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BBC — A new exhibition aims to celebrate the role Muslims...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:43:28 -0400

The Bosnian Hardaga family helped shelter a family of Jews

BBC — A new exhibition aims to celebrate the role Muslims played in saving Jewish lives during the Holocaust.

The Righteous Muslim Exhibition is being launched at the Board of Deputies of British Jews in Bloomsbury, central London.

Photographs of 70 Muslims who sheltered Jews during World War II will be displayed alongside stories detailing their acts of heroism.

The exhibition hopes to inspire new research into instances of collaboration between the Muslim and Jewish communities.

Yad Vashem, Israel’s official memorial to victims of the Holocaust, honours nearly 25,000 so-called “righteous persons” who risked their lives to protect the Jewish community during Nazi Germany’s reign of terror.

Some 70 Muslims have recently been added to the list. The exhibition explores their stories.

‘Empathy and cohesion’

Among the “righteous” are the Hardaga family from Bosnia who provided shelter for the Jewish Kavilio family when German forces occupied Bosnia in 1943.

Half a century later, the Hardagas were themselves saved by the Kavilios during the Bosnian Civil War.

Photograph: The Bosnian Hardaga family helped shelter a family of Jews

"How you react to those who disagree with you and those who excel beyond you displays your true..."

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:01:32 -0400

“How you react to those who disagree with you and those who excel beyond you displays your true character.”

- Mufti Menk

"Do not turn your face from others with pride, nor walk arrogantly on earth. Verily the Almighty does..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:35:47 -0400

“Do not turn your face from others with pride, nor walk arrogantly on earth. Verily the Almighty does not like those who are arrogant and boastful.”

- Qur’an 31:18

"Not everything needs to happen the way you want it to happen. Give others a chance to do it their..."

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 20:00:21 -0400

“Not everything needs to happen the way you want it to happen. Give others a chance to do it their way too.”

- Mufti Menk

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Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:53:14 -0400

#Sorry

"If we took one atom of Abu Bakr or Umar’s love and split it among the entire ummah,..."

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:31:20 -0400

“If we took one atom of Abu Bakr or Umar’s love and split it among the entire ummah, they’d be dazzled in love.”

- Habib Kadhim

"Counting other people’s sins does not make you a saint."

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:01:32 -0400

“Counting other people’s sins does not make you a saint.”

- Unknown

"Only your certainty that Allah is more merciful to you than your own self can remove your worries."

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:43:26 -0400

“Only your certainty that Allah is more merciful to you than your own self can remove your worries.”

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Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:03:19 -0400

I am very intersted in Islam. Could you possibly send me a copy of the Qur'an? I would greatly appreciate it. I am very eager to learn more.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:19:00 -0500

Salam aleykum,

We’re glad to hear that! You can order a free copy of the Qur’an here. Or you could download PDF versions here and here. This starter kit also provides many readings that you may want to consider if you wish to perfect your understanding of Islam :-)

Hope that helps!

"The best of the actions is to love for the sake of Allah and to hate for the sake of Allah."

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:07:24 -0500

“The best of the actions is to love for the sake of Allah and to hate for the sake of Allah.”

- Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) [Abu Dawud]

"A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over..."

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:00:21 -0500

“A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allah will bring him out of the discomforts of the Day of Resurrection, and whoever screened a Muslim, Allah will screen him on the Day of Resurrection.”

- Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) [Bukhari]

"Never give one whose heart is deviant access to your two ears, for surely you never know what may..."

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:09:23 -0500

“Never give one whose heart is deviant access to your two ears, for surely you never know what may find fixity in you.”

- ʻUmar b. ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz

إنما المؤمنون إخوة فأصلحوا بين أخويكم واتقوا الله لعلكم ترحمون

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:31:00 -0500

All believers are but brothers. Hence, make peace between your two brothers, and remain conscious of God, so that you might be graced with His mercy. (49:10)

"He does not belong to us who does not show mercy to our young ones and respect to our old ones, who..."

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:16:00 -0500

“He does not belong to us who does not show mercy to our young ones and respect to our old ones, who does not recommend what is reputable and prohibit what is disreputable.”

- Prophet Muhammad ﷺ [Tirmidhi]

"He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest; he who believes in Allah and the..."

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:12:00 -0500

“He who believes in Allah and the Last Day should honour his guest; he who believes in Allah and the Last Day should not annoy his neighbours; and he who believes in Allah and the Last Day should say what is good or keep silent.”

- Prophet Muhammad ﷺ [Bukhari, Muslim]

“Your smile is charity” ads in Austria Taking the...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:30:37 -0500

“Your smile is charity” ads in Austria

Taking the Prophet’s ﷺ words as its motto, the Islamic Federation in Vienna’s most recent campaign aims at introducing the values of Islam by way of promoting social harmony, warmth and service for the general benefit.

This initiative, which has been running for the past seven years under different campaigns, is seen in Austria as a call for solidarity and tolerance, as well as a contribution to multiculturalism.

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:07:00 -0500

Tips to wake up for Fajr prayer by Nouman Ali Khan

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:51:15 -0500

Tips to wake up for Fajr prayer by Nouman Ali Khan

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Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:20:49 -0500