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The forerunner of the university, known as the African Islamic Center [8] (also Islamic African Center [9] or Islamic African Institute [10]), was founded in 1977 [3] or 1978 [10] to train young Africans (particularly South Sudanese) in Salafist or fundamentalist interpretations of Islam.
The Quran, the Islamic holy book, does not prohibit the depiction of human figures; it merely condemns idolatry. [7] [8] Interdictions of figurative representation are present in the hadith, among a dozen of the hadith recorded during the latter part of the period when they were being written down.
Most of the Kaabas dedicated to pagan gods in the Arabian Peninsula were destroyed after 630 CE on the orders of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, who sent his Sahaba to demolish the sanctuaries. [ 3 ] [ 7 ] Among the destroyed Kaabas include that of the Kaaba of al-Lat that was worshipped by the Thaqif.
The qibla is the direction of the Kaaba, a cube-like building at the centre of the Sacred Mosque (al-Masjid al-Haram) in Mecca, in the Hijaz region of Saudi Arabia. Other than its role as qibla, it is also the holiest site for Muslims, also known as the House of God (Bayt Allah) and where the tawaf (the circumambulation ritual) is performed during the Hajj and umrah pilgrimages.
Masses of Muslim pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mecca on Thursday circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, a day before heading to the nearby desert area of Mina to officially open the Hajj, the ...
The Kaaba or Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, is the most sacred holy place of Islam and a Qibla of the Muslims, contains al-Bayt ul-Ma'mur spiritually above the Kaaba, contains the Maqam Ibrahim, Hateem, and the Al-Hajar-ul-Aswad which belonged in Jannah to Adam and Eve (Adam and Hawa).
Muslim pilgrims have wrapped up the Hajj, or pilgrimage, in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the ...
The Black Stone and the Kaaba's opposite corner, al-Rukn al-Yamani, are both often perfumed by the mosque's custodians. This can cause problems for pilgrims in the state of ihram ('consecration'), who are forbidden from using scented products and will require a kaffara (donation) as a penance if they touch either. [47]