Discover Islam

QUESTION Salam! I am a teenager from pakistan. I am 17 and doing my a levels. Several people around me are supporters of the lgbtq community. As much as I try to condemn it is hard doing so overtly as it ends up in me being ostracised. In a honesty …

  By Khalid Baig In the post colonial world the “civilizing mission” continues and the crusade for civilizing the backward Muslims into embracing the sexual mores of the civilizers is going full speed ahead. Since openly declaring that the Qur’an and Islam are plain wrong does not get you much …

  Homosexuality and Islam – An Islamic Perspective There has been a lot of discussion lately on the issue of Homosexuality. There is a tendency, ever so slight, among some of us to make this behavior acceptable in the name of fairness and tolerance. On the other hand there are …

[pdf-embedder url=”http://jamiat.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/hajjumrahandziyarahguide2017-170705104006-1.pdf” title=”hajjumrahandziyarahguide2017-170705104006 (1)”] hajjumrahandziyarahguide2017-170705104006 (1)

  Introduction A common misconception is that Muslim women are the only ones who cover their hair. It may be true that Islam is the only religion in which most women follow its directives to cover the hair, but it is not the only religion to have such directives.   …

F.I.T.N.A-Booklet [pdf-embedder url=”https://jamiat.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/F.I.T.N.A-Booklet.pdf”]

The incident of Lūt ‘Alayhis-Salām and his nation is recurrently mentioned in the Qur’ān Karīm. Lūt ‘Alayhis-Salām was the nephew of Ibrāhīm ‘Alayhis-Salām. Allāh Ta’āla sent him to the people of Sadūm. They, however, rejected his message. Together with the very severe crime of kufr (disbelief), they were guilty of …

QUESTION What is the difference between an intersex person and a transgender? ANSWER In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. The question you have asked is extremely relevant in today’s times. It is important that one fully understands the stance of Shariah …