About Islam and Quran

Islam Respects Women

frozen01 — Sat, 26 May 2007 04:03:14 +0000

99 names of Allah in Quran

frozen01 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 03:03:01 +0000

Do You Know about Quran?

frozen01 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:49:49 +0000

Since then, more than fourteen hundred years have passed, and nobody has been able to meet the challenge, and nobody will, because the Qur’an is the only existing book containing the word of Allah which no man can match or imitate. The most eloquent people in the Arabic language spent years going over and searching the Qur’an, trying to find any weak or inadequate word or sentence, but they could not. They even went further, trying to find a way to substitute a word or a sentence in the Qur’an, hoping to convey a similar meaning as the original one, but they failed to do so.

As a result of this, many people, especially linguists, throughout the last fourteen hundred years believed in the Qur’an as a revelation beyond any human capacity.

http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/dyktb.html

From curse to blessing: How Islam elevated women’s status

frozen01 — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:24:48 +0000

Women in Mosque

CONTRARY to what Western media and academics would have us believe, it was Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and Islamic teachings that transformed the status of women from being a non-entity and ‘property’ to someone who plays a central role in grooming and holding a family together.

The pre-Islamic Arab world saw girl child as a burden and a curse which was to be eliminated as early as possible. Islam and its Messenger (peace be upon him) changed all this by restoring her respect and her rights. Commenting on the pre-Islamic conditions of women in Arab society,

Holy Quran says:

‘And when the news of (the birth of) a female (child) is brought to any of them, his face becomes dark, and he is filled with inward grief! He hides himself from the people because of the evil of that whereof he has been informed. Shall he keep her with dishonour or bury her in the earth? Certainly, evil is their decision.’ (Quran, 16:58-59)

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http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/opinion/2007/April/opinion_April21.xml§ion=opinion&col=

Women in Quran

frozen01 — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:54:48 +0000

“O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will.

Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may take away part of the dower [money given by the husband to the wife for the marriage contract] ye have given them, except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity.

If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and God brings about through it a great deal of good. (The Noble Quran, 4:19)”

Do not slander chaste women

frozen01 — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:00:14 +0000

Quran :
(24:23) Those who charge with slander those Believing women, who are chaste but simple souls, are accursed in this world and in the Hereafter: there is a great punishment for them.

Hadith :

The Holy Prophet has said: “To slander chaste women is one of the seven ‘deadly’ sins.” According to another Tradition cited by Tabarani from Hadrat Huzaifah, the Holy Prophet said: “To slander a pious woman suffiices to ruin the good deeds of a hundred years. “

The Immunity to Men and Women

frozen01 — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 16:42:26 +0000

QURAN :

[9.71] And (as for) the believing men and the believing women, they are guardians of each other; they enjoin good and forbid evil and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, and obey Allah and His Apostle; (as for) these, Allah will show mercy to them; surely Allah is Mighty, Wise.

Russian Islam goes its own way

frozen01 — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:02:33 +0000

One in five Russians may be Muslim by 2020

The country’s Muslim community is extremely diverse – from Volga Tatars and Bashkirs to the ethnic mishmash of the North Caucasus. But unlike Muslim minorities in Western Europe, most Russian Muslims represent native people of what is now Russia, who inhabited their land for over a millennium.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4341648.stm

Strong rise in number of Germans converting to Islam: study

frozen01 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:11:36 +0000

There has been a surge in the number of Germans converting to Islam, the weekly Der Spiegel on Saturday cited an Interior Ministry-sponsored study.

Around 4,000 Germans converted to Islam between July 2004 and June 2005 which is four times as many as in the prior space of time, said the study which was conducted by the Islam-Archive Central Institute, based in the western town of Soest.

The head of the German Islam think-tank, Salim Abdullah pointed out that that most of those who converted to Islam, have been women and well-educated.

http://english.webislam.com/?idn=950

Justice among Wives

frozen01 — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:16:56 +0000

Because the woman is the weaker partner in the family relationship, Islam places strong emphasis on the importance of being fair to women, and not to abuse them in any way. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) describes those who are kind and good to their wives as the best of people. He (peace and blessings be upon him) is reported to have said: “The best among you are those who are best to your households; I am the best among you to my house-hold.”

On his deathbed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) continued to remind the followers of three areas as needing continuous attention. The first concerns man’s relationship with Allah while the other two are concerned with human relations, concentrating on the need to protect the rights of two vulnerable groups in society, namely, women and slaves. He said repeatedly: “Attend to your prayers. Do not ask those whom your right hands possess to accomplish for you what they cannot do. Fear Allah in your treatment of women.”"