Your questions about Islam answered in plain English!noreply@blogger.com (Seeraj Muneer)Wed, 4 Sep 2024 13:48:02 -0700Blogger http://www.blogger.com4125http://askaislam.blogspot.com/en-usnoYour questions about Islam answered in plain English!noreply@blogger.comhttp://askaislam.blogspot.com/2011/01/when-14-billion-people-are-just-chaff.htmlIslamknowledgeQuransharianoreply@blogger.com (Seeraj Muneer)Sat, 8 Jan 2011 23:17:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273930386658621703.post-6114336503784707072He committed a heinous act of terrorism. Yet the news is really quiet about it. Almost like it never happened. Why? Because he's not a Muslim of course. I really feel saddened when I see Muslims bragging about how there are over 1.4 billion of us on Earth. That number is actually a manifestation of the prediction of the Holy Prophet of Islam.  "A time will come when you will be the most 0http://askaislam.blogspot.com/2010/08/your-prayer-your-neighbor-and.htmlIslammosqueMuslimnoreply@blogger.com (Seeraj Muneer)Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:00:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273930386658621703.post-5573792574155537308If there is one thing that causes me so much anguish anytime I enter into most mosques, it is their wanton use of the microphone and amplifiers. The reason given for this innovation (anything that is ultra vires Islamic Laws is called Bid'ah translated as such) is that to amplify the Imaam's verbal utterances during the prayers. To say the use of the mic and the amplifiers is alien to the spirit 0http://askaislam.blogspot.com/2010/08/oh-america-i-thought-you-were-wiser.htmlIslamMuslimpoliticsnoreply@blogger.com (Seeraj Muneer)Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:12:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273930386658621703.post-996700890601679938"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Those are not my words but a verbatim reproduction of the religious aspects of the first amendment to the US constitution. 0http://askaislam.blogspot.com/2010/07/series-how-should-muslims-respond-to.htmlAllahIslamMuslimQurannoreply@blogger.com (Seeraj Muneer)Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:39:00 -0700tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273930386658621703.post-5192661638075615516Calamities keep befalling us every single day of our lives, both individually or collectively as an Umma (a nation). However, the greatest test of the faith, wisdom and fortitude of a Muslim is how he or she handles this calamity or misfortune. This life is a place of trials and tribulations. A place where we as humans will necessarily have to go through difficulties at one point of our lives or 0