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2010-12-27T22:21:00.000-08:00

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Tony Blair's sister-in-law has converted to Islam

2010-10-24T22:15:00.000-07:00

Guardian: Tony Blair's sister-in-law has converted to Islam after having what she describes as a "holy experience" during a visit to Iran.
Journalist and broadcaster Lauren Booth, 43 – Cherie Blair's sister – now wears a hijab whenever she leaves her home, prays five times a day and visits her local mosque whenever she can.
She decided to become a Muslim six weeks ago after visiting the shrine of Fatima al-Masumeh in the city of Qom.
"It was a Tuesday evening and I sat down and felt this shot of spiritual morphine, just absolute bliss and joy," she said in an interview today.
When she returned to Britain, she decided to convert immediately.
Booth – who works for Press TV, the English-language Iranian news channel – has stopped eating pork and reads the Qur'an every day. She is currently on page 60.
Booth has stopped drinking alcohol and says she has not wanted to drink since converting.
Before her spiritual awakening in Iran, she had been "sympathetic" to Islam and has spent considerable time working in Palestine, she said, adding that she hoped her conversion would help Blair change his presumptions about Islam.

where are you O Muslims?!!

2010-10-06T08:50:00.000-07:00

shame on you israeli! down with Israel
she is our sister and Palestine is our broken heart.
we will free Palestine and all of our palestinian sisters and brothers. enshaallah

Muslim Victims of 9/11

2010-10-05T02:44:00.000-07:00

Pakistan flood displaced still waiting for aid

2010-10-02T07:09:00.000-07:00

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Ahmadinejad Blasts Unjust Structure of UN

2010-09-25T02:43:00.000-07:00

FNA:Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in his speech at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, slammed the "unjust structure" of the UN, and stressed that the structure of the UN Security Council should be reformed based on equal rights for all nations.
The full text of President Ahmadinejad's speech at the UN

Woman and her Rights in Islam

2010-09-22T23:34:00.000-07:00

A translation of Nizam-e-Huqooq-e-Zan dar Islam
Ayatullah Murtada Mutahhari
Translated by: M A Ansari
Dedicated to Fatima Zahra [a], the honourable daughter of the Holy Prophet of Islam

Contents
Social Independence of Woman
Modern Life and Islam
Woman in Qur'an
Natural Postulations of Family Rights
Disparities Between Man and Woman
Dower and Maintenance
Inheritance
Divorce
Fixed-Time Marriage
Polygamy

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Iranians condemn Qur'an desecration

2010-09-15T06:04:00.000-07:00

PressTV:Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets to condemn desecration of the Holy Qur'an by extremists in the US on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
The protesters, who gather at Palestine Square in Tehran and other Iranian cities, shouted slogans accusing the United States and Israel of "orchestrating the Zionist plot."
They denounced a move by a number of adventurists who tore pages of the Holy Qur'an and set them on fire.
The angry demonstrators called on the believers of other divine religions to not turn a blind eye to such blasphemous action and take a clear stance on the case.
The protesters held signs calling on Christians and Jews to assure the Muslims and non-Muslims that such a blasphemy would not happen again.
Iran's bazaars have also been closed in protest at the sacrilegious move.
Prior to the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, an extremist Florida pastor, Terry Jones, announced plans to burn the Holy Qur'an.
Although under international pressure and global condemnation he called off his plan, some anti-Islam extremists burned pages of the holy book, while others tore pages of it.
US officials including President Barack Obama had earlier warned against the move; however, they failed to take action to prevent the desecration or bring those behind the move to justice.
The insulting move has triggered angry protests across the world, particularly in Muslim states.

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2010-09-13T23:22:00.000-07:00

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Pakistan under Water

2010-08-29T23:14:00.000-07:00

TheMuslim: Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said from Pakistan that the flood disaster is the worst he’s ever seen, characterizing the destruction as more dire than that caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2005 Pakistani earthquake. Ban urged the international community to send more relief funds to the area; the country now has just $93 million of the estimated immediate $460 million needed to provide flood relief.
One-fifth of Pakistan is still under water after three weeks of devastating flooding, and as many as 6 million affected people have not yet received any relief, Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority told CNN.
About one in 10 Pakistanis — 20 million people altogether — have been affected by the flooding, according to estimates from the Pakistani government. About 1,500 people are feared dead, and at least 2 million are homeless, according to U.N. estimates. The country's most populous province, Punjab, was also one of the worst-hit areas. Relief agencies and the government are still tallying damage to millions of acres of farms.
Now, experts worry about disease spreading. Up to 3.5 million children are at risk for dysentery and other diseases caused by drinking dirty water, warned the United Nations. The U.N. is also worried that a cholera epidemic could spread, as a few cases have already been detected and many villages have no health care.

