Paper: The Permissibility of Audible Remembrance
The Permissibility of Audible Remembrance← Click to download Issue: All praises and thanks are due to Allah & He suffices; peace be upon His chosen servants. …
Devotional Practices
Muharram Ritual and the Carnivalesque in Trinidad
Muharram Ritual and the Carnivalesque in Trinidad Beginning in the 19t h century, a wave of indentured workers were brought by the British from India…
Prayer in the Surinam-Javanese Diasporic Experience
Prayer in the Surinam-Javanese Diasporic Experience The Surinam-Javanese community in the Netherlands is divided over the question of the prayer direction; some perform their prayers…
Hosay: Caribbean Cultural Expression of a Shi’ite Heritage
The following essay depicts the organic process of religious practices that adapt to foreign assimilation efforts that stave off cultural amnesia. During 1845-1917 several thousand…
The Hadith of Jibril [Angel Gabriel] (as) Explained
The Hadith `Umar ibn Khattab (Allah be well pleased with him) said: “As we were sitting one day before the Messenger of Allah (peace and…
Permissibility of Mawlid An-Nabi
MAWLID: CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE HOLY PROPHET ALLAH’S BLESSINGS AND PEACE UPON HIM Is there evidence for the celebration of Mawlid — the Prophet’s…
Mawlid An-Nabi Permissibility
MAWLID: CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE HOLY PROPHET ALLAH’S BLESSINGS AND PEACE UPON HIM Is there evidence for the celebration of Mawlid — the Prophet’s…