Making sense of Wahhabism – 6

Québec City Shooting…

As we were about to continue with Part 6 of the Making Sense of Wahhabism Series, I wanted to underline an incident that took place in Québec City Sunday night, January 29, 2017.

Click here to read the story of how 3 shooters entered a mosque during the evening prayer just before 8p.m., killed 6 people, injured 8 others.

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Good to know about your Muslim friend: the headscarf or hijab

So what’s the story with the hijab, the headscarf? What’s religious and what’s cultural?

This is a 7th entry in the series of Things that are good to know about your Muslim friend. Make sure to read the first six entries if you missed them, and which had to do with:

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Good to know about your Muslim friend: physical contact between genders

Physical contact between members of the opposite gender in Islam

This is a 6th entry in the series of Things that are good to know about your Muslim friend. Make sure to read the first five entries if you missed them, and which had to do with:

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Good to know about your Muslim friend: dancing and music

Music and dancing in Islam

This is a 5th entry in the series of Things that are good to know about your Muslim friend. Make sure to read the first four entries if you missed them, and which had to do with:

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A few pointers regarding the daily/ritual prayer when one is travelling

Over the past few years, I have received quite a few questions about the correct way of applying the rules regarding the ritual daily prayers while travelling, so I thought I would write a little post to give an overview that covers most scenarios. Hopefully this will make things a lot clearer than what is found in technical legal works…

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