For the past two or three years Dr Zahid Aziz has been compiling an abridged edition of the famous book 'The Religion of Islam' by Maulana Muhammad Ali. The title of this edition is 'A Handbook of Islam'. It is now finished and I online at:
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If there is one thing that Muslims are good at, it’s killing fellow Muslims. From World War One to what is currently happening in the Middle East we have excelled at killing each other. As Muslims continue to kill fellow Muslims with an ever increasing efficiency Robert Frisk looks at who is bombing who in the Middle East.
Muslims are good at killing each other.Source: www.virtualmosque.co.uk
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The word khalifa is an Arabic word meaning successor. That is why Hazrat Abu Bakr (r) was called khalifa because he succeeded the Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). When he passed on and Hazrat Umar (r) became the head of Muslim state, a new title had to be found for him and the term ‘Amir ul Maumineen” was coined.
Source: www.virtualmosque.co.uk
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