I was attending a wedding last night and I heard the story which I heard long time ago but almost forgot. The story is a about three old people visiting a family. One day a woman came out of her house and got surprised to see three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not know them. She invited them to come in and eat something as they might be hungry.
However, they asked, “Is the man of the house home?”. She told them that …

I wanted to share with linkmuslims readers the following informative article by  Asghar Ali Engineer.
RECENTLY I read a news item datelined Riyadh that said that Saudi Arabia was contemplating banning the marriage of girls under 18. This became necessary because a case of a girl aged eight years came to light. She was married off to a man over 40 years her senior. Many Saudi jurists and ulema, however, uphold such marriages. Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh endorses the practice of marrying underage girls, arguing that in doing so …

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The Canadian government is supporting two new projects aimed at helping Muslim youth address discrimination and promote cross-cultural understanding.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada will provide $441,000 dollars for My Canada, a project that provides access to multi-faith sessions for both Muslim and non-Muslim youth in schools and community centres.
“This project demonstrates the importance of promoting common understanding and mutual respect — the basic building blocks to achieve peace and stability here in Canada and elsewhere in the world,” says Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.
As for the other project, the Status of Women …

Sheikh Khaled Abdelhamid El Azhary
Undoubtedly Youth is the most impressionable age. It means not only a soul saved, but a life saved too. It means that one’s best days can be dedicated to the glory of God. Allah will ask us about our age and about our youth — Allah promised the paradise for youth who devout their times and health for the sake of Allah
The message we are delivering here targets the role of the family (i.e. the parents) not the society. As I mentioned at the first khutba …

A Canadian software developer who designed and built a remote-control device meant to trigger bomb blasts was found guilty of financing and facilitating terrorism yesterday, but escaped conviction on charges he developed the device to blow up targets in Britain.Momin Khawaja, the first person charged and the second convicted under Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Act, faces the possibility of life in prison at a sentencing set for Nov. 18.
There was a mixed responce to Momin Khawaja’s arrest in 2004. Some called it part of racial profiling and Islamphobia and some took the …

This is a guest post by Aalia Mirza
In the early days of December 2007, I made the decision to go to the Reviving the Islamic Spirit Conference (RIS6). Prior to this experience, I heard from friends that this conference is like no other event. Furthermore, little did I realize the actual impact this gathering would have on my life as a Muslim in this dunya and the akhira.  In the next paragraphs, I would like to discuss how important these gatherings are for us, as Muslims living in North America and …

Muhammad Arsalan and Atif Shamim (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) tied for first place for the 2007 SMC Industrial Collaboration Award for their presentation entitled DOSIMETER: Wireless Microchips in LTCC Package for Biomedical and Space Applications.
The Strategic Microelectronics Council (SMC) of ITAC provides an Industrial Collaboration Award that is open to graduate degree students of a Canadian university. The Award is focused on research activity arising from university-industry collaboration which has produced substantive results with commercial potential.
 The new wireless device will help the cancer patients.  The device is self-powered, more sensitive, and …