Category: Books and Reviews

More Book Reviews Please

Thank you for sending the Ramadan special issue of Islamic Voice. I was glad to see that Islamic Voice currently is flooded with advertisements. But there are no advertisements from book publishers at all. You should take more book reviews in each issue of Islamic Voice. In the old issues, I used to read many…

The Holistic Spiritual Dimensions of Islam

Sandcastles and Snowmen: A Personal Search for Spirituality Author: Sahar El Nadi Publisher: FB Publishing, San Clemente, CA Year of Publication: 2013 ISBN: 9780985751227 Sahar El Nadi’s book highlights among other things, the fact that being “spiritual” means not to be an ascetic but being “aware that the self is three dimensional: spirit, intellect and…

A Brilliant Narration of Combating Terrorism at the Ideological Level

Reclaiming Jihad””A Qur’anic Critique of Terrorism Author: ElSayed M.A. Amin Publisher: The Islamic Foundation, Leicestershire, UK Kube Publishing Ltd, MCC, Ratby Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire, LE67 9SY UK. Tel: 01530 249-230 Fax: 01530 249-656. Email Yosef Smyth ([email protected]) Pages: 228 Year: 2014 ISBN: 978-0-86037-593-7 Price: $24.95 Reviewed by: Roshan The horrors committed in the name of…

Dissecting the Terror and Trial

A short Kannada movie neatly wraps up the horrific saga afflicting the victims of state terrorism. The Little Scientist Mercury Movies International Producer : Mohammed Rafee Story, Screenplay and Direction: Narasimha Panthula Cast: Niyazuddin as Akbar Seriff, Mayuri as Ayesha and Ayan as Amir Shariff. The 15-minute Kannada film with English subtitles is a powerful…