There was an old Jew by name Shammas bin Qays during the time of the Holy Prophet (saws) who was a very tough opponent of Islam. It once happened that he passed by a group of Muslims from the tribes of Aws and Khazraj sitting in a group chatting amicably with each other.
Why I am never going back to America
By Zeba Khan, US Citizen, Amreekan Palat
I may be an American citizen, but that’s not my fault. I ask the reader to please forgive me that much and continue with the rest of the article. As a consequence of having been born, raised, and college educated in the States, I have gora-saab Urdu, a severe allergy to mosquito bites and a blue passport, but again, that’s not my fault.
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, the following dialogue ensued hundreds of times all over Pakistan.
“Ah my beloved, she has hair like liquid night, pouring down her shoulders…”
“And her skin?”
“Creamy, deep, and rich brown!”
“And her eyes?”
“Her eyes! They are lustrous black, bottomless pools of passion, they shine like diamonds…sigh…”
“Surely Allah changes not the condition of a people, until they change their own condition.” Holy Quran 13:11
Some Western writers, journalists, and columnists tend to focus on and accentuate the negative aspects of conditions indicated in the recently released report on the contemporary status of the Arab world. But the good news is that: “A team of nearly 30 authorities in various field, including