Islamic Forum

Islamic Forum

Tomorrow is Id Al-Kabir

The ‘Id al-Kabir is the Great Festival. It is great because of the merger that it forges between the profane and the sacred. This is a festival which

Wales appoints Hanan Issa as its first Muslim national poet

Hanan Issa, a Welsh-Iraqi poet, film-maker and artist, has been named the fifth national poet of Wales. As national poet Issa, who is due to serve a t

Islamic banking gets nod in Australia

Australia has licensed its first-ever Islamic bank, the Islamic Bank of Australia (IBA). IBA will be the first Australian bank to offer a full suite o

1m Muslims gather at Mount Arafat today as Hajj reaches climax

One million Muslims will, today, gather at the sacred hill of Mount Arafat, near the holy city of Makkah in Saudi Arabia, for an intense day of worshi

The Religion with Allah is Islam: The days of blessings are here

The days of blessings that are immanent in the month of Dhul Hijjah (the first to the tenth day of Dhul Hijjah) are here. The Almighty says: “That the