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“2.5%”

Today, I encourage you to practice a simplistic form of one of the five pillars of Islam. It’s the third one and it’s called the Zakat, or almsgiving. In Islam, It is customarily 2.5% (or 1⁄40) of one’s total savings and wealth above a specific threshold each lunar year. ...

“salah became the huge star ”

When Salah became the huge star that he is, every family in his hometown “Nagrig” started training their kids to become soccer players as well, they know the value of starting very young, and I am sure some of these kids will become professional footballers one day. ...

“Sacrifice”

“Would you be prepared to die for your club?” A news reporter asked two hardcore soccer fans outside of some stadium in Belgrade, Serbia. “Yes,” the fans answered. ...

“Everyone does Hajj”

What’s the difference between going to the stadium and watching the game on a flat screen at home, in an air-conditioned room, lying on a recliner, with all the snacks you need around you? One thing: the people. ...

“Belonging”

I was once talking to a friend of mine who was a fan of a mid-table football team. I tried to convince him, using logic and reason, numbers, and statistics, that his team deserved to lose a specific game. Finally, he stopped me saying “Ahmed, don’t waste your time, soccer fandom is based on irrationality” ...

“Eight hours earlier”

I guess every group of friends has that one member who is always late for everything. I am that person in my group, and I am not proud of it. ...

“good sportsmanship in soccer”

The list goes on, I do believe that moral values should be the norm and hailing heaps of praise on people who do the minimum ethically gives the impression that the alternative was expected. ...

“Is it a waste of time?”

In Islam, we follow what the Quran says and what the prophet Mohamed said or did, even in the smallest of matters. This story is usually told in the context of describing the marital life of the prophet and how he treated his wives, but we can also derive other lessons from it, relating to the question at hand. ...

“Fairness”

“I wish I was super rich to give poor people a lot of money and try to solve world hunger” or “I wish I had enough money to house all these homeless people” ...

“Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah”

Do you remember when a few fans of a premier league club were filmed chanting “Salah is a bomber” (meaning Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah)? ...

“Islam and homo***uality”

The simple reason for this brutal attack was the fact that he is a Muslim and the game in question was being played with rainbow shirts, in support of homosexuality. ...

“The countdown”

This is exactly how Islam sees this worldly life, a ticking clock during which you seek to collect the biggest number of “rewardable deeds” the only worthy investment is one that will last forever, the afterlife. ...

“Islam and sports”

Prophet Mohamed said, “The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer, and there is goodness in both of them.” ...

“Only one race”

In the words of the prophet Muhammed “Your Lord is one, and your father (Adam) is one, O people. “There is no superiority of an Arab over a non-Arab, nor for a non-Arab over an Arab, and neither for white skin over black skin, nor for black skin over white skin, except by righteousness. ” ...

“The worst thing about soccer”

Even if you are a non-Muslim, you must have heard about The Kaaba, the holiest place in Islam and the location at which millions of Muslims gather every year to perform the Pilgrimage (Hajj), which is the fifth pillar of Islam. ...

Soccar Gambling

In 2007, the former super striker Freddie Kanoute refused to wear his team’s standard shirt, as it was branded with the logo of a famous gambling company. As a Muslim, he refused to promote such sin. ...

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