Footballer girls with Hijab

2010-08-21T01:40:00.000-07:00

Iranian girls’ football team beat Papua New Guinea in the Singapore Youth Olympic Games.
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Ramadhan, holy month

2010-08-15T22:07:00.000-07:00

Fasting in the month of Ramadan, like Namaaz (prayers) is a divine command. Allah says in the Holy Quran, "O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against evil)." (Al-Baqara, 183)
The Muslim fast means a complete abstention from eating or drinking between daybreak and sunset. The sighting of the thin sickle of the new moon of Ramadan heralds for the Muslim the beginning of a month of glory and of spiritual elevation, when, at Allah's command, he voluntarily and of his own free will, denies himself between day-break and sunset, the blessing of food and drink, and surrenders himself up wholly to Allah, observing the same abstention throughout the whole month in his thoughts, his speech, his behavior, his every act.
For this month, for the Muslim, means the triumph of the spiritual and the pure in his nature over all the grossness and carnation, which is an inevitable component of our human make-up. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in the following words beautifully explains the actual significance of the fast:
"One who, while fasting, does not guard his tongue from telling lies, does not refrain from doing bad deeds, is not respecting his fast and Allah does not approve of mere abstention from food". When you are keeping fast, you should not speak ill of anybody, nor should you be boisterous and noisy. If anybody speaks ill of you or tries to pick a quarrel with you return him not, but say unto him that you are fasting.
Source: tebyan.net

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Doctrines of Shi'i Islam

2010-07-21T02:24:00.000-07:00

A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices
Ayatollah Ja'far Sobhani

This book is a result of collaboration between the Imam Sadiq Institute, Qom and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London

Contents
Chapter One: The Worldview of Islam
i. Ways of Acquiring Knowledge in Islam
ii. Existence from the Islamic Viewpoint
iii. Man from the Perspective of Islam
Chapter Two: General Beliefs
i. The Oneness of God (Tawhid)
ii. Divine Justice (Adl)
iii. Prophecy (Nubuwwa)
iv. Imamate (Imama)
v. The Hereafter (Ma'ad)
Chapter Three: Faith, Disbelief and Other Issues: i. Faith and Disbelief (Iman wa Kufr) - ii. Innovation (Bid'a) - iii. Dissimulation (Taqiyya) - iv. Resorting to Intermediaries (Tawassul) - v. Change of Destiny (Bada) - vi. Traditions (Hadith) - vii. Jurisprudential Reasoning (Ijtihad) - viii. Some Contested Legal Rulings

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Sha’aban is Prophet’s Month

2010-07-17T01:02:00.000-07:00

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Libyan ship 'will continue to Gaza'

2010-07-12T23:51:00.000-07:00

Al Jazeera: Organisers of a Libya-sponsored aid ship have said they will continue their attempt to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, despite Israeli claims that the vessel would instead sail to Egypt.
Yousseuf Sawani, a director of the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation, told Al Jazeera that there were no plans for the Al-Amal to dock at the port El-Arish.
"This is definitely a part of the campaign against the ship, a campaign of distortion, but we are definitely heading towards Gaza, because that is where aid should be heading to," he told Al Jazeera.
"This is a purely humane mission, it is neither provocative nor hostile," he said.
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Game calls for Holocaust against Muslims

