Prof. Dr. Ragheb ElSergani participated in the XII Congress of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, which was held on Saturday morning, January 31, 2015 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Also, many prominent figures interested in the Muslim youth activities took part, More

From the moment of her accession to the throne in 1558, Elizabeth began seeking diplomatic, commercial and military ties with Muslim rulers in Iran, Turkey and Morocco and with good reasons. More

The city of Iznik, reknown for its beautiful Ottoman tiles now adds another badge of honour to its name with the discovery of the first Ottoman mosque that was built by Orhan Gazi. Excavations have unearthed the mosque which also had a separate accomodation area for visitors. The mosque is known to have some of the oldest Iznik tiles ever More

According to current estimate, there are fewer Muslims of all ages in the U.S. than there are Jews by religion (5.7 million) but more than there are Hindus (2.1 million) and many more than there are Sikhs. More

The U.S. has received 28,957 Muslim refugees so far in fiscal year 2016, or nearly half (46%) of the more than 63,000 refugees who have entered the country since the fiscal year began Oct. 1, 2015, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center. That means that already this year the U.S. More

So long as this hatred does not amount to direct violence or inciting violence against any individual or group, people are free to express their aversion to religions and ideologies as much as they like. This can be in the form of a polite expression of disagreement, or it could be expressed with insults and mockery. More

The status of Muslims in the west is under threat. The increased prevalence of anti-Muslim hate crime is only one of the more visible consequences. In the UK, Muslim schoolchildren are suffering a “backlash” of abuse, according to the teaching unions; Muslim women are the victims of more than half of Islamophobic attacks, says Tell MAMA. More

If you compel somebody to be a Muslim then they wouldn’t really be a Muslim, because to be a Muslim means that you have to be a Muslim at heart. More

Finance aims to facilitate economic transactions and real economic activity. More

Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or impulses that are experienced, at some time during the disturbance, as intrusive and unwanted, and that in most individuals cause marked anxiety or distress. More

Second, the puzzle of foreign fighters is no less obscured by an overemphasis on the allure of Salafism. Again, the tendency here is to ignore any motivation except the overriding call of the Salafi jihadist who persuades converts of the truth of Islam and of their responsibility to wage war in defense of the Islamic community. In ISIL’ case, More

First, we lack a good grasp of the motivations of those who fight for or alongside ISIL, so we assume that they are motivated by Salafism and the desire to live in a caliphate. What information we do have comes almost entirely from ISIL propaganda and recruitment videos, a few interviews, and the occasional news report about a foreign fighter More