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History of Islam, Page 34

Eidul Adha khutbah 2014

By Essam Mahgoub
“To have an accepted Hajj, make sure that your money is clean. Your earnings must be Halaal; You cannot expect Allah to bless your Hajj if your earnings are tainted, if you have in any way earned your wealth through forbidden means….”

Peace and Justice in Islam

By Imam Zaid Shakir
“We must clearly illustrate to the world that our religion is indeed the religion of peace. However, our striving for peace must never allow us to be unjust, nor should it allow us to passively accept injustices. We must take a stand for justice, as we are ordered in the Qur’an…”

Allah is sufficient for true Believers…

By Dr Husni Hammuda
“In Gaza today as in 7th Century Arabia during the time of Prophet Muhammad sws, the true believers put their trust in Allah and continue to strive in doing good and forbidding evil. They depended not on their numbers, but on their nearness to Allah…”

Prophetic respect for Christians and Jews

By Ibrahim H Malabari
“Given that Prophet Muhammad’s followers believe in all of the earlier prophets (peace be upon all of them), they never defamed or degraded them. (Contemporary hostilities between Muslims and Jews are based not on anti-Semitic Islamic teachings, but on the politics of occupation and resistance in the Holy Land.)

A brief history of Jerusalem, and the struggle in Gaza

By Dr Husni Hammuda
“Prophet Muhammad (sws) mentions three mosques that hold a special status in the history of Islam: (1) The Haram al Shareef in Makka, (2) Masjid al Nabawi in Madinah, and (3) Masjid al Aqsa in Jerusalem. It was in Masjid al Aqsa that Prophet Muhammad sws led all the other Prophets in prayer, during his mysterious Night Journey (Al Isra wal Mi’raj)