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Mohammad: The Noble Character

Prophet Mohammad was born in Makkah, around A.D. 570, in a tribe called Quraish. His lineage traces back to Prophet Abraham, which Muslims call the father of the Prophets. A few weeks after his birth, his father, Abdullah, died and it was not long before his mother, Aminah, had passed away as well. Mohammad did not suffer the usual hardships and deprivations of orphanhood because all the things around, from people to animals up to stones and trees, surrounded him with care and attention; as if it had been known to all that future was anticipating his awaited arrival. Read the rest of this entry »

At a time when calls from here and there rise to save women from the injustices of men and to provide them with all guarantees that maintain their dignity as well as peace and security inside and outside the home, when different social and legislative organizations enacted laws and covenants that ensure women’s rights and when political and academic conferences in the Arab and Muslim World issued numerous recommendations stressing the high position of women in society, no single statement has been issued, nor a conference has been held or a call has been voiced against women’s excesses in the use of these rights or against their mistreatment of their husbands and children. Read the rest of this entry »