Recently I featured the New American Bible as a banned book, which was a shock to many and garnered some fairly strong opinions in the comments in the discussions that followed. But would that outrage be just as strong if it were someone else’s sacred text? I’m about to put that theory to the test. Just as with the Christian Bible,… Read More »
According to the Alawi sect, the jinn are part of the “circle of time”, belonging to a period preceding the creation of mankind. Therefore before humans, the hinn, binn, timm, rimm, jann, and jinn resided on the earth. These six periods symbolize negative progress, until humans emerge; thus the first letters of the first four circles mean Habtar (here referring to the personification of evil) and the latter referring to jann… Read More »
As the world embarks on the three-day holiday of Ramadan Bayram, also known as Eid al-Fitr, from May 13-15, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan in which devout Muslims practice a 30-day fast, this is an opportune time to take a look at some of the unique Turkish traditions for celebrating what is often referred… Read More »
The Ansar were very happy with the coming of the messenger of Allah to their town and his taking it as the capital of his state. After the conditions had been orderly in Medina, the Prophet (a.s.) took very important steps such as: Brotherhood among Muslims The first step the Prophet (a.s.) took was that he made the… Read More »
There’s a difference between living and being alive and you’d be surprised at how many people are just breathing through existence, like human plants. Many are in fact touted as models of society — The oilers of economic engines, earning scrap paper working jobs they don’t care about and buying shit they don’t need. Rinse . Cycle .… Read More »
There are two dominant trends in content on the web today. The first is that content is getting shorter. With the rise of TikTok and the ongoing importance of other social media platforms, brands need to be adept at producing shortform content. But the second dominant trend — forgive the contradiction — is that content outside of social… Read More »
Hell, in many religious traditions, the abode, usually beneath the earth, of the unredeemed dead or the spirits of the damned. In its archaic sense, the term hell refers to the underworld, a deep pit or distant land of shadows where the dead are gathered. From the underworld come dreams, ghosts, and demons, and in its most terrible precincts sinners pay some say eternally—the penalty for their crimes. The underworld… Read More »
We have read in our childhood that Alexander the great became theking at the age of 20. At the age of 23, he conquered Greece, then heentered Turkey, then he defeated Iranian leader and reached Syria. Hethen marched towards Jerusalem and Babul and entered Egypt. Thencame to India and fought with king Porus. On the memory of hisbeloved… Read More »
Modest fashion and beauty influencer Queen Daro was accused of abandoning her children and leaving them behind with her former husband. The controversy around her second marriage however has reached new heights. Her platforms have begun to flood with hateful accusations calling her an unfit mother. When Tiktok content creator Dareen shared clips of her second marriage, with… Read More »
Benefits of Fasting in Ramadan Benefits of fasting covers various angles in a person’s life. Fasting has been practiced by different people of different religions as a means of healing strategy spiritually and physically. However, intentions of fasting differ from religion to religion and person to person. Some people are fasting to be healthy while some are fasting… Read More »