Al-Badr – 4th March 2011
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr, Download | admin | No CommentsView all this week’s Al-Badr articles here or download… the issue as a pdf to read it later!
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Archive for March 4th, 2011
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Lowering the Bar
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | No CommentsIslam is a religion that is open to all regardless of race, age, gender or previous beliefs. We all believe in the oneness of Allah (SWT), Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as the final messenger sent to mankind, all other Prophets (PBUT) which have come previously, the Qur’an and other Holy Scriptures, the Five Pillars, the Angels, Shaytan and the Day of…
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Khutbah After Khutbah
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | No CommentsHow often do we advise sisters not to beautify their voices and to be stern and to the point when talking to non-mahram men, yet when we come across a sister who fulfils (or attempts to fulfil) this, we waste no time in labelling her brash, rude, blunt or arrogant. The truth of the matter is that a sister who…
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Being Muslim is Controversial
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | No CommentsI was really stumped about what to write about when told the topic for this issue of Al-Badr, I mean what do I know about controversy….
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But then on the way home last week, a passer-by spat at me and followed up his vulgar behaviour with a string of swear words that would make even the hardened swearer ashamed. This… -
Islam: Equality or Justice?
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | No CommentsIn a society where we understand everyone to be equal, many people, both Muslims and non-Muslims alike, question whether Islam is a religion of male chauvinism. The apparent inequality of the genders found in the rules of inheritance, witness, clothing, and several other rules, would easily lead one to this conclusion. However, before we begin to make such claims, we…
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He’s Like a Brother, She thinks
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | No Comments“You’re just like a brother to me!” She would often tell her Muslim college friend whom she has grown close to over the years. She feels comfortable with confiding in him, trusting him, opening up to him – but she has never thought of him as a husband. They hang out together during their breaks, she calls him whenever she…
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So Close Yet So Far
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | No CommentsSometimes souls touch before eyes see
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At times your existence seems so unreal to me
Almost like a dream that keeps on pausing
But never quite reaching the final scene
Sometimes the beauty of the soul is imagined
At times colour stained glass seems more appealing
Almost like what reality throws at me every day
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Kindness to Our Parents
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | No CommentsWe start in the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the Merciful and we seek His help and guidance in all that we do.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, the short topic which I want to address today is one which I feel many of us have neglected. Subhanallah, today’s reality is one where we as young Muslim students are so… -
Is This HARAM? This Is HARAM!
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | No CommentsFor some time no, there is something that has grown into our culture that genuinely bothers me. I often think, why are we asking such questions? Do we not have the intellect to decide the answers to such questions ourselves?
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Yes, I know Islamically it might not be wrong. And no I am not saying its “wrong” either. But it… -
Leaving the Doubtful
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | 1 CommentBismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
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So many times we hear the phrase “living your life on the edge”, and it seems like an exciting thing to do which will be very fun and makes you an adventurous person. However, have we thought of the implications of acting in such a way when it comes to matters of the religion? Many times we… -
I is for Integration: I is for Islam
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | No CommentsAs ‘ethnic minority’ Muslims in the West, we are constantly bombarded with pressures, both implicit and explicit, to conform; to change, adapt and adjust ourselves to fit the mould of our surroundings and in doing so become a more ‘incorporated’ part of society. In such a situation it is often difficult to discern exactly what is going on and which…
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Angry Hijjabi
March 4th, 2011 | Al Badr | admin | No CommentsLet me be frank with you,
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Buzz-cut
Mao-quoting
Tattoo-bearing
Gender and women studies major,
Waving your flag of female liberation
up in my face –…
Daily Quranic Verse
"Like the fate of the people of Nûh (Noah), and 'Ad, and Thamûd and those who came after them. And Allâh wills no injustice for (His) slaves. [Ghafir 40:31]
Daily Hadith
Narrated 'Aisha, the mother of the faithful believers: One night Allah's Apostle offered the prayer in the Mosque and the people followed him. The next night he also offered the [+] [Bukhari 021:229]
