For many families in different parts of the world, the coronavirus pandemic came like a disaster and destroyed their lives. Thousands of people died, lost their kith and kin, their jobs, and more. All this is very disheartening. Listening to those heartbreaking incidents, I really felt like crying. In pre-COVID times, when I would get…
“I found something beautiful about the way my Muslim brothers and sisters understood Deen as a way of life” I count it as a blessing to have spent six years studying at two universities in India: two years at the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) (for a Master’s in Islamic Studies), and then, later, four years…
Unprecedented technological advances in communications and information access, a paradigm shift in the concept of entertainment and socializing norms and modern tools of digital learning system are among the things that a child in the 21st century is surrounded by and grows up with. Unbalanced importance given to material possessions has resulted in a ruthless…
The solution to all complaints and hatreds is for people to interact with each other at the interpersonal level, motivated by a genuine concern for each other’s wellbeing. In large parts of the world today, many people have extremely negative views about Muslims. There are various reasons for this. Muslims must reflect on what needs…
Presently we are passing through such times that offer great opportunities to us to earn great rewards. Truly, opportunities are immense, and so are rewards. Success touches the feet of those who make use of the opportunities. Now, one might wonder how this could be possible when we are passing through Corona times. While there…
The Muslims of India are today at a crossroads. The community has continued to be socially, educationally and economically backward, with increasing vacuum in its political leadership and confusing division in the form of sectarian groups and jamaats. The Babri Masjid controversy brought no good to the larger Muslim masses, and only produced more hate,…
Muslim youth have to understand that the competition requires them to achieve excellence in the field they choose. By Moin Qazi We need to assume responsibility for both our worldly and other worldly lives. Muslim Indians constitute over 14% of the country’s population or roughly 172 million people. Muslims have considered India as their home…
By M. Aslam Parvaiz It is our mandatory duty to explore Nature through knowledge The Jamiat ul-Ulema-I Hind (JUH), which is possibly among the largest Muslim organisations in the country, has a strong base among imams, muezzins and other functionaries of mosques and madrasas. Many of its members are graduates of the Dar u-Uloom (Deoband,…
By K. Rehman Khan Muslims need to focus particularly on their educational and economic progress. Muslims today face numerous issues. The most pressing problems are issues within the Muslim community itself. Muslims must introspect and see where they have gone wrong. Deficiency in investment for education and economic advancement is a major cause of the…
By Niggy I was glad that my mother left behind neither any burdens or bitterness. I strongly believe this was by God’s grace and because of her spiritual life and for being kind, forthright and disciplined. When they left this world, saints and prophets probably did not leave behind many material things. But of course…
