The Young Persons Guide to Nourishing Faith
Asli Kaplan A new book in the popular series, Nourishing Faith addresses such concepts as how to recognize God’s blessings, attain the freedom to become a believer and achieve the characteristics of a devoted Muslim. Kaplan also shows young people how to improve their relationships wi
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STAGES OF THE HAJJ
HAJJ The Hajj is one of the FIVE PILLARS of Islam and therefore an obligation to be performed at least once in an adult Muslim’s life. The Hajj occurs around Mecca during the 8th and 13th day of Dhul-Hijjah in the last month of the Islamic year. STAGE OF THE HAJJ P
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EXPRESSION OF BELIEF AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE HAJJ
Expression of Belief: What are the aspects of the HAJJ that link to Islamic beliefs? One of the five pillars: it expresses submission to Allah. Collective worship establishing connection with Allah, Abraham and Adam as part of the stories of the tradition Links to
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The Young Person’s Guide to Understanding Islam
Asli Kaplan This book seeks to bring to the attention of young minds questions concerning our lives in this world. The beauties of belief and leading a virtuous life are the underlying theme of each of the stories, poems, anecdotes, and Prophetic traditions narrated in a way to
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No Room for Doubt Selective Essays for Youth
Doubt and suspicion have existed all along and they will continue to exist. But these days, generating doubts and suspicions about faith is like a contagious disease, and right and wrong seem to have swapped roles. Questions and arguments such as, “Who created God? Is punishment
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Islam Addresses Contemporary Issues
Ali Unal Second edition Seeking to put an end to many misconceptions, this study reveals Islam?s true stance on several intellectual issues. Ali Unal is a writer, a newspaper columnist, and the author of several books on Islam. Where to buy
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Prayer And Healling in Islam
Dr. Salih Yucel Dr. Salih Yucel is a lecturer in the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University, Australia. He is also a consultant to Australian Intercultural Society and working on a research about how dialogue can be promoted between Muslims and non-Muslims.
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HUMAN INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE LIFE FROM AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE
In general terms, the Islamic view of life is the knowledge, discipline, and science of humanity’s rights and obligations and of what is good and bad for humanity on the individual and collective levels. Thus the Islamic view of life consists of a set of rights and obligations by whic
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SOCIAL TURMOIL
There are two cardinal causes of social turmoil: the ideas of “let everyone work so I can eat,” and “I don’t care if others die of hunger so long as I am full.” Islam eliminates the first by banning all interest-based and usurious transactions, and the second through zakah,1 which ser
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