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To say that the media are a powerful tool when it comes to shaping public opinion is not a new and well-proven argument. The media – newspapers, radio, television, the internet, social networks – have evolved as the technology that supports them has evolved to become practically omnipresent. What constitutes a media outlet and how they have changed their fundamental …

I want to begin my participation in this table with a quote that belongs to our Cordovan philosopher Abu-l Walid Muhammad ibn Rush, better known as Averroes: “Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hatred, hatred leads to violence. Here is the equation” Phobia is, according to the dictionary of the RAE: “The exaggerated aversion to someone or something”. That …

“An indisputable reality: Islamophobia in the media” is the title of the 2017 report of the Observatory of Islamophobia in the Media presented on October 2 at the IEMed headquarters in Barcelona, and on October 9 in Madrid at Casa Árabe. Throughout 2017, the Observatory of Islamophobia in the Media analysed daily the information published by six national and regional …

I have been on a trip for a few days and in them I have reflected a lot on an aspect that our Deen continually calls us, an aspect that is vital to be able to live in community, an aspect that we Muslims should soak up at all times and in all situations, an aspect that we hear a …

Therefore, Arafah's day is not tied to a place, which might seem like the simplest reasoning, but to a time. This time is set by the lunar sighting, and the lunar sighting is not global. The day of Arafah is the day on which Allah completed the Deen.

One of the central tenets of Islam is to help others. While some perceive Islam as a belief that encourages violence rather than positive contributions to society, the Qur’an and Hadith highlight how helping other human beings is a fundamental aspect of Islam. The main goal of Muslims is to worship God, but this is done not only through rituals …

In the materialistic world where we live today, we very often forget one of the foundations of our path, one of the foundations that we as Muslims must adopt in our lives; and this basis is perfectly summed up in the well-known hadith in which the Messenger of Allah, Salla Allahu Alaihi wa Salllam.Said: “I have certainly been sent to …