Isra’ Mi’raj in Islam
Posted by admin on Jul 10, 2010 | 3 Comments
In Islamic tradition, the Night Journey, Isra and Mi’raj, are the two parts of a journey that the Islamic prophet Muhammad took in one night on a winged horse, around the year 621. Most Muslims consider it a physical journey while others say it happened spiritually through a metaphorical vision. Some others say that when Muhammad ascended it was a physical journey until he reached the farthest lote tree, a tree...
Biography of Frida Kahlo
Posted by admin on Jul 07, 2010 | 2 Comments
Frida Kahlo de Rivera (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954; born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón) was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán. She painted “pain and passion”using intense, vibrant colors. Her style “close to folk art” (Primitivism, Naïve art) was influenced among others by indigenous cultures of Mexico, European Realism, Symbolism, and Surrealism. Many of her works are self-portraits....
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968)
Posted by admin on Mar 15, 2010 | 3 Comments
Keller in 1904
Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. The story of how Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan, broke through the isolation imposed by a near complete lack of language, allowing the girl to blossom as she learned to communicate, has become known worldwide through the...
April Fools’ Day celebrations in the Islamic view
Posted by andy on Mar 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Astaghfirullah…..
I just know that if it turns out there is the April Fool’s Day …
Day where we can do ignorant or lying to everyone. Actually for Muslims alone, it is a day of massacre Muslims in spanish …..
Are we going to commemorate the day when our brother was killed, by lying or teasing another person?
What is the solidarity of our fellow Muslims?
Would like it will we allow?
But,...
