Al-Masjid al-Aqsa is an Arabic name which means the Farthest Mosque. To understand its name, and its importance, it must be remembered that the roots of Islam began in the Arabian Peninsula.
Ten years after the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) received his first revelation, he made a miraculous night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and to the Seven Heavens on a white… read more »
Al-Andalus, which means, “to become green at the end of the summer” is referred to the territory of the Muslim empire in Southern Spain, which refer to the cities of Almeria, Malaga, Cadiz, Huelva, Seville, Cordoba, Jaen and Granada. This civilization spanned the eighth to the fifteenth century. In 711, Arabs crossed the Straight of Gibraltar and established control over… read more »
Cinnamon is a small tree that grows in India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Brazil, Vietnam, and Egypt. It’s one of the oldest known spices. To prepare it, the bark of the cinnamon tree is dried and rolled into cinnamon sticks, also called quills. Cinnamon can also be dried and ground into a powder. The characteristic flavor and aroma of cinnamon comes… read more »
Health is a part of our deen (religion). Allah (God) gave us our bodies, we are entrusted with them, and only we can control what we do to them. No one is holding up french fries and candy bars, forcing us to eat. We are eating way too much, and our food selections, simply said, aren’t the best. It’s time… read more »
On the television screen here in my hotel room in Damascus, the BBC and Al Jazeera news outlets carry jittery images by unsteady hand-held mobile phone cameras of police. I am witness to clouds of tear gas, bloodied protesters and still bodies sprawled on the street. It is this — the human toll of months of… read more »
Nadine Abu-Jubara is a Civil Engineer by day and a health and fitness guru by night. Nadine is from Orlando, FL and is the Executive Director of a non-profit health and fitness organization,... Continue reading
