Maulana Shaukat told reporters at a 150-year-old Darul-Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, 435km from the Uttar Pradesh capital, about 20,000 scholars and clerics took part in the declaration. 
The declaration said: “Islam is a religion of mercy for all humanity. Islam sternly condemns all kinds of oppression, violence and terrorism.
“It has regarded oppression, mischief, rioting and murder among severest sins and crimes. Islam prohibits killing of innocent people.”
It is a welcoming sign and Muslim Sholars should also not hesitate to condem any act of terrorism whenever and wherever it take place.

A Muslim woman Namira Saleem hoisted the Pakistani flag at the South Pole and also announced that she would hoist Pakistani flag at the North Pole as well.
Namira Saleem is based in Southern France and undergoing training in the United States for a space flight scheduled within the next couple of years. In the picture she is hoisting Pakistani and UAE Falgs at South Pole.

Afghan women walking in snow fall in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Heartiest Eid Mubarak to every one.
I know there are two eids in North America even this year as some are following Saudi Arabia and rest are following local moon sighting. It is sad that we Muslims can not unite on this simple and basic issue let alone other major issues faced by Muslim Ummah. 
Hajj Mubarak to all as well who were the lucky ones this year.
 Take care and enjoy these happy momonts and dont forget to remember those who are less fortunate.

A very tragic death of a 16 year old Aqsa Parvez in Canada by her father Muhammad Parvez has left most of us wondering why it could not been avoided?  The press and media is depicting it as the ‘honour killing’ and ‘not wearing hijjab’ is highlighted as the prime motive behind this gruesome murder.  The father and Aqsa’s older brother Waqas Parvez are now behind the bar since December 11, 2007 and will face trial in due course of time.
There is nothing to defend such a brutal killing of human being in …

They say, “Oh, poor girl, you’re so beautiful you know
It’s a shame that you cover up your beauty so.”
She just smiles and graciously responds reassuringly,
“This beauty that I have is just one simple part of me.
This body that I have, no stranger has the right to see.
These long clothes, this shawl I wear, ensure my modesty.
Faith is more essential than fashion, wouldn’t you agree?”
This hijab,
This mark of piety,
Is an act of faith, a symbol,
For all the world to see.
A simple cloth, to protect her dignity.
So lift the veil from your …

A hijab only poses a “long-shot” risk of injury to a soccer player, experts said Tuesday, as the debate continued over a 14-year-old Calgary girl’s head scarf.
Both Stephen Brown, a kinesiology expert at British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University, and Maureen Simmonds, director of McGill University’s school of physical and occupational therapy, said it wasn’t impossible a hijab could injure a player.
But the chances of it leading to any significant injury were remote, they said.
“I don’t know what sort of imagination you have to have to see this as a safety …

Almost every year Muslims around the globe have this very disturbing problem of not being able to agree upon the beginning and end of Ramadhan as well the Eid-ul-Adhha. The division is some time so clear that even in one family some member will be fasting and some celebrating Eid.  I like many other Muslims always wonder why we cannot use the mathematically simulated moon sighting when ever there is doubt of moon sighting due to weather conditions.  The websites like moonsighting.com provides very accurate moon visibility maps every month. …

By Khalid Baig
In one of his circulars Sayyidna Umar ibn Khattab, Radi-Allahu anhu, sent instructions to all his administrators saying, “In my opinion, salat (Islam’s prescribed act of worship or prayer. The word prayer, though, is also used for supplication or dua and is therefore avoided in this article.) is the most important of your obligations. Whoever takes good care of it and safeguards it safeguards his religion and whoever neglects it will neglect other things even more.” He then added instructions about the times for the five salats and …

Pray before you will no longer be able to pray.
Your Lord says, “Call on Me and I will answer you. Those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell abject.” (Surah Ghafir: 60)