Category: Books and Reviews

Discovering Self-Worth

The author takes the reader on a voyage of discovery of self and stokes positive energy. The Warrior Within You By Syed Habeeb Notion Press.com old no. 38. New no. 6- McNichols Rd. Chennai-600031 Rs. 199, Pages: 1,162 Reviewed by Maqbool Ahmed Siraj A vision lends meaning to a life. Without a vision, we just…

Explaining Lexical Nuances

Iththaqalthum By Dr. V. Abdur Rahim Islamic Foundation Trust 138-IFT Lane, Perambur High Road, Chennai-600012 Rs. 100, Pages: 110 Email: [email protected] Iththaqalthum (اثَّاقَلْتُمْ) means ‘to become heavy inasmuch as to cling to something’. This word appears in verse no. 38 of the Saurah Taubah of the holy Quran wherein Allah refers to reluctance of the…

Tracing Medieval Arab Achievements in Optics

International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies By: Sameen Ahmed Khan (Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman) Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, http://www.lap-publishing.com/ Pages: 96 pages Published: July 2015 Price: 49.90 ‚¬. The Medieval Arabs preserved the then known sciences like astronomy, chemistry, medicine, mathematics and optics, through the process of translation accompanied with…

A Skewed Analysis of Islamophobia

This book purports to explore the roots and manifestations of Islamophobia-prejudicial views about Islam and negative stereotypical images of Muslims that are now fairly widespread across the world. Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire Author: Deepa Kumar Publisher: Haymarket Books, Chicago (www.haymarketbooks.org) Pages: 238 ISBN: 978-1-60846-211-7 By a Staff Writer Author Deepa Kumar, an academic…