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Muslim woman founded the world’s first degree-giving university – yes Islam empowers women, not enslaves them!
At a time when women were deprived of their rights to education and inheritance elsewhere in the world in the year 859, two Muslim women were building mosques, a university, and library. Fatima Al-Fihri was born in the area that is known as Tunisia today. Her family migrated from their original home to the city […] More
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in Non-MuslimGreatest message of equality was given by Prophet Muhammad, said Justice Sachar
By saying that Arabs have no superiority over non-Arabs and Whites have no superiority over Blacks, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) delivered the greatest message of equality centuries ago, said Justice Rajinder Sachar (a non-Muslim) former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court while speaking at an event by India Tomorrow in August 2016. Speaking […] More
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in China, Islamic Thought
Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival and a Muslim perspective
The History and Origins of China’s Mid-Autumn Festival There are many stories about the origin of China’s Mid-Autumn Festival. As well as the history below, there are several legends that explain the origin of the festival in a more fanciful way. The term “Mid-Autumn” first appeared in the book Rites of Zhou (周礼), written in […] More
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in Islamophobia
Response to “Imagine a world without Muslims”
Abdul-Latif Halimi saw this picture on Twitter, and thought he put the record straight for those who don’t know. Let’s imagine a world without Muslims, what would happen? 1) No largest religious denomination The world would lose the largest religious denomination on earth, Sunni Islam, and 1.5 billion human beings. 2) No some of the […] More
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Islam saved women from a world of slavery, sex objects and being buried alive
Contrary to popular belief, Islam has never been a religion that has ‘suppressed’ women and their rights; research and books prove that when the world was against women’s rights, Islam intervened and helped women in their societal status. When the ancient civilizations saw women as sexual objects (and many still do), the religion of Islam […] More
