There are two aspects to every act of ‘ibadah in Islam: its physical (ritualistic) form, and its higher spiritual, communal, social, and moral purpose. The salah, for instance, is performed in a certain way but its true import lies in the fact that it is our direct link (sila) with Allah (swt). Hajj is an even more demanding part of our din.

Address by H.E. Dr. Mahmud Ahmadinejad President of the Islamic Republic of Iran before the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly New York 23 September 2010.

In the US, and indeed in much of the western world, the attacks of 9/11 have been declared as the most catastrophic event ever to occur in history. That the attacks were dramatic is not in doubt; what is less well established is the identity of the perpetrators as well as the manner in which the buildings collapsed and why.

The 41st sorrowful anniversary of the vicious attempt to burn the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque comes these days at a time of continued Zionist regime's violations which jeopardize the building and sanctity of the mosque through the excavations carried out by the Zionist occupation authorities beneath its foundations and under repeated storming of the yards of the first of the two Qiblahs by Zionist extremists.