separate thread for each dynasty. This...

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be upon you], History has always fascinated me. And one of the things I like to study are the dynasties that ruled and their family trees. The Abbasids were the descendants of Al-Abbas [may Allah be pleased with him]. He was the paternal uncle of Prophet Muhammad...

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be upon you], I was reading an article about the "Eastern Schism". It is the term used to describe the separation of Christians into Catholic and Eastern Orthodox denominations. Before I continue, I'd like to make clear certain points: 1- Since I'm a Muslim...

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be unto you], The following is from the The Guardian newspaper's website: Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/apr/24/espresso-book-machine-launches Here's a video showing how this machine works: ZDe_Jy4HnMY Best regards, Bluegazer

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be upon you], The following news caught my attention. It's from the BBC news website: Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8040238.stm Before I comment, I'd like to point out that's it's an Anglican Church [i.e, It is part of the...

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be unto you], In some recent threads I have started, some comments of brothers on this forum referred to topics I'm not that familiar with. Brother ayman1, for example, referred to 'fiat currency' in this post. I'd like to thank him for sparking my interest in this...

Assalamu Alaikum, I have recently posted a new thread in the 'New and Current Affairs' forum, but it does not appear in the main index on the homepage [turntoislam.com]. Here is the link to that new thread: http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52626 I'd be very...

Assalamu Alaikum, Even though this piece of news may not be very relevant to the spread of Islam or other Islamic issues, I believe it will be beneficial for Muslims to know about such matters. It's part of increasing one's knowledge and knowing about issues affecting the world. The...

Assalamu Alaikum, The following is a religious opinion published on the website supervised by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid. It's labeled as fatwa no. 99750. Please read it in full, since I believe it will benefit a lot of Muslims who mean well by a certain piece of advice, but...

Assalamu Alaikum to my brothers and sisters in Islam, It's been a while since I've been here. I noticed something new. There's this option where one sends another a 'friendship request' and the other party has the option of accepting it or not. I appreciate the offers I got from my brothers...

Assalamu Alaikum, It's been a while since I posted anything on this forum. And I'd like to begin by saying I won't reply to any comments on this post for the reasons mentioned in the following link: http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showpost.php?p=201385&postcount=1 It seems there's...

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be unto you], Some of you might already know that I have tried to leave this forum once before. If you didn't know that, then here's the link to my previous post on this matter: http://www.turntoislam.com/forum/showpost.php?p=133139&postcount=1 So, what's...

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Assalamu Alaikum to all my brothers and sisters in Islam, The anti-Islam film propagated by a Dutch Member of Parliament has been released. This will -unfortunately- increase Islamophobia in the minds of many people in the West. My aim -in this post- is to provide an effective way for...

Assalamu Alaikum, Every once in a while, it's nice just to have a good laugh. I certainly laughed when I saw the following video.....enjoy!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qEWhrjYg_o

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be unto you], On the cover of the November 2007 issue of National Geographic magazine, you'll find the title "Memory; Why We Remember, Why We forget." The cover refers to the feature article entitled "Remember This". It was written by Joshua Foer. It deals with...

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be unto you], On the Internet, you could sometimes find certain videos of documentaries that contain information that could be used for the defense of Islam. However, this same video also contains scenes that are haraam [forbidden] in Islam for many reasons...

Assalamu Alaikum [Peace be unto you], It has been a pleasure and an honour to be able to participate in this wonderful forum; TurnToIslam. I have been blessed with knowing [online] bothers and sisters in Islam who love Allah, His Messenger [peace be upon him] and His religion and are...

Assalamu Alaikum, To my brothers and sister in Islam, I'd like to begin this post with a section I posted some time ago on a thread titled "US Congress passes Ramadan Bill" [It was post #14]. Please read it again very carefully so that you fully understand my stance: Source...