News and Views
Reading Week [Open Thread]!
Feb 19th
Posted by Sabour Al-Kandari in News and Views
Asalaamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatu,
OPEN THREAD! This means you comment, we read, you comment again, and we either pick a fight or learn something.
Reading week is upon us! Of course, it goes without saying that any sort of reading is blasphemy for the next 10 days, but since this isn’t school work, it seems like a great time to get a lot of website news up to date.
First, as you may have noticed, I’ve been playing around with the colours and added a winter effect. I’m a newbie photoshopper so just to let you guys know these things aren’t difficult if More >
Handling Halloween
Oct 31st
Posted by Astute in News and Views
Author: Ahsan Aqeel Should Muslims be celebrating Halloween or taking part in its related events held on and off campus?
Before I discuss whether Muslims should be celebrating Halloween or not, I will describe its origin and how it evolved through out many years into what it is today.
Halloween is said to have originated from the Eve of Samhain. Samhain marks the start of winter and the first day of the New Year among the ancient pagans of the British Isles. At this time, it was believed that supernatural forces gathered together and that the barrier between the supernatural and human More >