After twenty-five years as a writer in America, I wanted something to soften my cynicism. I was searching for new terms by which to see. The way one is raised establishes certain needs in this department. From a pluralist background, I naturally placed great stress on the matters of racism and freedom. Then, in my […]
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Dr. Jeffrey Lang is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kansas, one of the biggest universities in the United States. He started his religious journey on Jan 30, 1954, when he was born in a Roman Catholic family in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The first 18 years of his life were spent in Catholic
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“Every child is born with a disposition towards the natural religion of obedience (i.e. Islam); it is the parents who make him a Jew, A Christian or a Magian.“(Saheeh Al-Bukhari). Having been born in Islam, it was a good many years before I realized this fact. At school and college I was occupied, perhaps too
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The Oneness of Man under One God It was during his pilgrimage that he began to write some letters to his loyal assistants at the newly formed Muslim Mosque in Harlem. He asked that his letter be duplicated and distributed to the press: “Never have I witnessed such sincere hospitality and the overwhelming spirit of
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“I am and always will be a Muslim. My religion is Islam.” -Malcolm X Early Life Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louis Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the family’s eight children. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter
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The Quran When he came to London, he brought back a translation of the Quran, which he gave to me. He did not become a Muslim, but he felt something in this religion, and thought I might find something in it also. And when I received the book, a guidance that would explain everything to
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All I have to say is all what you know already, to confirm what you already know, the message of the Prophet [may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him] as given by God – the Religion of Truth. As human beings we are given a consciousness and a duty that has placed
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What is Usury? Business ethics in Islam includes the prohibition of usury, or what Islam calls riba. Islam’s rejection of usury is absolute, and this alone is often used as an example of Islam’s so-called backwardness. However, as we shall see, usury and its prohibition is as appropriate today as it was when Islam confirmed God’s
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What is Business Ethics? Business ethics are generally accepted to be the set of moral values and corporate standards of conduct that exist in a business organization. What this means varies from one organization to another. In large companies, corporate lawyers define the business ethics of a company with specific interest in staying within the
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Recently the word Shariah has become very familiar. Across the globe people are fond of using it even when they are not familiar with what it actually means. Sections of the media and hate groups give the impression that Shariah is a set of draconian laws intent on amputating hands and lopping off heads. This
