In Makkah, the Prophet(pbuh) used to pray towards Jerusalem, with the Ka’bah in front of him. When he migrated to Al-Madinah, he prayed towards Jerusalem for sixteen months, but he hoped it would be changed to the Ka’bah. “Verily, We have seen the turning of your(Muhammad’s) face towards the heaven. Surely, We shall turn [...]

The house in Medina where the prophet (pbuh) first stayed. Part – 1 Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb from the Banu Najjar was a great and close companion of the Prophet. He was known as Abu Ayyub (the father of Ayyub) and enjoyed a privilege which many of the Ansar in Madinah hoped they would [...]

Each time Israel fails to keep its ‘side of the bargain’, the Palestinian Authority responds with the same redundant language. The cycle has become so utterly predictable that one wonders why the Palestinian Authority officials even bothers protesting Israeli action. They must be well aware that their cries, genuine or otherwise, will only fall on [...]

Two Bosnian Serbs have been convicted of genocide by a UN war crimes court and sentenced to life imprisonment for their role in the Srebrenica massacre of around 8,000 Muslim men and boys in 1995. The judgment, delivered middle of last week, is the harshest ever by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia [...]