Prince Charles hosted a reception at St. James Palace, London, Tuesday, to celebrate the historic achievement of the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies (OCIS). The Center was granted the Royal Charter for its scholarly study of Islam and it has (...)
The Oxford Center for Islamic Studies (OCIS) has been granted the Royal Charter and this will be celebrated at an event hosted by the center's patron, the Prince of Wales, Tuesday.
Royal Charters, granted by the sovereign on the advice of the Privy (...)
Britain's Labor MP Stephen Timms praised Muslims for bringing back faith into Britain.
“When parts of our society are so deeply secular, so hostile to the acknowledgment of God, I want today to express appreciation and thanks to Muslims in Britain (...)
On the occasion of Eid, the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown sent his greetings to all British Muslims. “Best wishes to you and your family. Eid Mubarak,” Brown said.
Speaking on the virtues and values of Eid and Ramadan the British PM said, (...)
THE virtuous last 10 nights of Ramadan start tonight. Muslims have already started to come to mosques for Itikaf.
Itikaf
Itikaf means seclusion and staying in the mosque with the intention of worshipping and becoming closer to Allah. Every (...)
known Islamic leader in the US who led thousands of African-American Muslims to mainstream Islam, passed away on Sept. 9, in Illinois. He was 74.
Born and raised in Hamtramck, Mohammed, also known as Imam W.D. Mohammed, was the son of Elijah (...)
“RAMADAN teaches patience and humility, and reminds us of our shared moral universe; our obligation to others,” said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in his Ramadan Message in September 2008 on this auspicious occasion of the Blessed month of (...)
WELCOME Ramadan, the month of mercy and repentance, the month of Qur'an. In the second year of Hijrah, Allah made it obligatory to fast during this month upon every mature, sane and healthy Muslim.
Ramadan is the month of seeking forgiveness and (...)
loving people of the world have started thinking about how to heal the scars created after the 9/11 incidents in the United States. They are thinking how religion can play a role to solve some of the crucial political, economic, social and (...)
DR. Abdullah Omar Naseef gave out an impassioned plea to Muslims “to work towards making use of the power of knowledge and to introduce some ways and means to make it instrumental in our life. Knowledge is not only theoretical; it has to be (...)
THE Madrid Conference on Dialogue was attended by around 300 eminent personalities and representatives from among the followers of the three revealed religions, Islam, Christianity and Judaism, as well as by representatives of Oriental philosophies, (...)
SECRETARY General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, recently visited the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) where he was asked how the OIC views the future of the Muslim Ummah and prospects of and (...)
KING ABDULLAH had announced in last March that religious scholars in the Kingdom have agreed on the idea of convening an inter-faith dialogue conference to discuss the ways of holding dialogue with other faiths in the light of the Holy Qur'an and (...)
THERE can be No True and Lasting Peace without Justice – this statement came out from the 14th meeting of the Islamic-Catholic Liaison Committee held in the Vatican, on 11-13 June 2008. The Catholic delegation was headed by Cardinal Jean-Louis (...)
IT is interesting to see that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), representing the 1.5 billion Muslims, tackled some real issues for a change at its 11th Summit held in Dakar, Senegal in the second week of March. A detailed report on (...)
INTERNATIONAL Islamic Council for D'awah and Relief (IICDR) groups together 86 Islamic organizations. The objective of the Council is to promote the message of Islam, improve relations between Muslim peoples and provide aid and assistance to the (...)