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8th Safar - Martyrdom of Bibi Sakina bintal Hussain(a.s.)

Name : Sakina ( also known in Arab world as Rukkaya) Father : Imam Hussain(a.s.) Mother : Bibi Umm-e-Rubab(a.s.) Birth : 20th of Rajab Death : 5th Rabi-ul-Awwal, at Damascus, Syria   In the Arab world, the youngest daughter of Imam Hussain(a.s.)(a.s.) is know as Bibi Rukkaya(a.s.) whereas she is know as Bibi Sakina)(a.s.) in rest of the Islamic World. We will refer to her as Bibi Sakina(a.s.). Bibi Sakina(a.s.) was the youngest daughter of Imam Hussain(a.s.). She was a vivacious child, full of love and happiness. Everyone loved Bibi Sakina(a.s.). She was also a very religious girl. She enjoyed reading the Holy Quran and never missed her prayers. From the age of two she took great care to make sure that her head and face were properly covered when in public....

For first time, U.S. professors call for academic and cultural boycott of Israel

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By Raphael Ahren In the wake of Operation Cast Lead, a group of American university professors has for the first time launched a national campaign calling for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel. While Israeli academics have grown used to such news from Great Britain, where anti-Israel groups several times attempted to establish academic boycotts, the formation of the United States movement marks the first time that a national academic boycott movement has come out of America. Israeli professors are not sure yet how big of an impact the one-week-old movement will have, but started discussing the significance of and possible counteractions against the campaign. " As educators of conscience, we have been unable to stand by and watch in silence Israel's indiscriminate assault on the Gaza Strip and its educational institutions ," the U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel stated in its inaugural press release last Thursday. Speaking in its m...

Gary Busby From England Talks About Islam

Sulaiman (Gary) Busby is someone who found Islam after a long journey of searching. He spent long time learning and studying Islam before deciding that it was indeed the truth. He is a person who rarely accepts new ideas without very thorough and logical investigation. Something that places his mind at rest in a way that leaves no doubts. At first he was skeptical, indeed he was kept in the dark about Islam whilst he lived in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar . Later after a trip to Turkey he began to investigate more what Islam really was about. Soon, he began to develop a thirst for more knowledge and information. This video explores his mindset before and after accepting Islam and his reasons for doing so:

The Battle of Siffin

The Battle of Siffin Location : The plains of Siffin located close to the city of Allepo in Syria When the battle was fought : 1st or 8th of Safar 37 A.H., January 657 AD for about 2 weeks. Army of Imam Ali(a.s.): 90,000 men Army of Muawiya : 120,000 men Casualties: 25,000 from the army of Imam Ali(a.s.) and 45,000 from the army of Muawiya   Background and Reason Having defeated Hazrat Aisha at the Jang-e-Jamal (Battle of the Camel), Imam Ali(a.s.) returned from Basra to Kufa in Rajab of 36 A.H. (January 657). He decided to transfer the capital of his government to Kufa from Medina because it was more centrally placed in the Muslim Empire, and he could halt Muawiya’s progress into Iraq. However, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib(a.s.) tried to settle matters peacefully by sending an envoy to Syria. He chose Jarir,...

WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR PALESTINE- DONT IGNORE

REQUEST Israel has launched attacked on Palestine what are we doing 1.Protest 2.Sending each other messages about the conflict My Question is ' IS ISRAEL AFFECTED BY ALL THIS?' The answer is NO. What needs to be done is to protest,send letters ,e mails to the Israeli Embassy, put pressure on political leaders to take steps,create awareness among people what I srael is doing, as the media is fully governed by western world.And Lastly be firm on what you say and what you do. Send your letters to IMAM E ZAMANA [A.T.F.S.],seek ALLAH'S [S.W.T.] help. Pray 2 rakats of namaz daily & Namaz e Wahishat daily for the souls of our deceased brothers who lose their lives in Palestine daily. JAZAK ALLAH! Best Regards Always, Sadiq Thaver . The value of every good thing is often realised when its taken away!

Ahlul Bayt a.s.

PUBLISHER'S WORD 9 PREFACE 11 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 11 IMAM HUSAYN 13 THE TEXT 15 BEFORE KARBALA' 17 YAZID DEMANDS ALLEGIANCE 17 THE IMAM ENTERS MECCA 21 THE JOURNEY OF MUSLIM IBN 'AQ"L 25 MUSLIM STANDS 28 HANI IBN 'URWAH 30 MUSLIM MEETS IBN ZIYAD 35 MUSLIM'S SONS 38 THE IMAM'S JOURNEY TO KARBALA 44 STOPS ON THE IMAM'S JOURNEY 45 TAN'IM 45 SAFAH 46 DHAT AL-'IRQ 46 HAJIR 47 KHUZAYMIYYAH 48 ZARUD 48 THA'LABIYYAH 50 SHUQQ 50 ZUBALAH 51 BATN AL-AQABAH 51 SHIRAF 52 BAYDHAH 55 RUHAYMAH 55 ADHIB AL-HAJANAT 56 QASR BANI MAQATIL 57 NAYNAWA 59 AT KARBALA' 61 ARRIVAL IN KARBALA' 61 EVENTS OF KARBALA' 62 THE SEVENTH OF MUHARRAM 67 THE EIGHTH OF MUHARRAM 68 SHIMR'S TRICK 70 THE NIGHT OF THE NINTH 71 THE IMAM'S CAMP ON THE NINTH 73 THE NIGHT BEFORE THE TENTH 75 THE DAY OF THE TENTH 78 THE FIRST ATTACK 86 TH...

Conversion Story of a Chinese Univ Student

http://www.turntoislam.com/ forum/showthread.php?t=49712   Salaam Alaikum, bros and sis on TTI! I'm not a new of TTI, so it's very late to introduce myself. Just last week, I was Don, an average Chinese univ student. And now, I'm Nurdeen, a new bro of yours. I'd like to talk about my conversion story. I'll be very happy if u like it. I became interested in religion since starting my univ career, 4 or 5 years ago. I read the scriptures of Buddhism, Bible, also some basic information of Islam. Do u know what did i find in Islam? A big Surprise! My country sticks to the ideology of Materialism and Atheism, in our education system, "religion" is labeled as something fake and deceptive. The image of God, or gods was created by some stupid barbarians and was taken advantage of rulers. Men themselves create some idols and worship such idols and that's the essence of religion, they say. Well, but what did i c in Islam? As we all know, the very spirit o...