2010-07-06T22:29:00.000-07:00

Islamic Times: A computer game urging players to ‘wipe out the Muslim race’ released amid rising Islamophobia.
British Muslims condemned as deeply offensive Friday a computer game called "Muslim Massacre," which trumpets itself as a "game of modern religious genocide."
The game, which can be downloaded for free on the Internet, urges players to "wipe out the Muslim race with an arsenal of the world's most destructive weapons."
"The makers of this 'game' and the ISPs (Internet service providers) who are hosting it should be quite ashamed of themselves," said Inayat Bunglawala, spokesperson for the Muslim Council of Britain.
"Anti-Muslim prejudice is already on the increase and needs to be challenged and not reinforced through tasteless and offensive stunts like this."
Players in the game -- the aim of which is to "ensure that no Muslim man or woman is left alive" -- control an "American Hero" wielding a machine gun and a rocket launcher parachuted into the Middle East.
In a series of levels, they first kill Arabs before progressing to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the Prophet Mohammed and finally Allah (the Arabic word for God).
The creator of the game, known as Sigvatr, described it as "fun and funny". Writing on a discussion forum website, he said: "Don't whinge about how offensive and 'edgy' this is."
"Don't be a liberal pussy! Download this game now!" adds the frontpage of the game.
The letter ‘M’ of ‘Muslim’ is draped in the American flag, and the exclamation marks take the shape of a cross.

Bill Clinton opposed to assault on Iran

2010-07-05T21:45:00.000-07:00

Press TV: Former US President Bill Clinton says he believes military action against Iran over its nuclear energy program is not the right course of action to take.
In an interview with CNN on Monday, Clinton said he thinks Iranians will all become alienated and oppose the West if military action is taken against the country.
He also raised the possibility that the decision to impose sanctions on Iran may not lead to any concrete results.
He went on to say that Iran was the only country in the world where the people voted six times during his presidency, adding that Iranians elected the most progressive president twice.
Clinton's comments contradict earlier statements by US officials that Iranians are not given the right to freely elect their president.
While the US possesses and has used nuclear weapons in the past, Washington, in a politically-motivated move, has imposed unilateral sanctions on Iran, which does not possess nuclear weapons and does not seek to produce such weapons.
In addition, the International Atomic Energy Agency has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities and has never discovered evidence of diversion.

Iran Remembers Victims of Flight 655

2010-07-03T23:25:00.000-07:00

Iranians commemorated the 22nd anniversary of shooting down of an Iranian passenger plane by a US warship in the Persian Gulf in 1988 in an official ceremony held at the site of the incident on Saturday.
Iranians including families of those killed in the tragic incident gathered at the site of the incident to remember the victims by throwing flowers into the Persian Gulf waters.
At the height of the Iraqi imposed war on Iran, the USS Vincennes in the Persian Gulf blew up Iranian airliner 655, killing all 290 citizens on board, including nearly 70 children.
Iranian Airbus A300 plane was making a routine flight from the country's southern port city of Bandar Abbas, to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
The guided missile cruiser USS Vincennes launched two surface-to-air missiles, downing Iran Air Flight 655.
The American officials had later claimed that the USS Vincennes had mistaken the Iranian passenger plane for an F-14 fighter. The claim was later proved to be unfounded by more evidence.
Although Iran filed against the US in the United Nations and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), both bodies adopted a politicized attitude and declined to follow up the case legally, they only bothered to sympathize with the bereaved families of the victims.
Iranians mark July the 3rd each year by showering the site of the disaster with flowers.

Kaaba

2010-06-12T22:36:00.000-07:00

The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam. The building predates Islam, and, according to Islamic tradition, the first building at the site was built by Abraham(a). The building has a mosque built around it, the Masjid al-Haram. All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during prayers, no matter where they are.

Good or Bad

2010-03-31T12:31:00.000-07:00

... and it is an object of dislike to you; and it may be that you dislike a thing while it is good for you, and it may be that you love a thing while it is evil for you, and allah knows, while you do not know.
Quran, Al-Baqara (2), 216

The waves of the sea took the only survivor of a shipwreck to an uninhabited isle. He was praying to god feverishly to rescue him. Every day he was looking at the horizon in searching savior disappointedly, but every day he was more disappointed than past day. Eventually, he managed to build a small cottage and brought his few possessions which were remainder from ship.
A day, he had gone for searching the food, when he came back, his cottage was burning. The worst event had happened; everything had been lost. He was so sad and angry. "God, how could you do this to me!" he cried. He slept near the burned cottage disappointedly.
Early the next time, he was awakened by the horn of a ship that was approaching the beach. It had come to rescue him.
"How did you find out I was here?" Asked the exhausted man from his saviors.
"We saw your smoke signal" they replied.

