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10 Things Christians Should Know About Muslims and Jesus

10 Things Christians Should Know About Muslims and Jesus 1. Muslims love Jesus. We also love Abraham, Moses, and Noah, to name just a few other Prophets Muslims revere. May God’s peace be upon all of these great messengers of God. 2. Muslims also love the mother of Jesus, the Virgin Mary. We believe she [...]



The Unseen: It’s Burden of Proof

Lets say there are two groups of people, one believes that unicorns exist and the other does. Which of the two groups has the burden of proof? This question, on whom does the burden of proof rest is important because that defines how the dialogue should be. Another example, there was a group of people that said the Sun does not exist and another that said it did exist. On whom is the burden proof then?



God is Great

To get an idea of how insignificant a human is in comparison to the universe lets take a look at the following pictures; which don’t do justice in showing a proper comparison.

In the past few days these are the images I have kept in mind while doing prayers.

Now imagine all the trees on earth, and imagine a God who is aware of every one of those leaves as they fall…. go ahead think for a minute.



What an Islamic City Would Look Like?

As a person drives through the highway towards a city, one will notice that while driving through the natural setting one enters into a world that seems alien to the natural world. Tall buildings, trees and nature are the decoration pieces of the city, a lot of noise, pollution, an atmosphere of hustle and bustle, people moving in crowds.



Family ties in Islam

In today’s modern life, values have turned upside down, family life, that was always the very heart of society is attacked just as much as many other handed-down traditions. Yet, neither socialism nor any other “isms” will ever be able to oust what has been implanted into human nature, the need of social ties and [...]



Inside Mecca (National Geographic Documentary)

“Inside Mecca”



What is the Shari’ah?



Islamic Banking

by Mohamed Ariff, University of Malaya, taken from Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, Vol. 2, No. 2 (September 1988), pp. 46-62 Islamic banking is a new phenomenon that has taken many observers by surprise. The whole banking system has been islamized in both Iran and Pakistan. In addition, there are some thirty Islamic banks in operation in [...]



What does Islam say about Drugs?

Why are drugs, intoxicants so, awful, foul and vile in Islam? Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) has described drugs together with all sorts of intoxicants as: 1. The key to all evils. 2. The head of all errors and lapses. 3. The most terrible of major sins. 4. The mother of all atrocities. 5. The mother of [...]



The Islamic Position on Gambling

Sheikh Shaker El Sayed and Ismail Royer Introduction The position of Islam on gambling is that it is prohibited, harmful and destructive to society. Gambling is addictive by nature, a practice that takes money from the poor with the perceived, yet illusive promise that they may “win” something without having to work for it. Gambling [...]