*TMO Frequent categories
Lifelong Learning
Our lives are highly inundated with technology and it has becoming increasingly hard to distinguish the wheat from the chaff.
Focusing on the Spiritual Side Rather than the Cultural Side
In servicing so many different cultures, I have come to the conclusion that if ALLAH did not forbid it, the person has to come to their own conclusion, starting with the intention to please ALLAH (or at least don’t displease Him)
Lost Innocence at Guantánamo
Rebuffing President Barack Obama’s latest plea, House Republicans last week proposed keeping open the military-run prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba
Abdul Q Khan: So Much Selfless Devotion!
Abdul Qadeer Khan, a man who once stood tall for the nation and then both people and the government were indebted to him who once was considered the “Savior of the Country”, also known in Urdu dialect as “Mohsin-e-Pakistan”.
Medical Practices: Failure to Follow Corporate Formalities Can Lead to Personal Liability…
Benjamin Franklin once said, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Facts on the Events in Istanbul
The protests that begun in reaction to a development project in Taksim, Istanbul turned into nation-wide demonstrations against the AK Party Government on June 1st and 2nd…
Amjad Faqouseh Attempts New Record
Amjad Ismail Faqouseh is not your average student…
Stealth Torture: America’s New, Discreet Method
The crude behavior towards the detainees in the Abu Ghraib prisons in Iraq, at the hands of the American army, created a vast international outcry…
Jericho Conference Convenes in Boston
The annual National Jericho Conference to support political prisoners in the US was held on May 25-26 in Boston, Massachusetts.
FCNA Decides Ramadan Dates
FCNA Press Release The First day of Ramadan will be Tuesday, July 9, 2013 and Eid al-Fitr on Thursday, August 8, 2013, insha’Allah “O you who believe, fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint.” Qur’an 2:183 (May 31, 2013) The Fiqh Council of North [...]
Hate, Intolerance, and Genocide of Minorities
Unity
Israel, Hawking and the Question of Boycott
It is an event “of cosmic proportions”, said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description regarding Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference
Healing Hearts Campaign: The Gaza Strip
The nation of Gaza, Palestine, has been called the world’s largest outdoor prison.
US Muslims Aid Tornado Victims
While Muslim teams have been deployed to help those in need, US Muslim leaders have appealed to the sizable minority to join efforts to aid victims of a devastating tornado in Oklahoma that wiped whole blocks of homes and killed scores
Turkey Presents Prophet’s (s) Sayings for the 21st Century
By Reuters A woman walks in front of Sultanamet Mosque in Istanbul. ANKARA — Scholars around the Muslim world were alarmed five years ago by news reports that Turkey planned a new, possibly heretical compilation of the Prophet Mohammad’s sayings that might scrap those it thought were out of date. Turkish religious leaders and theologians [...]
Syrian Opposition Struggles For Unity
Syria’s opposition resumed talks last Saturday aimed at closing their fractious ranks, as government forces launched a fierce onslaught on a rebel-held border town to try to gain the upper hand in the civil war
Nadeem Khan Honored with Teaching Award
Dr. Nadeem Khan, Davis & Elkins College professor of economics and finance, was honored during the college’s annual Academic Awards and Recognition Convocation ceremony with the 2013 Lois Latham Award for Teaching Excellence. The award is presented annually to an outstanding D&E educator who is characterized by a distinguished intellectual career; enthusiasm for scholarship and [...]
Our Own Civil War
By Waheeduddin Ahmed Ph.D. Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad walk while carrying their weapons during what they said was an operation to occupy Dahra Abd Rabbo village in Aleppo, May 26, 2013. REUTERS/George Ourfalian As if the danger to Muslims from external enemies was not serious enough, we are facing the prospects of [...]
ICNA Relief
Collecting for Oklahoma relief
