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Some of the biggest misconceptions that many non-Muslims have about Islam have to do with the word “Allah.”  For various reasons, many people have come to believe that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews.  This is totally false, since “Allah” is simply the Arabic word for “God” - and there is only One God.  Let there be no doubt - Muslims worship the God of Noah, Abraham, ...

The concept and purpose of worship in Islam is unparallel to any other religion in existence.  It combines the mundane with the spiritual, the individual with the society, and the internal soul with the external body.  Worship has a unique role in Islam, and through worship, a person is regarded as a true Muslim who accords his entire life to the Will of God. The importance of worship may be seen in the fact that it has been pres ...

Islam teaches that every human being is no more nor less than a creation of Allah, and all are born equal.  Sadly, the worth of individuals as they grow into adults becomes spoiled for humanity by the Creator.  Natural reasons enables any person whose mind is not damaged to ‘see’ the evidence for the existence of Allah, but no person is forced to accept it or act upon it.  It is purely a matter of choice.   ...

‘Who is it that sustains you? Or Who is it that has power over everything you see and hear? And Who is it that brings the living from the dead, and the dead from the living? Who is it whose Law governs all the universe of matter?’  They soon say: ‘God!’ Will you not then show piety towards Him?’ (10:31)         When considering any social issue from the Islamic point of v ...

              The only true law for the Muslim is the Shari’ah, the Law of God.  Nevertheless, it is the duty of Muslims to be peaceful and law-abiding citizens in whichever country of the world they happen to live.  It is not the place of Muslim to incite lawlessness, except under the condition of tyranny as suggested earlier.  In normal circumstances, each c ...

What kinds of situations would require the positive action of Muslims? Muslims should be slow to anger, slow to take anger, slow to take offence.  Nevertheless they have a responsibility as human being as Allah khalfahs on earth not to blink the eye at injustice suffering                Firstly all Muslims should find the courage to rise in defense of the cause of Al ...

Muslims – especially in such places as those liable to flood, hurricane, volcano, earthquake or desert – are aware that there is violence in nature, but it is part of an underlying harmony, a deep balance which maintains all life.  Many so-called natural disasters have been created by humans – for example. The famine in the Sudan (a formerly food exporting country) was caused by neglecting the ecology and growing too muc ...

              ‘O Lord!               I beseech Thee for guidance, righteousness, chastity, and self-sufficiency.’ (Prayer of Muhammad)               After many centuries of neglect and mistreatment of the planet by people who simply sa ...

Muslim women have the right to run their own household without the strain of having to go out to earn wages.  In fact, Islam raised the status of the housewife as no other religion or society has ever done before or since, even giving a mother the right to charge her husband for breast-feeding his baby.  Being a housewife or ‘hose – mother’ is regarded as the most valuable of all occupations, for it safeguards the n ...

In Islam, marriage is a partnership.  A husband is not a master – Muslim women accept only Allah as their Master, and have the right to over-rule him or disobey him if he wants them to o anything against the wishes of Allah.  Therefore Muslim wives do not consider themselves to be inferior to a husband.               ‘And the believers, men and women, are ...

It is a serious tragedy that there are several customs in supposedly Islamic societies, which actually ignore, misinterpret or deny the rights given to women by Islamic Law, and it will take very brave Muslim women to get the situation pure right.  Five customs are particularly significant, and have caused many Muslim women untold suffering, deprivation, lack of fulfillment, and boredom.          ...

There is one famous Iranian story that certainly ‘opens the gates’ involving a dog and a goat, and makes gentle fun of the attitude of mind that is so over – devout it can never ‘get on with it.’         Supporting a person had become ritually clean by performing wudu, but was then splashed by water from an unseen source above?  Looking up once can see a wet dog shaking i ...

  Muslims are expected to treat all people as individuals, and not try to force their children to be something they are not.  They should accept their natural qualities, encourage their good points, and gently steer them away from bad characteristics.    The most important thing a parent can do for a child is to set a good example, so that the child grows up devout, kind, independent, and able to help others. ...

  Muslims are people, who have committed themselves to submission to God’s will as expressed in the Holy Qur’an, the revelations given to the Blessed Prophet Muhammad, and by studying his way of life.  They are people who are aware of the reality of the existence of God, and this awareness (or ihsan) leads to a deepened consciousness of the importance and meaningful of the gift of human life and the responsibilities t ...