Ramadan in Iran (Pictures)

2009-09-09T03:18:00.000-07:00

Laylat al-Qadr: Jamkaran mosque (Qom), Holy shrine (Qom), Mahdieh (Tehran), Arak, Imamzadeh Saleh (Tehran), Bandarabbas, Mosalla (Tehran)

Friday Prayer (Tehran): 1, 2, 3, 4

Quds day: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Eid Al-Fitr Pray: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

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Troublesome will

2009-05-20T11:52:00.000-07:00

In this post I want to bring a mathematical puzzle. If you think you have a high I.Q. you can test yourself with this puzzle.
In former times 3 sons received some horses from the inheritance of their father. Before his death he willed that the first son would receive one second, his second son would receive one third and the last son would receive one ninth of the horses. But the problem was that after the death of the old man the number of the horses was 17 and their divisions seemed impossible according their father's will.
Now, can u solve this problem? Remember that your solution should be convincing.
Imam Ali the leader of us who are Shiites solved this problem more than 1400 years ago.
We will postpone introducing Imam Ali until later. But you can read the interesting answer to this puzzle in the comment part of this post.
Please think about it before you look at the answer of the puzzle.

Easts and Wests

2009-03-30T21:14:00.000-07:00

we gave the persecuted nation dominion over the easts and wests of the earth which we had blessed. so the word of your lord, the finest, was fulfilled for the children of israel because of their patience...
Quran, Al-Araf (7), 137

The blessed easts and wests of the earth!
Isn’t it questionable for you? How many east and west directions have we got?
In the location that you are standing, just one direction is your east and just one direction is your west. But if you imagine the east and west direction as straight lines, is east the same direction in your country as it is in mine?
I think we have understood the meaning of the easts and wests. We conclude that the earth has a lot of easts and wests.
Don’t any points attract your attention?
More than 1400 years ago the holy Quran told us the earth which has the easts and wests is spherical.

The Best Guardian

2009-01-28T23:41:00.002-08:00

And Allah best knows your enemies and Allah suffices as a guardian and Allah suffices as a helper.
Quran, Annesa (4), 45

Surely the most important news of the past days had been related to Gaze events. Maybe at the begining every one thought that Israel would win the war,but we all saw that the people of Gaze resisted courageously for 23 days, and Israel was not able to enter the city; the only thing it could do was to bombard the city from the sky, the earth and the sea, which caused the death of many civilians specially children, but in fact what was the reason that the people of Gaze could cripple the most well equipped army of the Middle East behind the city gates although they had no weapons?The answer of the question lies in the mentioned ayah: "And Allah best knows your enemies and Allah suffices as a guardian and Allah suffices as a helper."

Water

2008-12-30T00:38:00.000-08:00

We have made of water everything living.
Quran, Al-Anbia (21), 30

Surely you have heard the news about the scientists' researches to find water on other planets. water is the requirement of life and we can be hopeful of the existence of life wherever the water is found. This point is of such importance that scientists take it in to consideration, seeking the signs of life on other planets.The important point is mentioned in the Holy Quran too and as there velation suggests emphatically "any living being has been createdfrom water".isn't it staggering to find out the strong emphasis of the Holey Quran on water among other indispensible elements?!

God's Remembrance

2008-11-04T21:57:00.000-08:00

Those who believe and whose hearts are set at rest by the remembrance of Allah; now surely by Allah's remembrance are the hearts set at rest.
Quran, Al-Rad (13), 28

All of us have had solitary sense and lonely times, inability and infirmity sense. These senses have caused by losing or failing or other facts. What do you do when you face to them?
We are asking help from our parent or grandfather and grandmother or our favorite teacher. Because we believed that they were more aware and stronger than us. But they will die as other everybody or will leave us for other facts.
What should we do to gain a victory over these difficulties and what should be done for problems and difficulties which they can't tolerate either.
Shouldn't really we find a bigger power? Who is that? Can any being but god tranquilize our painful hearts?
Today human being clears the problem rather than solving it and referring to god as an endless power. Today human goes for narcotics, alcoholic drinks and consequently suicide when facing difficulties which find themselves unable to deal with. But, are they the right choices?
Surely by Allah's remembrance are the hearts set at rest.

