Question: I have a question about VISA cards. I was watching Saudi TV yesterday and a sheikh said: “Even if we pay our VISA bill on time and we do not accumulate interest, the fact that we signed a contract agreeing on the condition that if we are late, we pay xx% interest, makes the VISA card haram,”
Do you advise me to get rid of my VISA card? I only have 1 for emergencies and when I travel… can you give me some advice please, should I cancel it and …

Jami Omar Ottawa Canada is providing an opportunity to all the Muslims whether living in Ottawa or any other part of the world to take part in the construction of the Masjid. Any Muslim brother or sister can purchase a brick and get his/her name inscribed in the House of Allah.
I am sure we all Muslims are aware of the Hadith about building a masjid which states “Whoever builds a masjid, desiring thereby Allāh’s pleasure, Allāh builds for him the like of it in paradise.”
Why not grab this golden …

President Barrack Obama, during his first overseas visit in Turkey, said the U.S. “is not and will never be at war with Islam.” However, US gunsights inscriptions with biblical references that might lead some to believe that Americans are using “Jesus rifles” against Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.
U.S. Central Command spokesman, Air Force Maj. John Redfield, told the Associated Press, “This situation is not unlike the situation with U.S. currency. Are we going to stop using money because the bills have ‘In God We Trust’ on them? As long …

Turkish Airlines, Turkey’s national flag carrier, has signed a three-season sponsorship contract with FC Barcelona. The CEO of Turkish Airlines, Temel Kotil, while addressing a press conference termed the contract as “another success on the way towards becoming a global brand.”
The 7.7 million Euros sponsorship contract will give the Turkish Airlines right to place its logos on the billboards in FC Barcelona’s home stadium, Camp Nou, and all other locations where the team is playing. Turkish Airlines will also carry out relevant promotions and fly the FC Barcelona players to …

Former cricket captain of Pakistan Wasim Akram has labelled the Doctor’s and hospitals as slaughter houses. Wasim
Akram claims that doctor asked him for 150,000 dollars in order to send his wife to Singapore and took 50,000 dollars as commission. The cricketer said that the ordeal he had to go through during his wife’s sickness and eventual death, should serve as an example and make people more careful of such institutions.
He added that if a well known personality like him can be treated in such a manner, these hospitals are capable …

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Eid Mubarak to all Muslim brothers and sisters around the world.
May Allah grant us the wisdom to understand the blessings of Muslim unity, sacrifice and patience as the outcome of Hajj and Eid.

The Imam of Ottawa Assalam Mosque, Sheikh Mohamed Rashad, believed to be in his late 50s, collapsed Thursday morning while visiting Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where he was on Hajj with thousands of others.
“In a way, this is the worst day of my life. ,My father was a fragile man to begin with. He was a workaholic. He didn’t believe in taking rests,” said Rashad’s eldest son, Abdul Hakim Moalimishak.
The family is still waiting to learn the cause of Rashad’s death, but Moalimishak said he might have died from liver or …

Work on the proposed 40 kilometre long Qatar-Bahrain causeway project is likely to begin in the first quarter of 2010, according to media reports. The Qatar-Bahrain sea crossing is expected to be the world’s longest sea crossing.
The cost of the two-nation causeway has been estimated at $2.7 billion in some media reports. Furthermore, Qatar and Bahrain will contribute $700 million, and the remaining $2 billion will be provided through loans to be taken by the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Foundation.
The proposed Qatar-Bahrain causeway will be designed to carry passengers and freight …