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Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you
If an extra-terrestrial came down upon the earth today, he/she (or It!) could be forgiven for thinking that the religion of Islam is somehow linked to the word ‘terrorism’.
Indeed, thanks to reckless leaders and flagrant press reporting, the words ‘Islam’ and ‘terror’ are now synonymous and the mention of one […]
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you)
Well the results are in!
What did you, the readers of Hidayah Blog, think about the consequences of our actions?
Ok, well 93% of you agreed with the post and thought that our actions did have an influence on the things happening around us with only 7% of the voters saying that […]
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Assalamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you
Ok, the first of our ‘What is Islam?’ series deals with the most important things that Muslims should know and believe in - the articles of Faith.
And as well as these being beliefs for Muslims, I think that it is good, basic knowledge for all to know, so that we […]
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Assalaamu-Alaykum - Peace be Upon you
It was after a few conversations with friends and colleagues together with an idea that has been in my head for a bit, that we are now proud to present our ‘What is Islam?’ series.
In this series, not only will we try to explain the basics of Islam but we […]
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Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Well I had a quick visit on Monday to the after-school club that has been started by a couple of local Scholars and helpers.
It’s to help kids to help reach their attainment targets set by the teachers. At present they are concentrating on the core subjects of English, Maths and […]
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Well now that the whole furore has died down and everybody seems to be thinking calmly again, it is time for Hidayah Blog to tackle the all important issue of the Sharia Councils in Britain.
What we must remember here is that Shariah law is not here to undermine English law in […]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Imagine this:
Your walking along this narrow but beautiful country path when all of a sudden, a tree of enormous proportions comes into view…
You step closer to the tree and as you approach it you see that it is laden with glistening fruit, a closer inspection of which reveals that they are […]
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Assalaamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Talk about money well spent!
Frederic Kanoute, striker for Spanish side Sevilla has just spent $700,000 to buy his own masjid (mosque) in Spain.
It was actually going to be sold to another buyer, but alhumdulillah (all Praises belong to Allah), the Malian striker stepped in and has spent nearly one year’s salary […]
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Assalamu-Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
Picture the scene:
Your standing in line at the supermarket, when all of a sudden, your attention is distracted by a wafting smell…
This smell, turns out to be quite disgusting and nauseating, so you turn around to find somebody standing in line behind you. Somebody who obviously hasn’t taken the trouble […]
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Assalaamu- Alaykum (Peace be Upon you)
If you look at Brendan O’ Neill’s article today on the BBC News website, you might find an interesting read…
He talks about the fact that even though we now have more ‘things’ in our possession than we did in the past, even though we have more items in our personal […]
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