31Apr 14, 2015
For those who are unaware or blissfully above the distractions of social media, Humans of New York (HONY) is a photography project by Brandon Stanton, well-known for taking photos of seemingly ordinary people on the streets of New York City and getting them to open up and reveal insights into their lives that are often […]
32Mar 20, 2015
What: Lecture “When Allah Rewrites My Life” Where: Singapore Expo Max Atria Who: Ustadh Usama Canon When: 6 December 2014 By: SimplyIslam When Allah Rewrites My Life, held at the Singapore Expo Max Atria on Saturday, 6th December, was Ustadh’s second public lecture of the Clarity and Balance Tour. Ustadh Abdul Hakeem, imam of […]
33Jul 1, 2014
We are sitting on an air-conditioned bus on the way to the Turkey-Syria border. The landscape is vast, vast land, as far as my eyes could see. The bus was silent as we really had not much to say. What can you really say when you see with your own eyes the side-effects of war? […]
34Mar 21, 2014
Our first clue that something was different was when my wife, usually a night owl for whom turning in at midnight was an early night, started falling asleep at 9pm. She also started experiencing body aches, and her period had been late for awhile. As her cycle was usually irregular we didn’t suspect anything was […]
35Mar 20, 2014
In defence of the Prophetic Traditions “I leave behind me two things, the Quran and my Sunnah, and if you follow these you will never go astray.” The Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him), in his farewell sermon Several articles questioning the validity of the hadith have come to light recently, most recently in the […]
36Feb 26, 2014
What: The Mantle Adorned: Reflections on Burdah Where: Simply Islam, Still Rd Who: Shaykh Ahmad Saad When: 22 November 2013, 8pm Organised by SimplyIslam When was the last time you wrote something out of love? Yeah the once in a while birthday/mother's/father's day dedication on social media but that's about the best I can remember. [...]
37Feb 25, 2014
What: Young Muslim Entrepreneurs Seminars Where: Singapore Management University Who: Harasha Bafana, NurHafihz Noor, Ustaz Syed Mustafa Alsagoff, Ustaz Muhammad Tarmizi Abdul Wahid, Aminordin Omar, Mohamed Nassir Abdul Shukur When: 11th January 2014 By: SIM Malay Cultural and Muslim society Entrepreneurship has become a lost trade in the Muslim community, and something which Muslims do [...]
38Feb 24, 2014
1. Set the right intentions. Being a leader is regarded as a privilege but in truth, it is a trust (amanah) and to fulfill your responsibility you must begin with the right intentions. It is easy to say “I’m doing this for the sake of pleasing Allah subhanahu wa taala” but setting intentions also include [...]
39Feb 17, 2014
What: From MTV to Mecca Where: Shine Auditoroum, Shaw Towers. Who: Kristiane Backer When; 10 Jan 2014 By: Darul Arqam An award-winning MTV Video Jockey. Rumors of dating world-renowned (and indubitably dashing) cricketer Imran Khan. A conversion to Islam that made waves throughout the the Pop and media industry. And now, a book, From Mtv [...]
40Feb 17, 2014
Event Review: Shaykh Ahmad Saad - Approaching Allah: Understanding the concept of Tawassul What: Approaching Allah: Understanding the Concept of Tawassul Where: SimplyIslam.sg, 152 Still Road Who: Shaykh Ahmad Saad Al-Azhari When: 20th November 2013 By: SimplyIslam.sg Shaykh Ahmad Saad began the final lecture of his visit to Singapore by addressing the supposed controversial nature of the topic at hand. [...]
41Jan 3, 2014
Book Review: Muhammad (saw) The Perfect Teacher: An Insight Into His Teaching Methods by Sheikh ‘Abd Al-Fattah Abu Ghuddah. Revised Translation by Moulana Mahomed Mahomedy[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
42Dec 5, 2013
In Singapore, parents start sending their children at young age to pre-schools and then to secular Primary school and so on, for the sake of their children’s future – to gain as much knowledge as they can. What about Islamic Education that is missing from secular schools? Islamic education is equally as important to a [...]
43Dec 4, 2013
In this new era, technology has become an essential part of our lives. We are connected to the Internet and more importantly, connected to the people around us and around the world. Conducting ourselves in person, we know all too well the rules that govern it. In the online world, it is not written black [...]
44Dec 3, 2013
Some time ago, the following message attributed to an esteemed scholar went viral all around the world: It is a wonderful, motivating and uplifting message… Except that a third of it was not even from that particular scholar. I know this because the original source of the message is a close friend of mine. In [...]
45Dec 2, 2013
What: “I Don’t Believe In Reality” Where: Drama Theatre, School of the Arts Who: Mohsin Hamid When: Sun, 10 Nov By: National Arts Council, Singapore Writers Festival You may have read the books, you may have seen the movie, you may even share a similar heritage with this South Asian writer. Or you may be like me…Pakistani but never been [...]
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