Women Retake Islam: The Prophet -- And My Mother -- Would Be Pro
Women Retake Islam: The Prophet -- And My Mother -- Would Be Proud Kamran Pasha Jun 06,2011 Many fans have asked where I have been for the past few months. I have been a regular blogger for the Huffington Post since 2009, often commenting on issues relating to Islam and the media, which as a Muslim in Hollywood is perhaps appropriate. But I have not written a post either here or on my own persona...

Int'l Conference on the Companions of Prophet Muhammad
Int'l Conference on the Companions of Prophet Muhammad Jun 29,2011 Hyderabad, Jun 29 (PTI) An International Conference on `Azmat-E-Sahaba' -- companions of Prophet Muhammad -- will start here on Friday. The 3-day conference is being organised by Jamia Islamia Darululoom which will be attended by Islamic Scholars from the middle-east, Nepal, Denmark and Canada, said Mohammed Raheemuddin An...

BBC to show film on Muhammad's life
Jun 20,2011 The BBC is to trace the journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad for a new series which is claimed to be a first for British television. Al Jazeera reporter Rageh Omaar will present the three-part programme for BBC2, following in the prophet's footsteps from Mecca and along the journeys he took during his life. To ensure the programmes are in line with Islamic tradition, they will ...

Hadith and Sirah Research Awards
The fourth of the annual Hadith and Sirah Research Awards Ceremony, hosted by IRCICA, was held on Saturday April 9th at Yıldız Saray in Istanbul, Turkey. Many prominent guests, such as the Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertuğrul Günay, General Director of IRCICA Mohammed Thamimi, and the wife of Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sare Davutoğlu were present as the winners’ names were announced...

Live from the Ka’ba
Watch a live daily broadcast from SaudiTV in Mecca of the Ka’ba during the five daily prayers via LastProphet.info. TheTarawih prayers in Mecca during the month of Ramadan can also be viewed here.   (Please note: occasional broadcasting interruptions are SaudiTV-related and not connected to Lastprophet.info)

Live from the Prophet's Mosque (Masjid al-Nabawi)
Live broadcasts of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina can be viewed 24 hours at LastProphet.info. (Please note: occasional broadcasting interruptions are SaudiTV-related and not connected to Lastprophet.info)    

Get Your Voice Heard
Lastprophet.info invites postgraduate students to submit articles on Islamic topics related to Hadith and/or Sirah, Islamophobia, perceptions of Islam and/or Prophet Muhammad in the media. Articles could be about misrepresentations and misconceptions of Islam and Prophet Muhammad in the post 9/11 world, or they could refer back to as early as 14th century perceptions.    Potential topic...

Is Mecca becoming New York?
    The Ka’ba, which has maintained its firm spot as the center of tawhid – belief in the the oneness of Allah – since it’s initial construction by Prophet Ibrahim (p.b.u.h.) and his declaration of the hajj (pilgrimage), is shrinking before our very eyes. Is the Ka’ba, which has held its ground against natural disaster...

Hijri New Year - 1432
December 6 & 7, 2010/1432 A.H. (anno hegirae)marks the beginning of the first month in the Islamic (lunar) Calendar called Muharram, and the Islamic New Year, or Hijri New Year. This day is significant for Muslims because it is the day that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) reached Yathrib in the year 622 C.E., after fleeing from his own people in Mecca who had set out to kill him, in fear that his mes...

International Seminar on Modern Trends in Sirah Writing
An international seminar on Sirah is being organised under the joint auspices of the National Sirah Study Centre, Islamic Research Institute and Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue, International Islamic University, Islamabad (26-28 March, 2011) to take stock of the different approaches to the subject, and to attempt critical surveys of the major studies on Sirah along with th...

Lastprophet.info Met With 35,000 People at ISNA
Lastprophet.info recently attended the ISNA (Islamic Society North America) Congress, the most important organization that brings American Muslims together. Representing our site, our editors participated in the activities which were held in Columbus, Ohio. Also a Lastprophet.info stand was set up at the fair, which was organized together with the conference. Thousands visited the stand. In addit...

New volumes of Holy Qur'an Encyclopedia
Head of the Koranic Encyclopedia of the Islamic Sciences and Culture Research Center of the Qom Seminary said four new volumes (24-27) of the Holy Koran Encyclopedia have been published. According to the public relations and international affairs office of the Islamic Promotion Office of the Qom Seminary, Hujatoleslam Isa Isazadeh added that the encyclopedia is being prepared as a 33 volume proje...