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Barakah or Umm Ayman was the name of the woman whom the noble Prophet esteemed so highly. She was the first person to hold him in her arms when he was born and the only person who knew him from that point until his death.

The last time I went to Jummah, I had to keep shifting positions so I wouldn't fall asleep during the Khutbah. The Khateeb was as usual tying in his discussion of the Quran and Sunnah with the state of the Muslims in the world today.

Once upon a time, a widely circulated Jewish document described Islam as "an act of God's Mercy". Also, Jews in the near East, north Africa and Spain threw their support behind advancing Muslim Arab armies. No, these aren't fairy tales or propaganda. 

Muslims are now a new, although small, variable in the most powerful nation of the world. Here's a brief synopsis of what Muslims achieved and areas where we failed across the globe this year.

A chronology of the Kashmir dispute. Kashmir is a beautiful paradise on earth, which has been burning for over a half-century now.

The city of Jerusalem in Islam is very sacred to Muslims. It is one of the three most sacred cities in Islam. Jerusalem is called al-Quds al-Sharif (the Noble Sacred Place). In order to understand the sacredness of this city in Islam, one has to understand the faith structure of Islam. 

How much money is printed each day? The beginning of an establishment for the engraving and printing of U.S. currency can be traced as far back as August 29, 1862. Learn more interesting facts about money in the U.S. here.