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Click here for previous session     BOOKS OF SCRIPTURE   There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. —George Bernard Shaw, Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant, Vol. 2, Preface The common theme that runs through all religions is that if we believe in God and submit to His decree—obeying the commanded and avoiding the forbidden, and repenting our transgressions to Him—we will achieve salvation. The difference is in defining God’s decree. Jews consider the Old Testament the endpoint of revelation at present, whereas Christians and Muslims alike contend that if the Jews followed their scripture, they would accept Jesus as a prophet and embrace his teachings.  Muslims carry the thought a step further by asserting that anybody (Jewish, Christian, or otherwise) who does embrace Jesus’ teachings...
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs has issued a press release on the alleged demolition of the Trans-Amadi Mosque in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Below is the press release;   Download the PDF TRANS-AMADI MOSQUE DEMOLITION The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic...

AN INTRODUCTION TO POLYGAMY IN ISLAM

AN INTRODUCTION TO POLYGAMY IN ISLAM A glimpse of the concept of polygamy in Islam. Islam is criticized for allowing polygamy, for popular culture in the West views polygamy as relatively backward and impoverished. For many Christians, it is a...
The major discourse on the point of Islamic education opposites the western idea of schooling as it is evident that both method of schooling has diverse goals, and this shows plainly that they are not equivalent. It resembles contrasting...

BIENG A MUSLIM

BEING A TRUE MUSLIM The word “Islam” in Arabic means submission as well as peace. Imam A’zam Abu Hanifa (Rahmatullahi alaihi) has defined Islam as “submission and obedience to Allah’s commandments. If the fact above are read carefully, it will automatically...
Quran 28:27 says it: The Prophet Musa was offered a wife without him expressing a desire to marry her. Don't get it confused, he was neither rich nor popular; he hadn't become a Prophet then, and in fact, what is...
Atheists, in a bad to promote their belief, sorry, they say it is not a belief, have continued to place science and religion at two ends believing both must necessarily compete or are in a competition. That Atheists have...

Islam and Feminism

Feminism.... Since we live in an age where everyone is free to subjectively define whatever concept they want to talk about , I will simply define feminism as an altruistic fight for the rights of females, if my definition stands...
There was tension in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday, when some Christians, ordered by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), besieged some schools following a court judgement and the State's order that approve the use Hijab. For the sake...
_ARE THE SHIAS RIGHT TO HARM THEMSELVES TO MOURN THE DEATH OF SOME OF OUR IMAMS_? IN RESPONSE, Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid says: What the Shi’ah do on ‘Ashoora’ of beating their chests, slapping their cheeks, striking their shoulders with chains...
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