Islamic Forum

Islamic Forum

Hijrah 1444: The meaning and ‘meaning of meaning’ of migration (III)

But the Hijrah of the Prophet from Makkah to Madinah did not and could not even have taken place the way it did without the resolution of matters whic

Muslims honour Abdurresid, who introduced Islam to Japan in 1900

The 78th anniversary of the passing of Abdurresid Ibrahim, a Tatar-Turkish traveller known for his efforts to introduce Islam to Japanese society, was

Canadian town builds mosque to retain Muslim doctors

The town of Gander in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, is working with its local Muslim community to establish the town’s first mos

India: Outrage as rapists of Muslim woman freed

Indian activists and politicians have condemned the decision by a court in the western Indian state of Gujarat to release 11 men who had received life

Hijrah 1444: The meaning and ‘meaning of meaning’ of migration (II)

But in reading the Qur’an for the Hijrah we run into a brick wall. This is because the Hijra is not effusively celebrated by the Qur’an. No chapter is