This time round, the number of Muslim MLAs has come down from 86 in the previous Assembly to a mere 24. The argument that many Muslim women have voted for BJP as it had raised the issue of Triple Talaq seems to be untrue. By Ram Puniyani The UP Assembly election results of 2017 have…
All communities, Muslims included, need to enkindle the spirit of the Hilf al-Fudul. Muslims especially should pay attention to this task. By Waris Mazhari Some two decades before Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was appointed as a prophet, a trader from Yemen sold some goods to a Meccan man called ‘Aas ibn Wa’il, but the latter did…
You can have all the wealth and the health in the world, but unless you do something for the poor you can never achieve real happiness. By Moin Qazi When once asked to express in one word the guiding principle of happy life, Confucius replied, “It is altruism.” And what is altruism in its essence?…
We desperately require greater care in the reporting of news stories, better training, greater diversity in newsrooms, and a religious literacy clearly lacking at present. By Miqdaad Versi “Terror in Spain: Gunman screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’ opens fire in supermarket” screamed a Daily Express news story recently. This headline is the latest in a long list…
Growing up, I did not develop a close friendship with any person from another faith community other than the one I was born into. This is really tragic. By Waris Mazhari Recently, a friend of mine asked me if I could write an article about people of other faiths who might have had a deep…
Only by respecting human rights and ensuring justice for others can Muslims claim themselves to be standard-bearers of peace. By Waris Mazhari Peace is the foundational element for a society to develop. Development is inconceivable without peace. Islam also emphasizes peace to be the collective necessity for a society. The Quran describes peace to be…
Omran and Aylan were metaphors for the conscience of the world: one was half dead when he was found and the other fully dead. By Akbar Ahmed The waves of migrants who have arrived in Europe, hoping to escape horrors in their home countries, have evoked a broad range of emotions in Europe and around…
You have proper societies when you have a group of people who will work hard to live in peace and harmony with each other. There are virtually no societies left in much of the Muslim world and Muslims have only themselves to blame for that. By Dr. Azeem Ibrahim Turkey and Malaysia have long been…
We learned that Albania has a culture of harmony. It may lack the wealth of many other European Countries, but it certainly has one priceless export: the love and protection of the stranger. By Sheryl Olitzky I just returned from a trip to the Balkans. This Building Bridges Journey brought Muslim and Jewish women from…
Some newspapers have presented a misleading and alarmist picture of the rate of divorce among the Muslims. By Abdur Rasheed Agwan* The divorce rate of Muslim women was 5.3 per thousand women in 2001 Census, which has risen to 5.63 in 2011 Census. It is only a slight increase in a decade’s time. What can…
