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by Guest on Mar 19, 2013 • 1 Comment

By: Musab Qureshi It is said that there was once a ruler who was in the habit of taking weekly rounds to survey his kingdom. On one such occasion while he was surveying the countryside, he noticed an old man who was digging a hole. As he approached him, he saw that the old man...

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by Guest on Feb 17, 2013 • 1 Comment

By: Umm Yacoubi I’m just an average Muslimah…What can I do to protect the Earth? What can the average Muslimah do to protect the Earth? So, you’re not quite ready to leave your home to live in a tree house, eat grubs, and use only the light of the sun for energy? That’s ok, there...

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by Guest on Jan 20, 2013 • 4 Comments

By Khaled Dardir Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?  [Qur’an 21:30] What a powerful verse in the Quran. All living things are made from water, and rely on water...

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by muaznasir on Jan 2, 2013 • No Comments

As we enter a new year with new beginnings, I thought I would take the first post to highlight some of the accomplishments of Khaleafa.com over the past year and set the stage for some upcoming initiatives that we have planned for 2013. We have grown by leaps and bounds over the last year, and...

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by Guest on Dec 16, 2012 • No Comments

By Sameer Zaheer When one thinks of Muslim problems, places like Palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan pop in the mind. Perhaps, Somalia and Darfur, if one reads beyond headlines. Certainly, Muslims in those areas are afflicted, but together these areas represent only a fraction of the Muslim world. However, there are a set of problems that...

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by Guest on Nov 23, 2012 • No Comments

By Mohammed Ashour As a society, we often misappropriate certain virtues and present them as vices. Shyness denotes low self-esteem. Introversion is seen as a sign of weak leadership, and ‘followership’ is simply never taught in business schools. This is so, even though shyness is a vital precursor to humility, corporations owe their very existence...

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by Guest on May 13, 2012 • 1 Comment

By Omar Mahfoudhi There is no denying that spring has sprung quite early this year. The summer-like conditions in early March, for some, were a welcome relief from winter. For others, however, it was an ominous warning of what is to come. The debate over climate change and global warming has been going on for...

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by Guest on Apr 24, 2012 • No Comments

By Shaikh Ahmad Kutty Today, the earth is in a deplorable state: greenhouse gases in the atmosphere from our over use of fossil fuels is creating a crisis of epidemic proportions. Rising sea levels are making parts of the world at risk of disappearing into the sea, and the earth is becoming parched and dry...

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by muaznasir on Apr 21, 2011 • 1 Comment

“It is he (Allah) that has appointed you (mankind) as stewards in the Earth…” (Qu’rán, 35:39) As Earth Day 2011 quickly approaches, many of us take this opportunity to reflect and participate in annual community events aimed at reducing our environmental impact on our planet. Every year more than 6 million Canadians join over 1...