Based on an annotation in an Islamicate manuscript that was acquired in the Caribbean, in 1773, an enslaved West African person in Léogâne (Haiti) wrote an Arabic charm in the presence of Pierre DuSimitiere. The talismanic charm is “mostly comprised of several repeated verses from the Qurʾān [with] a few words in Soninke.”
A man tore up and burned a Koran outside Stockholm's central mosque on Wednesday, an event that risks angering Turkey as Sweden bids to join NATO, after Swedish police granted permission for the protest to take place.
To celebrate #today’s #Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, known as #EidAlAdha, here is #art representing the Pilgrimage/ #Hajj to the Holy Kaaba — 1 of the 5 pillars of #Islam 🕋
Wishing all Muslims who observe, a peaceful, joyous, blessed ✨Eid al-Adha✨as well as a portion of the great vision, trust & sacrifice that occasioned this Feast 🤲🏼
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Sudan's paramilitary forces, which have been fighting the country's army for months, have announced a unilateral truce during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
https://www.baytalfann.com/post/the-kaaba-and-the-kiswah
Article on the black covering of the Kabaa. Fun fact for Germans: "Approximately 120kg of silver & gold threads that come from Germany are used to emboss the Quranic verses on the Kiswah. "
So part of the Kabaa is 'Made in Germany' 😁 #islam#muslim#hajj
Got my #book signed by the author today!! Definitely recommended. They're a great person too.
We have always been here: a #queer#muslim#memoir by Samra Habib
🇮🇳 🇺🇸 #Modi State Visit | AP Headline: "Biden promotes human rights as Modi says 'absolutely no space for discrimination' during state visit"
Notably, the word "Muslim" doesn't appear until para 21, after a lotta yada yada about democracy, close ties and details of multibilliion-dollar investments in #India and the manufacture of US military hardware there.
"The World's Largest Democracy" isn't really any more, and MSM is content to gloss right over it.
"‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags - Many liberals celebrated when Hamtramck, Michigan, elected a Muslim-majority council in 2015 but a vote to exclude LGBTQ+ flags from city property has soured relations
In 2015, many liberal residents in Hamtramck, Michigan, celebrated as their city attracted international attention for becoming the first in the United States to elect a Muslim-majority city council.
They viewed the power shift and diversity as a symbolic but meaningful rebuke of the Islamophobic rhetoric that was a central theme of then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign.
This week many of those same residents watched in dismay as a now fully Muslim and socially conservative city council passed legislation banning Pride flags from being flown on city property that had – like many others being flown around the country – been intended to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.
Muslim residents packing city hall erupted in cheers after the council’s unanimous vote, and on Hamtramck’s social media pages, the taunting has been relentless: “Fagless City”, read one post, emphasized with emojis of a bicep flexing."
"#Senate Confirms First #Muslim American #Woman To Be A #Federal#Judge
Nusrat #Choudhury, a longtime civil rights attorney, squeaked through despite opposition from Republicans and Democrat Joe [Maserati] #Manchin.
The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Nusrat Choudhury to a lifetime federal judgeship, putting the first-ever Muslim American woman on the federal bench."
Ismail al-Jazari, a #Muslim inventor from the 12th century is known as the "father of robotics" due to his groundbreaking work in the field of automata, which are self-operating machines.
Al Jazari gained fame for inventions, included: #robots programmed to provide guests with towels, programmable on-off switches for fountains, automated mechanical clocks & much more.
If anyone can recommend a history of the last 20 years in the #MiddleEast written by a practicing #Muslim, that is, not a Western style liberal, please do. The books that make it into US libraries tend to favour secular “democracy” following the Western neoliberal model as the solution to all ills, even those written by people from the region.
I think I am just about done with #Mastodon. It was a (not) fun little experiment. I don't know why I thought that it would be safer for #Muslims, but the #fediverse has turned out to be exactly the same as every other corner of the Internet. #SocialMedia is like the USA. No #SafeSpace for Muslims, and if we complain, then we're part of the problem. #Allyships also run only one way here. Folks cry for us to support them, but refuse to support us in return. #MastodonSoWhite#MastodonSoBigoted
Also known as the father of #algebra,
Al-Khwarizmi's #book, "Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing” introduced systematic methods for solving linear & quadratic equations.
Using letters as symbols to represent unknown quantities, lay the foundation for symbolic algebra.
Study: "Republicans’ support for providing taxpayer funds to religious schools fell by nearly 10 points...when they were informed that there are #Muslim and #Jewish schools in addition to Christian options."
The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, #Iran is known as the #Pink#Mosque
It gets its name from rose-colored tiles covering mosque exterior & pink hue sunlight creates on interior when it shines through stained glass windows
Built in late 19th century during Qajar dynasty, the mosque is not just a place of worship, but a work of #art showing #beauty & #creativity of Islamic #architecture & #design.
@nikikursalow Welcome to Paktodon.Asia, the first Pakistani mastodon instance!
Heres some tips for you to get started, feel free to ask around for helpful, its a very nice community here. #WelcomeWednesday
You must be using either the Tusky app on android, a web browser on a pc, or any other third-party app; the official mastodon app has very limited features:
In 852, a 1000 years before the #airplane by Wright brothers, Abbas Ibn Firnas jumped from the minaret of the Grand Mosque in #cordoba using a loose cloak stiffened with wooden struts.
The cloak slowed his fall, creating what is thought to be the 1st parachute, and leaving him with only minor injuries
His designs would have been an #inspiration for Leonardo da Vinci, 💯s of years later
Protesters burn Koran at Stockholm mosque on Eid holiday (www.reuters.com)
A man tore up and burned a Koran outside Stockholm's central mosque on Wednesday, an event that risks angering Turkey as Sweden bids to join NATO, after Swedish police granted permission for the protest to take place.
Sudan's RSF announce ceasefire for Eid al-Adha holiday (en.mehrnews.com)
TEHRAN, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Sudan's paramilitary forces, which have been fighting the country's army for months, have announced a unilateral truce during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.