Islamic Culture Foundation 

Euro-Mediterranean Youth Forum on Water and Cultures in Dialogue. Turin, Italy.
Dear Members of ALF National Network,
The Anna Lindh Foundation, the Piedmont Regional Government and Paralleli Euro-Mediterranean Institute have the pleasure to inform you that in the framework of the International Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue and as part of the “Water our Common Future” initiative, we are organizing a […]

Al-Taj for Health and Heritage
Annual Report 2007
Making a Difference in our Community’s Health
Al-Taj Board Members are pleased to share with you our Annual Report – 2007.
As part of our commitment to transparency with our donors and community, we are proud to present our activities and a summary of our financial report. This report presents our […]

A Moral Witness to the ‘Intricate Machine’
By Avishai Margalit
Dark Hope: Working for Peace in Israel and Palestine, by David Shulman. University of Chicago Press.
“I am an Israeli. I live in Jerusalem. I have a story, not yet finished, to tell.” This is the opening line of David Shulman’s powerful and memorable book, Dark Hope, a […]

On Prophet Mohammad’s Birthday: A Man For All Seasons
Rajai Masri
April, 2007 
Tomorrow marks the 1437 years birthday of the Prophet Mohammad that’s widely celebrated in all the Moslem world.  Marked by Time Magazine in a Sondage years ago as the most influential personality in history, not sure of the exact criteria, Prophet Mohammad, adored and revered […]

RehabiMed is a young spanish organization from Barcelona, dealing with Rehabilitation of Traditional Mediterranean Architecture. From the Islamic Culture Foundation, we desire to recognise its work and goals.
The RehabiMed project forms part of Euromed Heritage, the European culture programme that came into being after the 1995 Barcelona conference, which set out to create a space […]

What Ails Arab World
By Reem Al Faisal, Arab News
There is an Arab proverb that says, “If you have no more shame left in you, then feel free to do what you will” – Iza Lam Tastahi, Faf’ial Ma Shie’it (Rajai’s Translation) - and by observing the present Arab mood, one is struck by how much […]

Song of the world. The Art of Safavid Iran, 1501-1736
Since 7 january 2008
Visual arts and the written word are closely linked in Iranian culture, where the ultimate theme is the world’s grandeur, a divine creation. This relationship—equally well defined in painting as in object art in which literary metaphors are portrayed through motifs—became more pronounced […]

By Lucien de Guise
Saudi Aramco World
March / April 2007 
Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the founding of the World Tourism Organization’s Silk Road Tourism Project in 1994, there has been a steady rise in the number of visitors to Central Asia. Most come in pursuit of commerce, history, scenery or the […]

“I beleive that if today an autocrat of Mohammad’s calibre assumes world leadership, he could solve all problems of humanity splendidly. The world will become an abode of peace and happiness. I predict that tomorrow’s Europe will embrace Islam.”
A. George Bernard Shaw 

The Caliphate and Government in History
By Ali Abd al Raziq
Source: middleastforum.com
Islam is a universal message that knows no national boundaries. It makes no distinctions in gender nor wealth and unites humanity in the noble cause of devotion to God.
At the time of the Prophet this religious unity was not political in nature and had none […]