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The environmentalist ‘khateeb’

Edit The Times of India 28 Apr 2016
HYDERABAD. Braving the heat, worshippers trickle into the pristine white Shahi Masjid in Public Gardens. While some head toward the wazugah, or the ablution corner, to perform the ritual washing of the arms, face and feet, others seat themselves at vacant spots on the linear prayer mats, facing west. The khutba or the sermon has just begun ... But why speak of this in the khutba? "The medium of the Friday sermon is important ... ....

Nigeria: Authorities Stop Shiites from Preaching in Katsina, Kebbi

Edit The Oslo Times 02 Apr 2016
2 April, Katsina. A combined armed security team on Friday prevented Members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN known as Shiites  from conducting the usual post-khutba preaching session at Central Juma’at Mosque in Katsina North West Nigeria. The security agents besieged the mosque from the early hours of the morning in an effort to stop the shiites from assembling in the mosque ... The Oslo Times ....

Women’s dignity

Edit Dawn 25 Mar 2016
INSTANCES of violence against women have increased over the years. The apathy of governments and the misogyny of the Islamic political parties have been hurdles in any effort at reform ... He said ... Did they ever think about the dignity of a woman? ... It refers specifically to immoral behaviour on the part of the woman, as evident from the Prophet’s sermon at the farewell pilgrimage (Khutba hajjatul widah), and not to everyday ‘disobedience’ ... ....

Community measures to tackle sympathy for IS

Edit The Times of India 31 Dec 2015
The city is in the news again and not for the right reasons. The arrest of three youths re portedly willing to join the so-called Islamic State (IS has ensured this. The trio have been iden tified by cops as Md Abdul lah Basith, Maaz Hasan Farooq and Syed Omar Fa rooq Hussaini. There are three common threads he re ... Another important medium which could be explored to counter the IS lure is the Jummah khutba (Friday sermon) ... ....

French imams preach against violence at Friday prayers

Edit Yahoo Daily News 20 Nov 2015
By Tom Heneghan ... Militants from the Islamic State movement, most of them French or Belgian nationals, killed 129 people on Friday evening ... "These criminal acts were perpetrated by children of France who claim to follow Islam and consider themselves martyrs in a jihadist enterprise," said the "khutba" (sermon) in French distributed by the CFCM to be read in all affiliated mosques ... "GOOD WILL IS NOT ENOUGH"....

Muharram observed in Patna amid tight security

Edit The Times of India 24 Oct 2015
Patna. The tenth day of Muharram, also known as the 'Day of Ashura', was observed on Saturday ... Majlis-e-Ulema Khutba general secretary Maulana Amanat Hussain said, "After the moon is sighted on Day 1, people hold gatherings and remember the event that took place during the battle ... ....

Kishanganj drive for better voting, communal unity

Edit The Times of India 13 Oct 2015
Islamic discourses (khutbas) coalesced with Sanskrit 'slokas' and Gurbaani with Jainism and Christian preaching have succeeded in instilling confidence among ......

Bakrid celebrated

Edit The Hindu 20 Sep 2015
The festival symbolises Prophet Ibrahim’s readiness to sacrifice his son ... Special Khutba prayers were held in various mosques in these districts in which a large number of Muslims took part ... ....

From the past pages of dawn: 1965: Fifty years ago: Prayers for Kashmiris

Edit Dawn 28 Aug 2015
RAWALPINDI. Prayers for the success of freedom fighters against the tyrant Indian colonialists in held Kashmir were offered all over Pakistan in Friday congregations today [Aug 27]. All Khatibs in their Khutbas described freedom fighters’ struggle against the Occupation Forces in held Kashmir as Jehad and exhorted the people to offer all that they can for the help of Mujahids in true Islamic spirit ... Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2015....

AIMPLB to hold all-India meet of Imams against 'imposition' of yoga, surya namaskar

Edit The Times of India 21 Aug 2015
LUCKNOW ... The Board will take up the proposal at a clerics' meet scheduled to be held in Amroha in UP in September ... "By incorporating such issues in the khutba (sermons) that are delivered before the Friday afternoon prayers, common Muslims will take them seriously," said Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, another member of the Board's executive committee. ....

Afghan battleground: new player

Edit Khaama Press 22 Jul 2015
... videos as well as local means such as using preachers (Imams) to call for jihad in order to penetrate certain villages, Juma Khutba (Friday sermons), poetry, taranas (poetic chants,)shabnamah (night-letters,) patrols and Zinzer (adhoc security posts)were tocapitalize on the above reasons to further attract young Afghans into their frontlines....

‘Khutba’ namaaz offered at the end of month-long fasting

Edit The Hindu 19 Jul 2015
The festival marks the end of month-long fasting in the holy month of Ramzan. Clad in new attire, a large number of Muslims assembled at Idgahs and mosques across the eight central districts and in Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry in the morning and offered special thanksgiving “khutba” namaaz ... ....

Delhi soaks in festivity as Eid's sweetness spread

Edit The Times of India 18 Jul 2015
NEW DELHI. Rugs were rolled out on the narrow lanes of Daryaganj outside Jama Masjid to accommodate the thousands gathered to offer morning namaz at the country's largest mosque on Eid-ul-Fitr on Saturday ... On Eid, after namaz, khutba is read which is followed by dua. Eid and Bakrid namaz are the only ones in which khutba is read afterwards. In all others, the khutba comes first ... Preparations and excitement double on Chand Raat, said Ali ... ....
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