Place of dog in America and Islam M. Akhtar, Ph.D President, MCA , author of a book and many articles on 'identity' issues The problem: In American culture dogs have special place at home. They are endeared like another child and member of the family. Muslims came as migrants from other cultures which had one common denominator: dogs are bad, keep away from them, they bite and above all they are dirty and prohibited in Islam. Coming here with that frame of mind, now Muslims are supposed to acculturate in America, befriend with Americans and like their dog as well. That poses the problem. The ke...

The Chinese Emperor's Poem about the Prophet Muhammad (s w s) (It is amazing to find out that Islam had reached China way back, Chinese emperor was favorably inclined towards Islam and wrote Eulogy for its prophet. Edior) Hong-Wu (also known by his given name Zhū Yuánzhāng, died 24 June 1398) was the Emperor of China between 1368 - 1398 CE. He was the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, leading an Army that conquered the country and defeated away the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. Despite being a non-Muslim, Hong-Wu ordered the construction of several mosques in Nanjing, Yunnan, Guangdong and Fujian. He rebuilt the Jinjue Mosque in Nanjing and large numbers of Hui (Muslim Chinese) people moved to the city during his rule. ... He had around 10 Muslim generals in his army, includi...

Muslims Helped Save Old English Synagogue According to the Times of Israel March 15,2013,,there is some good news of Jewish - Muslim collaboration. — A Muslim organization in northern England announced it would raise funds and lobby for the preservation of the last remaining synagogue in Bradford. The Bradford Council for Mosques recently began working together with the local authority to raise funds for the Bradford Synagogue, to ensure the building remains a sacred space for future generations, the Telegraph reported on March 5. “When the chair of the Bradford synagogue approached the Muslim community for help and assistance towards the maintenance of this building, it was a challenge which didn’t take us l...

ISLAM’S FORGOTTEN ROAD TO INTERFAITH HARMONY Saleem Ahmed, Ph.D. Board Member,MCA, President, Pacific Institute for Islamic Studies, Honolulu, and President, All Believers Network, Honolulu. While Muslims consider Islam a religion of peace, many non-Muslims equate it with terrorism. After all, the Qur’an carries passages such as: 1. Do not trust Jews and Christians (Qur’an 5.51); and 2. Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them. Seize them, beleaguers them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war) (9.5). In response, Muslims point to other Qur’anic messages, such as: 3. Those who believe (in the Qur’an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians, and the Sabians �...

Aslam Abdullah,Ph.D Vice President of MCA, Editor of Muslim Observer, Author of several books On March 13, in Pakistan, a country created in the name of Islam, some unidentified people killed a female social worker in open day light and in Saudi Arabia, the country that claims to follow the Sharia beheaded seven people found guilty of stealing and armed robbery. The killers in Pakistan did not give any reason for their killing. However, the Saudi Press Agency speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Justice issued a statement that begins with the Quranic verse from Sura Al-Maida: "The punishment of those who wage war against God and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutt...

A Federal judge finds Muslim Imam not guilty M. Akhtar,Ph.D, President of MCA, Author of Muslim Family in a Dilemma As reported by Olmeda and Nolin in Sun Sentinel dated January 18, 2013, in a case filed against a Muslim Imam, a Miami Federal Court Judge declared Broward Muslim of Masjid Jamaat Al-Mumineen in Margate not guilty.The case was thrown out for lack of evidence. The 26 year old imam. Izhar Khan, his brother and his father were on trial in federal court in Miami, each was charged for working together to send $ 50,000 to Pakistani Taliban terrorists. Khan, his brother Irfan,and their father, Hafiz, all U.S. citizens, were arrested in May 2011, accused of sending nearly $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban starting in the sp...

MAGNIFICENT ERA of Muslims’ Inventions A report by the staff In another related article in the present issue the importance of exhibition on Muslims Civilization was highlighted to improve the image of Muslims in the West and the exhibition that was held at Washington, ,D.C was briefly examined. Evidently the exhibition in USA that was reported in the preceding article has traveled and made stops at in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Singapore and other places. The latest stop that has come to our attention was in Malaysia?),A report on this exhibition is used here to give glimpses of a few high achievements of Muslims.,Sultans of Science” – Malaysian way of labeling, is a rediscove...

GOD’S LANGUAGES Saleem Ahmed, Ph.D. President, Pacific Institute of Islamic Studies, Honolulu and author Islam: A Religion of Peace? The Qur’an clarifies that God sent messengers to all parts of the world. Consider, for example, the following verses: To every people was sent a messenger (Qur’an 10:47); We assuredly sent among every people a messenger (with the command): ‘Serve God and eschew evil’ (Qur’an 16:36); To those who believe in God and His messengers and make no distinction between any of the messengers, We shall soon give their (due) reward (Qur’an 4:152); Each one (of the men of faith) believes in God, His ange...

A Model of Health Care in Cuba: What can we learn from it? M. Akhtar, Ph.D The New England Journal of Medicine published Drs. Campion and Morrisey’s report on their recent visit to Cuba in January 2013. The article makes several startling observations, which addresses many of the concerns American have expressed with regard to their medical care. The debate around healthcare spanned decades and has reached its most recent zenith under the Obama administration. The latest political solution has been focused on universal healthcare coverage, which has raised questions on the adequacy of health care as well as the associated cost. In this back drop, a rev...

Islamophobia Is Not Pro-Israel Joshu-stanton Huffingtonpost.com blog, Posted: 09/25/2012 Anti-Jihad Posters Appear In NYC Subways (10 stations). (Staff)Provocative advertisements equating Muslim radicals with savages appeared in New York City subways on Monday, drawing condemnation from some Jewish writers. One such interfaith leader raises his voice against Islamophobia .He takes the responsibility for the views expressed below to be exclusively his own and not represent any organization, he is part of). At a moment when I would otherwise be reviewing Yom Kippur teachings and preparing spiritually for the most sacred day in the Jewish calendar, I instead feel called as an American Jew to respond to the abominable, Isl...