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Bakra Eid is the local name given to the formal name of an Islamic festival Eid ul-Azha, one of the two festivals encouraged by the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) to be celebrated. Meaning the festival of sacrifice the word Eid is a derivative of the linguistic root Awdah (Return) and the word Adhha means morning brightness…
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Zarb-e-Kaleem translated into English “The Rod of Mosses” is a collection of poetry by Hakimul Ummah, crusader for the Indians Muslims and the Muslims around the world and the creator of Pakistan. This book is subtitled – Declaration of War against the Present Times – This is a philosophical musing on the current issues of…
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Shahi Jama Masjid is a splendid mosque built by the just and versatile emperor Babar and it is the center of religious, spiritual and social activities of Indian Muslims inhabited the area. Mosque has a vital and pivotal place in the Islamic way of life and whenever a Muslim resides he wants first of all…
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Fani Badayuni was one of the most celebrated poets from Badayun in Uttar Pradesh. He is known for his pessimism and melancholic composition on the tragic sides of the existence: हर नफ़स आह और अन्फ़ास पे जिने का मदार ज़िन्दगी आहे मुसलसल के सिवा कुछ भी नही (We are forced to make sighs very moment…
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Sheen Muzaffarpuri, real name Wali-ur-Rahman, name de plume ‘Shaida’ was a prominent fiction writer, who was born in 1920 in a village Baath Asli, a small hamlet in Nanpur subdivision Sitamarhi in the then district of Muzaffarpur in north Bihar. He experimented with a host of literary genres. He published about 10 collections of short…
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Ramazan is a holy month in Islam, in which the persons adhering to Islam perform a special duty of fasting from dawn to sunset. Ramazan is meant to discipline a person in certain vital qualities required to face the harsh realities of human existence, refraining from eating, smoking, drinking and from other pleasurable activities. It…
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Once upon a time, Kalyan was a busy port so a number of trades from Arabia and other countries landed here for business. When they preached and intermarried, there emerged a Muslim community, which is called as Konkani Muslims today. Konkani Muslims in Kalyan has a long history of maritime trade. A majority of the…
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The Islamic institution Jamia Arabia Hathaura, Banda, Uttar Pradesh is a deep rooted academic institution in democratic India has been established to meet the mounting needs of Islamic propagation in India and to fill the emptiness in the field of meaningful Islamic higher studies. About 16 KM away in the east of Banda city, Hathaura…
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Rehan Fazal, Senior Journalist of BBC One day prior to his passing away, the first Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar handed over a chit of paper to Mr Golwalkar, the content of which was “Before you hand over my body to the doctors, I would like to convey you that…
