• 18 August
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    • 17 August
    • Philosophers not Invited to Philosophy Congress Istanbul, Although the 21st World Philosophy Congress inIstanbul witnesses broad participation, many well-known Turkish philosophers are not there. Many philosophers say t...
    • 16 August
    • s Islam's relation with Judaism and Christianity? Both Jews and Christians hold a special status within Islam because of the Muslim belief that God revealed His will through His prophets, including Abraham, Moses, and J...
    • Verse of the week
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    • 27. Al-Naml (The Ants)
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    • Collection and Transmission of the Qur
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    • Great Soul
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    • The Analects of Confucius
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    • 14 August
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    • Shams al-Din ibn Ashraf Al-Samarqandi
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    • NIGER
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    • Marrakesh
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    • BAQAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
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    • The Transfiguration of Man
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    • Third International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS)
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    • The International Youth Day
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    • We Are All One
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    • 13 August
    • w subject to replace Moral and Islamic Studies KUALA LUMPUR, Moral and Islamic Studies will be scrapped by 2005 and replaced by a new subject that will be studied by both Muslim and non-Muslim students. Education directo...
    • 11 August
    • arriages not against Islam’ LAHORE The Lahore High Court takes up at least one to two love-marriage cases as a matter of daily routine. In all such cases it has adopted a unanimous stance that marriage between two ad...
    • 9 August
    • er embraces Islam A ceremony was held at the Pg Mohd Yusof Seria Primary School yesterday afternoon to celebrate the Islamic conversion of one of the teachers there, Sarawah Majang, 49, who is now known by her Muslim nam...
    • 6 August
    • ark: Islamic Wakf mulled The process of setting up an Islamic Wakf (endowment) has started here, for the purpose of acquiring a cemetery for the Muslim community. Cemeteries in Europe cost a lot of money, because land...
    • 5 August
    • o review steps to remove wrong Islam perception Islamabad,  President Musharraf Monday stated that the forthcoming Summit of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) in Malaysia later this year would discuss all...
    • Islam in France
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    • Quran 41:34
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    • Shuara (Poets)
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    • Quran-article
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    • Kindness
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    • Islam - The Straight Path
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    • Abul-Hasan Ali ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Yunus
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    • Kabul
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    • Bahauddin Zakariya University
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    • Unseen Rain
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    • Respect the Old
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    • The International Day
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    • Pan Gu Makes the World
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    • 3 August
    • : Basic belief and practice For decades Islam has evoked discussion and debate. The religion is under a microscope after the 9/11 attacks. Never before has Islam been as questioned as to the extent that is today. A few s...
    • 30 july
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    • Quran 2:62
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    • Al-Furqan (The Standard)
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    • Ijaz, Grammarians
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    • THE MYSTICS OF ISLAM
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    • Zaydiyyah
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    • Ataturk University
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    • 1-The Fullness of God
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