This age has given us many freedoms. It has also given us immense opportunities. Wise planning means recognizing these many opportunities-opportunities in various fields, including in business, social work, education and dawah or inviting people to God. By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Recently, members of the Centre for Peace and Spirituality, including myself, went on a…
Quranic teachings with regard to justice, knowledge, intellect and freedom have been totally marginalized by the Muslims while inauthentic Hadith have come to distort the priorities of the ummah. Reproduced below are excerpts from a talk by noted Saudi Islamic scholar and thinker Hassan Al-Maliki in a TV debate. He highlights the distortion that have…
Prominent members disqualified from contesting. Yes-men elected to the Executive Council. Allegations fly thick and fast between two sides. By A Staff Writer Bengaluru: In the tumultuous elections of the Executive Council of the Al-Ameen Educational Society held on May 24, Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan’s team expectedly cornered all the slots. Following the election of…
Muslim evictees from slums are being stopped from moving into their new housing units on the plea of bringing down the real estate value. This is ‘Pragatisheel’ (Progressive) Gujarat. Abdul Hafiz Lakhani from Ahmedabad Vadodara, known as cultural capital of Gujarat, is in news for wrong reasons. Hundred of Muslim families are being denied the…
No imaginative action by the Academy is seen in matters of nurturing talents like translation of material from other languages to Urdu, or providing professional training to Urdu reporters. By A Staff Writer Bengaluru: The list of awardees announced by the Karnataka State Urdu Academy carries a deep imprint of Gulbarga, now Kalburgi. The choice…
The convention marks a new phase of gutsy politics and the rat race has already begun in the State. Mr. Baig is attempting something that never evoked such an attempt previously by a Muslim politician. By A Political Analyst Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister R. Roshan Baig convened an interaction for minorities (read Muslims) with veteran Congress…
Waqf institutions could assume greater role in welfare and development of the community by expanding the ambit of their objective and functioning. By Syed Tahsin Ahmed Waqf is defined as a permanent dedication by any person, of any movable or immovable property for any purpose recognized by the Muslim law as pious, religious or charitable.…
Many of us who consider ourselves to be ‘religious’ people would think nothing about mouthing pious slogans about compassion and loving service, while swatting a mosquito dead or squashing an ‘irritating’ ant into pulp. By A Staff Writer “”Allah does not disdain to set forth the parable even of a gnat, or anything greater than…
Sharing a meal together, itself is a beautiful way for people of diverse faith backgrounds to be able to bond together. By Roshan Shah The centre where I work”an institute for interfaith understanding”organizes a special interfaith get-together three times a year: on the Eid that follows the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, on the Hindu…
By Chandra Muzaffar Massacre has become a habit. Every two or three years, Israel launches a massive military assault upon largely unarmed Palestinians in Gaza. It did this in December 2008 to January 2009. It did it again in November 2012. On each occasion hundreds of Palestinians are murdered and thousands more maimed. Every time, Israel…
