Nomadic warriors, sophisticated weaponry, and brutal tactics: this moderately sums up what the Mongol Empire is widely known for. Their reputation as merciless fighters – who ravaged Muslim lands, levelling entire cities and leaving nothing but death and destruction in their wake – perhaps makes their later conversion to Islam appear somewhat surprising. Nomadic Conquerors Genghiz Khan, son… Read More »
(57:1) All that is in the heavens and the earth extols the glory of Allah.1 He is the Most Mighty, the Most Wise.2 1. That is, it has always been so that everything in the universe has proclaimed the truth that its Creator and Sustainer is free from every blemish and defect, every weakness, error and evil. He is… Read More »
Colonel Muhammad Khan (1910 – 23 October 1999) was a Pakistani army officer and a war veteran. He also served in the British Indian Army during the British Raj and was a veteran of World War II. While serving in Pakistan Army, he wrote his first book Bajung Aamad (Urdu: بجنگ آمد) which was a humorous autobiography. This book became extremely popular and became one of the most famous books in… Read More »
On the 16th of July 1939, the future Leader of Islamic Iran was born in the holy city of Mashhad, in the province of Khorasan. Sayyed Ali was the second son of Sayyed Javad Khamenei, a humble and poor Islamic scholar who taught all members of his family how to lead a simple, humble way of life. “My… Read More »
Started a new ritual called ‘Self-Care Sunday’Today’s day started with me finishing off planning the years goals in a 5 hr morning session,going and getting a neck and shoulder massage in the afternoon( cos everything was stiff from all the workouts) read a book by Louise Haye;Had some coffee and finished some work by the lake and walked… Read More »
Yes, It’s absolutely true. Turnips are ten times more useful than apples! Turnip is cheaper than apple. Apple is expensive in price. Poor people can not afford the apple because it is 10 times expensive than the turnip, Turnip is accessed in winter, people are using it in a dry way. As usual, after hearing this started to… Read More »
It has been a century since the holy lands – Mecca and Medina – were lost by the Ottoman Empire but the Turks and the Islamic world have not forgotten the heroic commander who defended the city until the last minute, risking his life to protect the holy artifacts With a single retweet in December 2017, the foreign… Read More »
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was still a young man when the Assassins made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. His hometown had been devastated by Mongol armies, and so, early in the 13th century, al-Tusi, a promising astronomer and philosopher, came to dwell in the legendary fortress city of Alamut in the mountains of northern Persia. He lived among… Read More »
Indie Beedie and Sannah Gulamani are pleased to announce that we have been successful in achieving the UCL Beacon Bursary 2022 funding for public engagement activities. Our project will run in 2023 and will address the use of offensive signs. Offensive signs are signs that are perpetuate racist, ableist and other oppressive ideologies in BSL such as the… Read More »
A child went to a burial ground and threw his school bag at his mom’s grave and emotionally said in tears “”if you have slept enough, wake up, come with me and give an answer to my teacher who says -your mother is very careless, she sends you to school without lunch box, she doesn’t even dress you… Read More »