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Islamic Focus Issue 109

Umrah for the Blind

Braille

The UK-based organisation, Islamic Texts for the Blind (Kitaba) and their Scandinavian partners Dirasa have organised a few Umrah trips for the blind and partially-sighted. The trips are organized as study trips with Islamic classes also being taught in Madinah and Makkah.

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Online English Translation of the Quran

Click on picture to read an online version of the English translation of the Quran together with scientific miracles of the Quran and other dawah material. From http://www.quranproject.org/

Popes at Play

Vatican City

According to the Catholic Church, the pope is infallible and preserved from the possibility of error. This belief is belied by the antics of past popes:

Sanctity of Honour

Honour

1. True Man. Let not the melodious humming of a man impress you; instead, one who fulfils trust and refrains from defaming the honour of people; he is a true man. (Umar radhiallahu anhu, narrated by Imam Bayhaqi)

Mohair

Mohair

The Angora goat originated from Tibet making its way to Turkey in the 16th century. Until 1849, the Turkish province of Ankara was the sole producer of Angora goats and Muslim Turkey controlled the industry.

Lessons of Hudaybiyya

Hudaybiyya

At times we encounter situations where at first the reason for it happening might not be obvious, but becomes apparent in the long-term. Allah, in His Supreme Wisdom, sometimes hides from us the long-term outcomes of things that have been written in our fate, until His Divine Decree comes to pass, and when we analyze these events in retrospect, we realize in awe why Allah made them happen, and how beneficial they were for us. Here are some lessons we learn from a pivotal point in Islamic history:

Opium Wars

Opium Poppy

The major reason behind the west’s wars over the centuries has been an insatiable greed for wealth. In the pursuit of this, they have thought nothing of killing thousands. Iraq is a classic case of a war for oil. The drug trade is another western ‘industry’ which they are willing to go to war for:

Islamic Focus Issue 108

Zakaah Applicant Hosting

ZAHSA

The Zakaah Applicant Hosting of South Africa (ZAHSA) is the first ever online computer software program specifically designed for organisations involved in the distribution of Zakaah or monetary aid to Muslim recipients. It was developed in Port Elizabeth and launched officially on 13 February 2013.

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