Ashura

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The Super Day of Ashura

While I won't mark Ashura as Shia Muslims in Iraq and Iran do, I plan to fast and commemmorate.

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, Islamic Holidays, God, Islam Page, Ashura, thing way, isThis day, Shi'a, world religion, Muslims

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A Doctor Finds Hope in His Muslim Faith

When confronted with desperately ill patients, a doctor reflects on the hope symbolized by the Muslim holiday Ashura

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, infection, Blood Pressure, care medicine, Blood, life saving blood flow, patient, care doctor, culture plate, Family, care unit

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'Ashura: A Day of Remembrance

What is the significance of 'Ashura? Also: female circumcision and the use of musical instruments in worship.

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, Circumcision, female circumcision, Singing, musical instruments, labia minora, Islamic, females ability, Female, evening prayers, day falls

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Avoiding Post-Ramadan Letdown

How to keep the blessings and benefits alive for the rest of the year.

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, Ramadan, Muslims, special devotional prayers, devotional night prayers, Prayer, Fasting, annual alms tax, time fasting outside, Rest, obligatory annual alms

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Why Muslims Love Moses

And yet, I lament the tension that exists between the American Muslim and Jewish communities.

Related Topics: Faiths, Muslims, Jews, Faith Communities, verses mention, Peace, law professor, Communities, Muslims Love Moses, death pass, Quran

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Ask the Imam Index

Imams Feisal Rauf and Sa'dullah Khan answer your questions on Islam.

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, Muslims, Imam Index, Marriage, male babies, Sex, family member, Sin, marriage partners, Quran

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Shiites Mark 'Ashura With Verbal Attacks on U.S., Israel

Holiday commemorates 1,400-year-old incident that led to Islam's sectarian split into Sunni and Shi'ite divisions.

Related Topics: Faiths, Islam, Death, southern Lebanese market, American administration, procession, Lebanese market town, rocket launcher, marched, shiites, uprisings stones, resistances gun

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When Your Enemy is Your Best Hope

Muslims may chafe at the U.S. footprint in the Middle East, but they've seized the opening it's created for political change.

The Shiite Factor

How will Iraq's persecuted majority behave when the Saddam era is over?

Related Topics: News, shiites, Political, regime, doctrinal differences, southern marshland communities, shiite, supreme religious authority, Iraqi opposition forces, Iraq, shiism

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America: Shared Enemy

How do Sunni and Shi`i Muslims understand the events of the last year? And what does it mean for nation-building?

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Ashura

The Super Day of Ashura

A Doctor Finds Hope in His Muslim Faith

'Ashura: A Day of Remembrance

Avoiding Post-Ramadan Letdown

Why Muslims Love Moses

Ask the Imam Index

Shiites Mark 'Ashura With Verbal Attacks on U.S., Israel

When Your Enemy is Your Best Hope

The Shiite Factor

America: Shared Enemy

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