Forwarded by Dr A Rahman Khan
“Albania was the only European country to have more Jews after the war than before it began. In today’s difficult times, stories like these need to be appreciated more widely. During the Nazi occupation of WW2, at great personal risk, many Albanian families hid Jewish families, treating them as their own…”
Forwarded by Dr A Rahman Khan
“This Guide is essential reading, especially for those who have health concerns and who want to fast during this blessed month.”
By Rabbi Allen S Maller
“According to a Hadith cited by ibn Kathir in elucidating Qur’an 2:185; Ramadan is a very special month because this one month in the Islamic lunar calendar was the same month when four of God’s books of revelations were sent down to four special Prophets: Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad. ..”
Forwarded by Dr A Rahman Khan
“Beautify your fasting experience by reciting at least one of the following duahs [supplications]. There are 30 duahs, one for each day of Ramadan.
By Mir Mahmood Ali.
“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. One who asks a question may be a fool for a minute, but one who does not ask is a fool forever. So don’t be shy to ask.
Take lesson from the candle … which burns itself to give light to others, and banishes darkness.”
By Rabbi Allen Maller
“Orthodox Rabbis did not follow the example of Muhammad as narrated by his wife ‘Aisha: Whenever Allah’s Apostle was given the choice of one of two matters, he would choose the easier of the two, as long as it was not sinful to do so, but if it was sinful to do so, he would not approach it…”
By Rabbi Allen S Maller
“The decline in Baptist missionaries is due to financial limitations and not to a growing belief in religious pluralism. Southern Baptists have seen a decline in membership, dropping from 16.3 million in 2003 to just under 15.5 million in 2016. With the money saved by the reduction of full time foreign missionaries, the Baptists will likely expand their efforts to convert Jews and Muslims in the U.S…”
By Holly Yan, CNN.
“While in many parts of the Muslim world, women are confined to second-class status, that’s not the case among American Muslims. Virtually all of them, 90%, agree that women should be able to work outside the home. American Muslim women hold more college or postgraduate degrees than Muslim men. And they are more likely to work in professional fields than women from most other U.S. religious groups…”
