WASHINGTON – Prominent Muslim scholar Dr. Jamal Badawi refuted a claim by an American-Yemeni imam that the shooting tragedy at Fort Hood military base was an act of Jihad against the enemies of Islam.
"It is a very serious issue for any person to say Islam says this. I have a very fundamental disagreement with this," Dr. Badawi, who teaches in Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, told IslamOnline.net.
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday, November 17, that `Eid Al-Adha, one of the two main religious festivals on the Islamic calendar, will fall on Friday, November 27.
"The new moon of Dhul-Hijjah was sighted by trusted witnesses on Tuesday in a number of provinces," the Supreme Judicial Council said in a statement published by the state-run Saudi Press Agency.
Fourteen hundred years ago, a humble merchant who could not read or write changed the face of Arabia. Today, his influence has spread to every corner of the world including the United States. This is the story Muslims have passed down from generation to generation for 1400 years. It is a story about the merchant, husband, father, statesman and warrior whom they consider the final prophet…, the man whose legacy continues to shape their lives today.
