Muhammad Suleman 
Demolition of Shrines Around the year 1744 CE, the proponent of Wahabi Islam, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab climbed onto the dome of the shrine of Hazrat Zayd ibn Khattab in the village of Al-Uyaynah in the Najd region of Saudi Arabia and began to destroy it. Hazrat Zayd ibn Khattab was actually the brother of … Read more
Dawn of 9/11 On the morning of September 11, 2001, at 5:00 a.m., Al-Qaeda hijacker Ziad Jarrah left the Days Inn Hotel with his fellow hijackers. Ziad and his associates planned to hijack American Airlines Flight 93, departing from Newark Airport, and potentially crash it into the Capitol Hill building in Washington, D.C., the U.S. … Read more
Introduction “Ahl-e-Hadith—is it a new sect of Islam? Which school of thought do the Ahl-e-Hadith follow? When and how did the Ahl-e-Hadith movement begin? Let’s discuss this.” In September 1919, a weekly magazine of the Ahl-e-Hadith in British India, Akhbar Ahl-e-Hadith, announced a competition for its readers to define “Who is an Ahl-e-Hadith?” From … Read more
How Twelver? On January 5, 874 CE, the funeral of the 11th Imam of the Twelver Shia, Imam Hasan al-Askari, was being prepared. His brother, Ja’far, stepped forward to lead the funeral prayer. At that moment, a child, approximately four years old, stopped him and said, “Uncle, please step back, for I have a … Read more
On Pak-Afghan Border On the night of May 1 and 2, 2011, the turn to sleep with Sheikh Osama bin Laden was given to his youngest wife, Amal Ahmed. 29-year-old Amal Ahmed was from Yemen. After dinner and prayers, at 11:10 PM, Amal, along with her 3-year-old son Hussein, sat on her bed in … Read more
Portland Airport Hijacker Muhammad Atta and his second hijacker partner Abdul Aziz Al Omari woke up in their hotel room at 4 am. They had arrived at the hotel “Comfort Inn” in the city of Portland, about 150 kilometers from Boston, the day before to carry out the plan to hijack the American planes. On … Read more