World’s largest Prophet Muhammad Museum to open in Istanbul
The museum named "The Age of Felicity World Prophet Museum" will exhibit replicas of the objects and places which were part of the life of Prophet Muhammad, ranging from his clothes to tools, and the Prophet's Mosque to the Kaaba. Prophet Foundation Chairman Mehmet Kaya told the Turkish press that the museum, which will be built by the foundation, is set to open in 2016. The museum, which will ha...

Animated Sirah Series From Iran
An animated film, “The Last Messenger”, produced by the Dalvand brothers, narrates the biography of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The animation has been produced for Sahar, an international Iranian TV channel. The story of “The Last Messenger” is narrated by the Iranian companion of Prophet, Salman al-Farsi. He was the first Companion to translate the Quran in...

The Repentance of Arnoud Van Houn and the Fitna of Cursing the P
  Last week, the Dutch politician and municipal leader, Arnoud Van Houn, visited the Two Sacred Mosques, performing the sacred rites of Umra (the Lesser Pilgrimage of the Ka’aba in Makkah) and ziyara (visitation of the Noble House of the Prophet in Madinah) during which he stopped in front of the tomb of the Noble Messenger and was heard pleading ‘Forgive me, Oh Prophet!’… Several years before, A...

New Children's Book on the Sirah
  The Story of Muhammad is the first animated and interactive book app about the blessed Prophet (peace be upon him). Written by American Muslim children's book author Alexis York Lumbard with classically-inspired miniature paintings by Maram al-Hidmi, the book covers the most essential aspects of the Prophet's life and prophetic mission.  Based on Quran & Hadith, children will learn about the mi...

Remembering Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti
"To Allah we belong and unto Him we shall return" Mohammed Saeed Ramadan, most well-known by the name of al-Buti, was born in 1929, in the village of Ayn Dewar, Northern Syria. His father was a scholar in the Ottoman world who fled to Damascus when his son was just four years old, fearing the anticlerical excesses of the early Turkish Republic. The Shaykh received both his primary and secondary s...

"From Actions to Emotions" Billboard Design Contest
  Social platform Salamworld, along with the Organizaiton of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),  has rolled up its sleeves in a Billboard design contest created to provide an alternative response by Muslims towards the abuse of the freedom of expression where Islam is concerned. Salamworld, a newly launched global social platform based on Islamic values, has chosen the slogan of  "FROM EMOTIONS TO ACTIO...

"A Portrait of the Prophet: Reflections on the Messenger of Alla
  We may have heard about the example of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa sallam) before, but have we? If his life is just a story to us, and nothing more, then we have not truly heard it. If our eyes do not shed tears pondering over his beautiful character, then we do not truly know him. If our moral character is not a reflection of his Sunnah then there is more that w...

Condemnation and a Call for Restraint
  The last century in particular has been witness to systemic smear campaigns against Islam and the values which Islam holds sacred. Such attacks, stemming from the West, entered a new realm with the cartoon crisis which erupted in 2006. Muslims were insulted and hurt by such atrocious attacks which targeted their sacred values. The movie, Innocence of Muslims, which was recently released, ...

Cable cars to visit historic caves of Hira and Thawr
MAKKA: The Hajj and 'Umra Research Institute at Umm Al-Qura University has completed studies to introduce a cable car system to transport people to the historic caves of Hira and Al-Thawr in Makka. Abdul Aziz Saroji, dean of the institute, said the plan aims to facilitate safe trips for Hajj and 'Umra pilgrims as well as visitors to the holy city who want to visit the caves situated on top of A...

Quilliam Press Presents Abdal Hakim Murad's Live Online Class: T
Quilliam Press presents a live online class in the caliphate of the third Caliph 'Uthman. Entitled The Khilafa of Uthman: The Wisdom and the Agony, and taught by Cambridge University's Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, the live online class is the third in a series on the Rightly Guided Caliphs. Watch the class live online at quilliampress.com on Sunday, April 15, 2012 7:00-8:00pm (GMT). The reco...

Book on Prophet Muhammad Enters World Records
The largest book ever published, This is Muhammad, on the life of Prophet Muhammad was unveiled in Dubai recently. Dr Mohammed Saeed Al Awlaki, Chairman of the board of Mshahed Investment Group, told Khaleej Times that the book is written by Dr Abdullah Abdulaziz Al Muslih, Saudi author and Secretary General of the Complex for Islamic Jurisprudence Research in Riyadh. “The book, weighing ov...

1,500-year-old Handwritten Bible Kept in Ankara, Ministry Confir
The Turkish minister of culture and tourism on Thursday confirmed media reports suggesting that a 1,500-year-old Bible that was discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation in 2000 is being kept in Ankara today. According to media reports on Thursday, the Bible was seized from a gang smuggling artifacts during a police operation in southern Turkey in 2010 and reportedly prese...