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Health Corner : Don’t let Your Lungs and Health go up in Smoke!

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Najeeb Karimi, Family Practice CMC Cabarrus Family Medicine 5435 Prosperity Church Rd #2200, Charlotte,NC, (704) 863-9830 Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of several major diseases and there are an estimated 400,000 deaths that occur annually in the US. Second-hand smoking causes an additional 40,000 deaths each year; so if you are not smoking but someone […]

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Finding Unity in Diversity (An Interview with Imam Athif Chaudhary)

Is the West Inherently Un-Islamic ? (Yahya) Ederer

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There is undoubtedly a Western-ophobia common among devoted Muslims, which is sometimes just as misplaced and unfair toward Western people and values as Islamophobia is to us. The presence of Muslims in the West was quite insignificant until the last few decades in which we have seen exponential growth. At the same time, through mass

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Celebrating Eid in the Way of the Prophet

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The Hanbali school opinion is that it suffices if at least a group from the community performs it [fard kifayah]. The Maliki and Shafi’i schools’ opinions is that Eid prayer is a sure/documented practice of the Prophet [sunnah mu’akadah].

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How the Month of Ramadan Unites Muslims

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Imam Khalil A. Akbar The fourth pillar of Al- Islam is fasting in the month of Ramadan, which is the ninth month of the Islamic Calendar. In Arabic it is called “Sawm.” The word means “heat” or “burning” and indicates that Ramadan is a month of protection from our fiery passions and desires. This month

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Sean Haugh Responds to Carolina Muslims Concerns

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The October issue of Carolina Muslims is missing one article that we had hoped to bring to you. We reached out to all three candidates of the Senate race for North Carolina to ask them specific questions that we felt were keyed to Muslim-American concerns. Neither Kay Hagan nor Thom Tillis responded even after dozens

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O You Muslim, Do Not Despair!

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Imam Atif Chaudhry & Duston Barto There is so much strife and misery in the Muslim world, from Gaza to Burma; from China to Philippines, from Iraq and Syria to Somalia and Libya. There is much chaos in the world and Muslims everywhere are affected by it. As a people of one ummah, we feel

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Introduction to the BIBLE(S)

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by Linda “iLham” Barto All religions of light share consonant values of honesty, justice, charity, love, and kindness. Most of these religions have books or oral traditions that provide guidance and instruction. The book considered to be the best-selling book of all time is the Bible, or, more correctly said, the Bibles (plural). There is

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United Against Terrorism

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By Duston Barto One of the greatest things that our community has done historically to promote positive interfaith relationships is to defend the weak; strike down the oppressors and speak truth no matter who it is against. Somehow, even though this relationship was seen by our founding fathers in America, there has been a global

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Dawah – Extending the Invitation to Islam

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Haroon Sait Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided. – Surah An-Nahl 16:125

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