An eye-opener for representatives of NGOs was the fact reflected in Mr. Nisar Ahmed’s presentation that there are many central and state government schemes available for all the minorities which they could avail of. Yet, many people are not even aware of these schemes and hence are not using them. By A Staff Writer Bengaluru:…
If at all extremism is to be defeated, Muslims must work sincerely by placing Islam at the centre of their arguments By Mohammad Azeemullah On the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, I updated my Facebook status. Here is a snippet from my post: “God has ordained kindness (and excellence) in everything. If the killing (of animals)…
The fact that the Board has accepted the principles laid down in the Shamim Ara ruling, is the most positive aspect of the affidavit, and this should be hailed. By Flavia Agnes The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has given to the Supreme Court its opinion on triple talaq and polygamy. As expected,…
Given Islam’s clear teaching about all creatures being members of God’s family, it is ironical that some Muslims care nothing about killing innocent people, and that too in the name of Islam. By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan If properly understood, Islam is the very opposite of terrorism and has nothing to do with it. The word…
People shun their duty towards the poor, the destitute and orphans and divert their resources on naf’l (optional) Hajj and Umrahs. They are deluding themselves, not Allah. By Aleem Khan Falki Go through this narrative reported from Maulana Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi, the noted scholar from Lucknow, who narrated it to a gathering: Basheer bin…
People’s power was seen succeeding in a Muslim nation for the first time against armed forces’ overarching ambitions. By A Political Analyst It has happened for the first time in Turkey that people have revolted against the armed forces who made an abortive attempt to depose the democratically-elected government of Turkish President, Recep Teyyip Erdogan.…
Only very few Muslim countries have bothered to set up Think Tanks. Turkey, Iran, Indonesia and Malaysia have a few Think Tanks. Among the oil-rich Gulf nations, only UAE has a single Institute that could qualify for a Think Tank. Other Muslim countries have Think Tanks that could be counted on fingers. By Maqbool Ahmed…
Western agencies cannot contribute much to the revival of Islam’s intellectual traditions. This is a task for Muslims. By Hans Dembowski Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun leader who joined the liberation movement in colonial India. To him, non-violence was a spiritual concept as well as a political strategy. He knew that imperial Britain found…
Religions, stories, symbols and rituals establish the subjective truth of a nation-state. By Devdutt Pattnaik The survival instinct of animals makes them form packs, herds and hives. How does one bind people together as a tribe, clan, cult, kingdom or nation? How to make this bondage voluntary? For this, humans need a psychological instrument, a…
Islam, like many other religions, teaches that God’s mercy for mankind is infinite, all-inclusive and all-embracing. By Ghulam Rasool Dehlvi Spiritually inclined and mystical branches of all faiths and traditions share universal and essential values. Mercy is one of them. It’s called rahm in Islam and karuna or daya in Hinduism. The practitioners of these…
