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Are we free to choose with our sense and reason or is it all confined to the will of the Creator? On the dignity of humans what does God say? Where does mankind stand in Islam?

Islam and Dignity of Mankind (Part 1)

Are we free to choose with our sense and reason or is it all confined to the will of the Creator? On the dignity of humans what does God say? Where does mankind stand in Islam?

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Arabic language should be seen as one of the basic necessities for a person who wishes to study Islam.

Importance of Arabic Language in Islam

Arabic language should be seen as one of the basic necessities for a person who wishes to study Islam.

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Though people with special needs are exempted from the military form of jihad, they are not exempted from its reward if they really have sincere intentions to engage in it.

People with Special Needs from an Islamic Perspective

Though people with special needs are exempted from the military form of jihad, they are not exempted from its reward if they really have sincere intentions to engage in it.

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How Does Islam Fight Slavery?: The principle that human beings are born free and that slavery is accidental is accepted by all the scholars of Islam.

How Does Islam Fight Slavery?

How Does Islam Fight Slavery?: The principle that human beings are born free and that slavery is accidental is accepted by all the scholars of Islam.

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Form all God’s servants, there’re chosen ones, and from those chosen there’re those who deserve the greatest favors of God. Who might they be and what are they granted and why?

The Greatest Bounty of God: For Whom?

Form all God’s servants, there’re chosen ones, and from those chosen there’re those who deserve the greatest favors of God. Who might they be and what are they granted and why?

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Is there ‘anything’ in Islam that encourages acts of violence and terrorism? Why are many criminal acts are put in Islam’s account? Does God call us to hate, attack? How do you define terrorist attacks by Muslims?

How Islam Defines Terrorism

Is there ‘anything’ in Islam that encourages acts of violence and terrorism? Why are many criminal acts are put in Islam’s account? Does God call us to hate, attack? How do you define terrorist attacks by Muslims?

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The Prophet told us of a woman who kept a cat and did not feed or gave water to it until it passed away. Allah punished this woman and entered her Hellfire because of her bad treatment to an animal.

Kindness to Animals

The Prophet told us of a woman who kept a cat and did not feed or gave water to it until it passed away. Allah punished this woman and entered her Hellfire because of her bad treatment to an animal.

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Allah is most perfectly Just. He has given us a chance to make our lives full of purpose during our time on earth so that we can be judged fairly on the Day of Judgment.

Choosing a Religion? (1/2)

Allah is most perfectly Just. He has given us a chance to make our lives full of purpose during our time on earth so that we can be judged fairly on the Day of Judgment.

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Is protecting the environment a religious obligation in Islam? Is there something in Islamic law that demands protection of the environment? What’s the individual’s responsibility in that process?

Islamic Law in Protecting Environment

Is protecting the environment a religious obligation in Islam? Is there something in Islamic law that demands protection of the environment? What’s the individual’s responsibility in that process?

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Throughout the ages, we’ve heard the resonant principles of freedom and democracy as fundamental human rights. Is Islam incompatible with such rights and freedoms? From what perspective should Islam be compared to any political, social or economic systems?

Islam, Democracy and Worldly Systems

Throughout the ages, we’ve heard the resonant principles of freedom and democracy as fundamental human rights. Is Islam incompatible with such rights and freedoms? From what perspective should Islam be compared to any political, social or economic systems?

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