The Qur'an
A community portal about The Qur'an with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Qur'an , is the central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur'an, in its original Arabic, to be the literal word of God that... [more]
A community portal about The Qur'an with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Qur'an , is the central religious text of Islam. Muslims believe the Qur'an, in its original Arabic, to be the literal word of God that was revealed to Muhammad over a period of twenty-three years until his death, and believe it to be God's final revelation to humanity .
We've learned a lot since Antony Thomas's drama-documentary Death of a Princess set Saudi Arabian blood boiling in 1980, but the director's latest television film The Qur'an (for Channel 4) will certainly cause anger among many Muslims when it is screened on Monday. Only a fool supposes that what you see on television is what you get. The scene that amused me was shot at the lovely, ancient convent of Saydnaya in Syria. Over a background of chanting, the narrator says in a hushed tone...
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Amen!! It was a film which involved Muslims doing most of the talking and acting in what they believe is according to Islam - Wilders simply related those words or actions to the Koran. Muslims within Europe have fought within the courts to say that the film is anti-Islamic and therefore should be illegal. With the exception of Jordan where a case against the Wilders film was successful - outside of the Muslim world all attempts to make the film illegal have been unsuccessful. An...
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No assembly ever meets to remember Allah which is not attended by the Angels and not covered by Allah's Mercy and where Allah the Almighty does not remember those among them who are close to Him. - saying of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him Above is a hadith or islamic tradition, along with inspiring Quranic verses on remembrance of God, are the basis of the assembly of remembrance or zikr (also written as dhikr) practice as preserved by the sufis, gnostics and also by...
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Dutch politician’s diatribe about Islamic extremism is troubling, BRIDGET JOHNSON
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Geert Wilders won’t win an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short anytime soon.
The far-right Dutch politician with the trademark blond mane has delighted in being the shock-jock of Parliament, and spends his days in police protection for a litany of anti-Islam comments. But while Wilders’ short film “Fitna,” released online last week with equal parts fanfare and trepidation...
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BRUSSELS, May 19 (UPI) -- As President George W. Bush wraps up his trip to the Middle East, controversial Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, a passionate supporter of Bush and the U.S. war on terrorism, called on him to drop his "double agenda" in the region by ending support to Islamic states like Saudi Arabia. Wilders, who briefly achieved global notoriety when he released his anti-Koran film "Fitna" in March, told United Press International that the United States should not overlook Saudi...
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A short film titled Beyond Love will soon be released by the Iranian-based NGO Islam and Christianity (IC), in response to the anti-Islamic Dutch film Fitna, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported. "The film aims to introduce the real Islam. It will be useful for those who want to get acquainted...
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Sura 34 dates from the Meccan period, during a time when, according to Maududi, “the Islamic movement was being suppressed…by resort to derision and ridicule, rumor mongering, false allegations and casting of evil suggestions in the people’s minds.” It is noteworthy how large such incidents loom...
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The radical Muslim cleric Sheikh Imam Fawaz Jneid is claiming 55,000 euros in damages from Freedom Party MP Geert Wilders for allegedly damaging his reputation. The cleric was shown in Mr Wilders anti-Qur'an film Fitna. Mr Wilders says the claim "Is the world upside down." He says the imam "has...
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A Jordanian prosecutor charged Dutch politician Geert Wilders with blasphemy and contempt of Muslims for making an anti-Quran film and ordered him to stand trial in the Kingdom, judicial sources said.
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He was a living example of the Qur'an only consuming that which the Qur'an made lawful, avoiding whatever the Qur'an declared unlawful, and always acting in accordance with its rules of refinement and good ...
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During the Battle of the Trench, Muhammad’s trust in Allah when things looked bleak for the Muslims stood him in good stead. […] Read the rest »
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Robert Spencer for IPT News July 11, 2008 In her statement on Geert Wilders' film Fitna, "Respecting the Qur'an," Ingrid Mattson, President of the Islamic Society of North America, seems to strike a responsible note of Islamic moderation.[1] While in Karachi, jihadists chanted "Death to the...
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We've learned a lot since Antony Thomas's drama-documentary Death of a Princess set Saudi Arabian blood boiling in 1980, but the director's latest television film The Qur'an will certainly cause anger among ...
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This Medinan sura provides a principal foundation for the central role of Muhammad, and hence of the Hadith (traditions of his words and deeds), in the formulation of Islamic law. […] Read the rest »
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Listed in: Homebrew Applications Tags: Nassime O 8 Nassime has once again updated PSP Quran with some added functions, bumping the Qur'an homebrew to version 4.5. As you can probably guess from the title, PSP ...
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