When it comes to evaluating hadiths, there are two opposing positions: on the one hand, there are those who reject hadiths outright and recognise only the Quran as an authoritative source...

One of the most dangerous traps into which the seeker of truth can stumble is to form rational concepts of absolute reality. Instead of carving and worshipping idols, one creates images of the mind...

A widespread conspiracy theory – also among some Muslims – is the claim of a flat earth. It is sometimes (falsely) asserted that Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz declared many years ago that belief in a flat earth was obligatory, since even the companions of the Prophet believed in it...

Luciferianism is about the idea that humanity can reach divinity through human means. This philosophy is represented symbolically by two mythical figures, which have the same characteristics: Prometheus and Lucifer...

The description of God as a tyrant, who does not tolerate disobedience, like the Luciferianists perceive it, is correct when we make a picture of God, and perceive Him as a being from which we are substantially different...

Since the beginning, pure monotheism has fought a hefty battle with the forces of dualism. The starting point of the Gnostic-Dualist philosophy is to attribute substance, or an essence, to evil (or darkness)...

The power of the rational mind is impressively demonstrated to us every day, because all modern technology is based on it. The fact that technical progress is linked with the destruction of the planet is, however, not blamed on rationality...

Guidance is a central theme of the Qur'ân, it is mentioned far more than a hundred times therein! It is itself called "the guidance for the god-fearing" and "the criterion (of right and wrong)"! Unfortunately, Qur'ân and Sunnah are nowadays mostly reduced to its function as the "lawgiver" only, not so much seen as a spiritual guide...

Sailing ships possess a special status in the Qur'an that is rarely noticed, probably because only a few Muslims sail nowadays. They are considered signs for mankind; as a sign of God's mercy for the steadfast and grateful; and as a means to make faith sincere...

Early organized Arab cavalry under the Rashidun caliphate was a light cavalry armed with lance and sword, its main role was to attack the enemy flanks and rear. Armor was relatively light. The Muslims' light cavalry during the later years of Islamic conquest of Levant became the most powerful section of the army...

Jordan, land of prophets and the sahabas! Which prophet did not travel through? How many sahabas became martyr here? It is said that there have been more than 20,000 ...

Nowadays many people are looking for so-called natural medicine which usually refers to medicine which could be an alternative to Western and chemical medicine. The reason for this trend is that the Western medicine could not solve all the important health problems...

A man was walking through the marketplace one afternoon when, just as the muezzin began the call to prayer, his eye fell on a woman's back. She was strangely attractive, though dressed in fulsome black, a veil over head and face...