Earth Movements

2008-09-23T02:38:00.000-07:00

He who made the earth to be a cradle for you and made in it ways for you, in order that you are guided.
Quran, Az-Zukuruf (43), 10
It is he who has made for you the earth as a cradle and threaded roads for you and sends down water from the sky with which we bring forth every kind of plant.
Quran, Taha (20), 53

These ayahs mention that the earth is similar to cradle. what is cradle specification?
It is having movement comfortably.
Galileo discovered earth movements in 1610. Iranians believe that their scientist, Abu Rayhan Biruni had discovered earth movements before Galileo discovered it. But Quran has indicated earth movements before both Galileo and Biruni in 1400 years ago.
What's your idea?

Saint Mary in Quran

2008-09-13T21:21:00.000-07:00

Saint Mary is one of the chosen women in Quran that her name has mentioned as a pious and virtuous woman.
There are some of them here.

(Remember) when the wife of 'Imran said: My Lord! I have vowed unto Thee that which is in my belly as a consecrated (offering). Accept it from me. Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower! * And when she was delivered she said: My Lord! Lo! I am delivered of a female - Allah knew best of what she was delivered - the male is not as the female; and lo! I have named her Mary, and lo! I crave Thy protection for her and for her offspring from Satan the outcast. * So her Lord accepted her with a good acceptance and made her grow up a good growing, and gave her into the charge of Zachariah; whenever Zacharia entered the sanctuary to (see) her, he found with her food. He said: O Mary! whence comes this to you? She said: It is from Allah. Surely Allah gives to whom He pleases without measure.
AL-E-Imran (3), 35 - 37

And when the angels said: O Mary! surely Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of of the world. * O Mary! Be obedient to thy Lord, prostrate thyself and bow with those who bow (in worship).
AL-E-Imran (3), 42, 43

And Mary the daughter of 'Imran, who guarded her chastity; and We breathed into (her body) of Our spirit; and she testified to the truth of the words of her Lord and of His Revelations, and was one of the devout (servants).
At-Tahrim (66), 12

And (remember) her who guarded her chastity: We breathed into her of Our spirit, and We made her and her son a sign for all peoples.
Al-Anbiya (21), 91

(And remember) when the angels said: O Mary! Lo! Allah gives thee glad tidings of a word from him, whose name is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, illustrious in the world and the Hereafter, and one of those brought near (unto Allah). * He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (of the company) of the righteous. * She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man hath touched me?" He said: "Even so: Allah creates what He pleases: When He hath decreed a plan, He but saith to it, 'Be,' and it is!
AL-E-Imran (3), 45 - 47

The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how We make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away!
Al-Maeda (5), 75

An important point has told in last ayah: "And they both used to eat (earthly) food.". It means that they were human, not angels or god's Kinfolk!

Benefits of Fasting

2008-09-06T21:23:00.000-07:00

O you who believe! fasting is prescribed for you, as it was prescribed for those before you, so that you may guard (against evil).
Quran, Al-Baqara, 183

Muslims fast for one month when Ramadan arrives. They restrain eating, drinking and some other actions from sunrise until evening.
Fasting has many benefits for people and the society. Some of wich are mentioned here.
- Fasting makes us aware of how poor and indigent persons live.
- We are usually oblivious about some things that are always with us, but when we lose them we will be aware of their importance.
- By fasting we will know the value of water and foods that we think are cheap.
- Fasting burns the body's extra fat and surplus substance that have been saved in body. It improves our health.
- We learn patience and resisting life difficulties by tolerating starvation and thirst.
- Fasting improves health and also healing or prevents diseases.
- Some diseases that fasting is operative on them: blood pressure, overweight, MS, heart disease and so on.

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Relief after difficulty

2008-08-31T22:17:00.000-07:00

After every difficulty there is relief.
Quran, Al-Nashrah, 5
Allah brings about ease after difficulty.
Quran, At-Talaq, 7

Sometimes life be hard on us. Difficulty is a part of life. All of us have or will have a few difficulties and disasters at different stages of life. Sometimes they are negligible and sometimes intolerable. They strengthen us as fire changes iron to hard steel.
The important point is that pressure must be resisted to achieve success, because after every difficulty there is relief.

Who are in the heavens?

2008-08-31T00:59:00.000-07:00

And thy Lord is Best Aware of all who are in the heavens and the earth . . .
Quran,Al-Isra (17), 55

God is Best Aware of all who are in the heavens and the earth. We are living on the earth but what do live in heavens that god aware of them?!
What does it indicate? Are we alone in the universe or there are other living in other galaxies?
I believe this ayah is one of the ayahs that indicates alien's existence. What do you think?
Let's contemplate.