HARAM. The root h-r-m is among the most important Arabic roots in the vocabulary of Islamic practice. The root meaning is something like “forbidden” or […]
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HARAKAT AL-TAWHID AL-ISLAMI
HARAKAT AL-TAWHID AL-ISLAMI. A militant Sunni movement, the Harakat al-Tawhid al-Islam (Islamic Unification Movement) emerged out of the political turmoil of the I98os in the […]
HAMKA
HAMKA (1908-1981), acronym of Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, Indonesian religious scholar and the most prolific of modern Indonesian Islamic writers. Hamka was born in […]
HAMDARD FOUNDATION
HAMDARD FOUNDATION. The name Hamdard or “companion in pain” was given by Hakim `Abdulmajid to the herb shop he established in Delhi in 19o6. The […]
HAMAS
HAMAS. The organization Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyah (Movement of Islamic Resistance), the most important Palestinian Islamist organization in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, is […]
HALAL
HALAL, The Qur’anic term halal denotes that which is lawful or allowed. The word can refer generally in Muslim practice to that which is proper […]