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Raged

by: Omar Moeen Malik I sit here today, shocked, disgusted, saddened beyond words. What has happened in the last couple of days is unbelievable. I’m not usually the emotional sort, but I’m ashamed of my Pakistani nationality today. So this [...]


What is Kufr?

by: Zemaad Khan I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah (swt) and that Muhammad (pbuh) is His Messenger and the Seal of the Prophets. Just like the opposite of Tawheed (Oneness of Allah) is [...]


What is Shirk?

by: Zeemad Khan In the last message, I spoke of Tawheed (Affirming the Oneness of Allah) – Shirk is the exact opposite of Tawheed. Linguistically, Shirk means a partnership/to share/to associate but in Islamic terminology it is the setting up [...]


Scared of People? Scared of GOD

by: Haris Mumtaz Pain! Wounded life with lessons to learn, Head bowed ashamed of deeds, Going astray but possesses no fear, Your heart cries, your soul bleeds   I am a sinner from the dark side, I am a saint [...]


What is Tawheed?

by: Zeemad Khan I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah (swt), and I bear witness that Muhammad (pbuh) is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets. There are two fundamental beliefs [...]


Change is Inevitable & Yes We Pakistani’s have a lot to Offer….

By: Sheikh Taimur Nawaz Robert Gallagher said that change is inevitable – except from a vending machine. It is inevitable that structures and processes and relationships will change in our day-to-day lives. It is inevitable that we will face new [...]


Who are Jinn

by: Zeemad Khan Who are the Jinn? This is a question which many people are interested in knowing as they (the Jinn) are also a creation like Mankind but different in many ways. The Qur’an, Sunnah [sayings, actions and tacit [...]


Belief in the Divine Decree

by: Zeemad Khan The Sixth and last article of faith in Islam is to believe in Fate, whether good or bad, which Allah has measured and ordained for all creatures according to His previous knowledge and as deemed suitable by [...]


Numb

by: Kashif Javed I wrote this to express my helplessness in wake of the atrocities committed against the muslims around the world. As morbid as living dead we walk Oblivious of pain within our creed The reek of blood has seamed [...]


Belief in the Day of Judgment

by: Zeemad Khan The fifth article of faith in Islam is to believe in the Final Day, the Day of Judgment, when people will be resurrected and gathered for Judgment, and then will be given the glad tidings of Paradise [...]