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The journey of Hajj is dotted with incredible experiences of selfless brotherhood for most pilgrims. For someone who has never gone forHajj, I do not think any amount of literary research, academic classes, or wistful anticipation can prepare them enough for what the journey entails, and what they will bring away from it eventually, in…
“The Believers are but a single Brotherhood: So make peace and reconciliation between your two (contending) brothers: And fear Allah that ye may receive Mercy”. (Al Qur’an, 49:10) Narrated in al-Saheehayn from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wassallam) said: “Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the falsest of speech. Do not eavesdrop; do…
Ruth Pollard Cairo IT HAS been called a sleeping giant, a vast, secretive organisation that has been forced to live and work underground for most of the past 84 years. But since the fall of Hosni Mubarak’s brutal 30-year rule last February, the Muslim Brotherhood has emerged as a powerful force in Egyptian politics. Its…
Posted by Samira Shackle - 13 January 2012 13:18 As Islamic political parties take power in the Middle East, outdated and static perceptions are unhelpful. Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badi speaks to the media outside a polling station in Beni Suef, December 2011. Photograph: Getty Images Following the Muslim Brotherhood’s victory in Egypt’s election, William Hague has said…
By David Ignatius Sunday, February 20, 2011 CAIRO For much of the past 30 years, the shadowy Muslim Brotherhood was almost a raison d’etre for the regime of President Hosni Mubarak: Egypt needed a strong authoritarian government, the argument went, or it would be hijacked byIslamic radicals. That bugaboo went out the window with Mubarak’s…
Narrated ‘Abdullah: The Prophet said, “Abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (an evil doing) and killing him is Kufr (disbelief).” Narrated ‘Ubada bin As-Samit: “Allah’s Apostle went out to inform the people about the (date of the) night of decree (Al-Qadr) but there happened a quarrel between two Muslim men. The Prophet said, “I came out…
