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A 10-year-old boy has become the youngest person in Bosnia-Herzegovina to memorize the holy Qur’an by heart, offering a role model for young Muslims worldwide.

Abdulrahman Tabakovic, who hails from a town just a few miles outside the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, officially became the country’s youngest Hafiz after clearing an official exam held recently by the local Islamic commission.

According to the father Hamzaliya Tabakovic, his son began reading the holy book just three years ago and as soon as he realized that the 10-year-old had a talent for memorizing the scripture, he got the child enrolled at a local Qur’an course.

“My son Abdulrahman memorized the first page of the Qur’an within just three days of the course,” the proud father said.

“It takes sacrifices to become a Hafiz. I had a hard time memorizing some parts of the Qur’an and for that I made sacrifices over some things such as spending less time with my friends,” the child said.

Tabakovic, who is still a fifth-grade elementary school student, said that he wished to pursue Islamic studies further in the future.

Hafiz is a coveted title among Muslims, which is used for someone who has completely memorized the Qur’an. The tradition of learning the Qur’an by heart dates back to the early days of Islam when it was a way of preserving the true essence and complete message of the religion and its holiest book. Even in this digital age, where storing large amounts of data on memory chips is easy, millions of Muslims around the world continue to learn the Qur’an by heart and have kept the tradition of becoming a Hafiz alive.

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A senior lawyer of the Supreme Court of India on Tuesday put the responsibility of the disastrous stampede in Mina on the Saudi Arabia government and called for filing a case against Riyadh in the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Dr. Romesh Gautam, said, “The Saudi Arabia is totally responsible for the incident in Mina. Occurrence of the incident is nothing but a total mismanagement of the Hajj ceremony by the Saudi government.”

As per the established conventions, when we visit a particular county, the host county is fully responsible for our safety there. But the Saudi government has totally failed in ensuring the safety and security of the Hajj pilgrims during the current Hajj ceremony”, he added.

Terming the Mina incident as a “pure security lapse”, Dr. Gautam said, “No doubt, the Mina incident in which a large number of people lost their lives was not an act of God. But, it was purely a security lapse and the Saudi government is fully responsible for it.”

“Saudi government should compensate the losses inflicted on the victims of the incident”, the seasoned legal expert added.

Expressing his readiness to fight on behalf of victims of the Mina incident in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the Saudi government, Dr. Gautam said, “The Saudi government should be tried in ICJ. I fully support this cause and I am ready to help the family members of the victims to get justice. Every county that has lost its nationals in the incident should go to ICJ.”

Emphasizing the need for management of the Hajj ceremony by a joint committee of the member states of the Organizations of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), he added, “Given the repeated disastrous incidents during the Hajj ceremony in the recent years, it would be better if a joint committee of the member states of the OIC mange the ceremony to avert such incidents in future.”

“India has lost a number of its nationals in the Mina incident and New Delhi also should support this idea”, Dr. Gautam added.

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According to the Center of Supervision on Mosques Affairs, Siamak Moreh Sedgh, the Iranian Jewish MP emphasized the significance and sacredness of all kinds of holy places, saying “all divine temples are the center of God’s attention. There is no difference between a church, temple or mosque. All of them are places of worship.”

“Mosques are the best element for unity in Muslim World but have fallen into the hands of terrorist groups and are being destructed,” he added.

“I personally respect followers of all religions and wish them success. Many of holy places of Muslim, Christian and Jewish people had come under attack and this matter has provoked the anger of all believers. Unfortunately, today we are also witnessing the destruction of mosques in the Muslim World.”

MP Moreh Sedgh underscored the significance of cultural and religious heritages and said, “all of us have the responsibility to protect religious holy sites.”

The Jewish minority MP further added that while mosques are not considered as holy places for all, yet it is the duty of believers of all religions to respect Muslims values.

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Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi stated that that cyberspace is a “double-edged sword” and there are both good and bad uses for the Internet and added that we must be aware of the enemies’ use of these new technologies against us.

In a meeting with the secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace (SCC), Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi stressed the importance of cyberspace and the need to monitor it.

His Eminence reiterated that cyberspace should not be seen with a commercial approach but rather with a cultural approach, adding “a bad memory we have from the cyberspace is that cyberspace’s commercial perspective is given precedence over a cultural perspective.”

Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi referred to the dangers available online – which, according to him, includes indecent films, videos, news sources, social media, and even encyclopedia’s which contain false information. He explained that the enemies use these to influence our people, especially the younger generations.

He explained that Iran must not turn into a consumer for the western culture.

“Western cultural products do not have any red lines – promiscuity and immoral acts and things which are damaging to our morals have been seen in Western cultural products. We are committed to ethical and cultural issues and have commitments and red lines and we believe that any technology should be refined,” he said.

The revered source of emulation stressed that this Western culture has had negative effects on the Iranian-Islamic family system.

Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi also stressed that it should be noted that cyberspace is a “double-edged sword” and there are many good uses for the Internet, but added: “One side of this sword is sharper than the other side, we must make the positive side sharper than its negative side.”

He explained that the seminary can be a good source of content in cyberspace and the Internet can be used to promote pure Islam and the teachings of the Ahlul-Bayt and we can use it to answer the doubts and anti-Islamic propaganda disseminated by the enemies’ media and satellite networks which broadcast around the clock in the Muslim world.

In regard to the positive uses of the Internet, he cited a hadith from Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq which states that knowledge and learning will spread to the East and West from the city of Qom and stated that Islamic scholars and missionaries can use the Internet to publish and translate Islamic knowledge into different languages and reach a wider audience.

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As world Muslims prepare to welcome the new Hijri year, a Nigerian Muslim leader has advised Muslims to emulate the Islamic teachings and morals of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as their goal and mission to be followed.

The Imam also urged Muslims and non-Muslims to shun violence and any act capable of jeopardizing the peace of the nation.

“You must have the fear of Allah and behaving in the most acceptable manner to your fellow human being,” the Amir of the Muslim Congress (TMC), Imam Luqmon Abdul Raheem, was quoted as saying by Pulse Nigeria daily .

“Let them revive the teachings of the Prophet by preaching peace wherever they find themselves,” he added.
Abdul Raheem also asked the faithful to learn how to forgive, stressing that “Allah himself forgives.”

He called on Muslims to be prayerful, saying that prayer is the key to overcome any situation they found themselves in.

The prominent Muslim figure was talking at the 1436 annual lecture of the Congress titled ‘Sustaining the Change Mantra’ at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos state.

Thousands of Nigerians gathered at the stadium to listen to the program, which was sponsored by the TMC.

On his own part, Imam Adewunmi Adebayo, who is the Waili of Lagos State Muslim Congress, urged Nigerians to assist the federal government by collectively tackling insurgency.

He urged Muslims to shun acts capable of tarnishing the image of Islam, asking Nigerians to exercise tolerance as directed by the Prophet.

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