Ramadan 1443
№4 (2022-04-01)

Story: The Drowning Cat

Story: The Drowning Cat

Ramadan 2022

Ramadan 2022

Internet harms teenagers more than it helps

Internet harms teenagers more than it helps

Are your children ready for Ramadan?

Are your children ready for Ramadan?

Islam’s tolerance in a multi-confessional society

Islam’s tolerance in a multi-confessional society

Virtues of the righteous

Beautiful words about magnanimity and generosity One of the scholars said, “I do not like to refuse someone in his need with which he has turned...

Mariam al-astrolabi: a female scientist

Mariam Al-Ijiliya lived in tenth century Aleppo, Syria. History gives a glimpse of her reputation as the chief astrolabe manufacturer of her...

Ramadan recipes: kunafa

Believed to have originated in the Levant, kunafa is said to have been introduced to what is now known as Egypt during the era of the...

Medina Named the Safest City for Solo Female Travellers

Medina has recently been named the safest city for solo female travellers. This is the result of a study conducted by the travel insurance website...

Secrets of fasting

Fasting cures many chronic diseases in the digestive system such as colon spasms and digestive disorders because it activates and organizes the blood...

Distant Pathways: Islam in Colonial and Contemporary Latin America

When Christian Spain colonized large areas of the Americas from California to the southern tip of South America in the 15th and 16th centuries, it...

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The 11th-Century Nizamiyya Madrasah in Dagestan

Find yourself in the high mountains of the Dagestani village of Tsakhur and you will literally touch history. Just reach out and touch the walls of the first university-type madrasa in the North Caucasus, which is located here.   Almost 950 years ago, in 1075, a madrasa was opened in...


Discoverer of Microbes: Muhammad ibn Hamza Akshemeddin

In the modern world, it is generally accepted that great scientific discoveries belong to Western scientists. However, few know or remember the successes of traditional Muslim research and achievements.   The discovery of microbes is attributed to the Islamic scholar Muhammad Shams al-Din...


Fire, Ash, Faith: A Tatar Ark in the Land of the Rising Sun

This story begins with silence. With that special, ringing, dense silence that descends only after the final explosions have died down, entire neighborhoods have burned to the ground, and the wind has begun to lazily blow ash flakes across the scorched earth, like black, mournful...


Mountains in the Koran and their Geological Significance

Mountains are among the most majestic and impressive natural forms, captivating humanity for centuries. However, the Koran places particular emphasis not only on their beauty but also on their geological role. One ayah states (the meaning of the commentary): “And We have placed mountains on...


Ismail’s Dirham of the Samanid Dynasty

Saman, a native of the city of Balkh, is considered the founder of the Samanid dynasty.   He converted to Islam and enjoyed the patronage of the governor of Khorasan. His grandsons Nuh, Ahmad, Yahya and Ilyas served the caliph himself and by his order, the governor of Khorasan appointed them...