Demise of Ml Anzar Shah Kashmiri

Ilm has once again left this world as we are drawning closer to Qiyamah. The Muhaddith and Sheikul Hadith of Darul Uloom Deoband Waqf Hadrat Allamah Anzar Shah Kashmiri Mas’oodi, son of the great Muhaddith Allamah Anwar Shah Kashmiri (Rahimahumullah Rahmatan wasi’ah), breathed his last today Saturday 4-19-1429/ April 26,2008, in Delhi Hospital. May [...]

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al-Sayyid al-Sharif Anwar al-Husyan Nafis Shah

The sharif, the sayyid, Anwar ul-Husayn bin al-Sayyid Ashraf ‘Ali, better known as Nafis Shah, has left this world, today, Tuesday the 26th of Muharram, 1429 (02/05/2008) at around 0500, in Lahore, Pakistan. Verily it is to Allah that we belong, and it is to Him that we shall inevitably return.
from Travelling Stranger: Where To [...]

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World Muslim Population

IslamicPopulation.com
We also wanted to show that, by even taking data from General Sources, like CIA Fact Sheet, we can easily establish that fact that total Muslim Population in 2007  is 1.61  billion which is far greater than currently estimated 1.2 or 1.3 billion. Under general source section, we have taken all [...]

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Why we dream of Osama Bin Laden

When I first came to New York about a year after the 11 September attacks, I had a dream about Osama Bin Laden. The al-Qaeda leader was sitting two seats over from me on the plane. His face was oddly wrapped up in his turban so at first I did not notice, but the man [...]

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Historic Saudi visit to Vatican

 
Historic Saudi visit to Vatican

 

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican – the first audience by the head of the Roman Catholic Church with a Saudi monarch.

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Muslim scholars reach out to Pope

More than 130 Muslim scholars have written to Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders urging greater understanding between the two faiths. The letter says that world peace could depend on improved relations between Muslims and Christians.
It identifies the principles of accepting only one god and living in peace with one’s neighbours as common ground [...]

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Pictures of Ulama

8 pages  of Ulama Pictures
From http://www.marifah.net

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Pictures of Ulama of Sham

Pictures of some of the Ulama of Sham from the website of Habib Ali Jifri – taken during his visit to Syria in 1425.
زيارة الحبيب على الجفري إلى سوريا في ربيع أول 1425هـ
http://www.alhabibali.org/news/news_14.asp

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