Pursuit of profits is encouraging corporate hospitals to indulge in unethical practices. Often medical practitioners have their eyes on pockets and wallets rather than hands on pulse. Commercialisation of hospitals and medical profession is emerging as a big challenge on the health front in India. With no regulatory authority still in place, the mushrooming private and corporate hospitals around the country are making hay while sun shines.…
The people of Isfahan are friendly and affectionate. Their hospitality overwhelmed me and as I boarded the plane from Tehran to return home, I carried pleasant memories of not only the ancient churches, mosques and bazaars, but also the ever smiling faces of the people. I visited Iran in July 2012, to participate in the “World Conference on Women and Islamic…
While there is broad agreement on the core tenets of Islam, Muslims across the 39 countries and territories surveyed, differ significantly in their openness to multiple interpretations of their faith and acceptance of various sects. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are united in their belief in God and Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) and are bound together by such religious practices…
Peace activist and social worker Feroze Abdulla’s annual harmony dinner completed three decades this year with the Eid Milan being organized on August 22. It was attended by nearly 2,500 guests, mainly from non-Muslim communities. Dozens of people from North Eastern states also attended the function while IG and DG of Police, Lalrokhuma Pichau, an officer from the North East, issued a stirring call for harmony. Mr. Feroze and…
Thousands of Muslim women gathered to enroll in self-help groups only to get abandoned by the district officials. andnbsp; Nearly 10,000 Muslim women aspiring to become economically empowered gathered on 16th August in Sarvodaya college ground in Nellore town of Nellore district, but only to be ignored and abandoned by the district officials. Haji Abdul Aziz charitable trust (HAAC trust) was the organiser of…
Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Karnataka’s Minister for Primary and Higher Education has assured that Urdu medium schools too would be permitted to be turned into English medium schools with Urdu as the first language while implementing the decision to turn Government schools into English medium schools. Mr. Kageri who received a memorandum from the Managing Committee of Hazrat Hameed Shah Khadri Dargah Committee, asked the School Development Committees (SDMCs) of Government Urdu…
‘ Follow Me’, the biography of Prophet Muhammad (Pbuh) edited by Syed Hamid Mohsin, Chairman of the city-based NGO, Salaam Centre, has been gifted to 50,000 people belonging to different faiths. The 50,000th copy was presented by Mohsin to Jennifer A. McIntyre, US Consul General in Chennai recently. McIntyre said that the book would help her to learn about Islam in detail. “It’s a valuable gift. I know…
I happened to read that Prophet Mohammed appointed a lady Umme Waraqa as imam to a locality to lead Jamaat or congregational prayer where both men and women followers prayed. Is this incident reported through authentic sources? If this report is credible, it seems to me strange and surprising that though I attended hundreds of…
Q: I would like to know if triple talaq given in one sitting makes the marriage (nikah) null and void. Secondly, let me know if the woman who is given talaq can stay with this person who has pronounced talaq in writing but is not ready to accept this injunction of Allah. Anjum Parveen, Allahabad…
People talk much about surrender to God. Lectures and books are there in plenty on this theme, but I was fortunate to learn about 100 per cent surrender to the Divine Will from a stray cat this Ramadan. A few days ago, while conversing with a friend about spirituality and God-consciousness we talked of surrender”100…
