September 26th, 2008
by Sadaf Farooqi After the culmination of the month of worship – Ramadan – the first day of the next month, Shawaal, is the day of `Eid Al-Fitr. “`Eid Al-Fitr” means “the festivity of breaking the fasting (routine)”. In Arabic, the word “`Eid” literally means “that which returns” and “Fitr” means “breaking/splitting”. In other [...]
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September 14th, 2008
By Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips THE RELIGION OF ISLAM The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word “Islam” itself means. The religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gotama Buddha, [...]