Recent horrific incidents, such as the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, have triggered nationwide outrage and protests. However, the recurring issue of sexual violence is often blamed on administrative failures, while the real culprits the weaknesses in legal frameworks and the provocative nature of modern culture are overlooked. In 2022, India reported…
God created man as the best creation in good shape. Allah Ta’ala has sent some people to the world with some defects at birth. On the other hand, after birth, some people suffer from an accident or some physical problems which we commonly refer to as disability. But in reality, have we thought that there…
This is the story of a child who was diagnosed with a brain disease at the age of two that changed his life. By the time he reached the age of eight, he was so affected by this dangerous disease that he was now considered among disabled children. Tourette Syndrome, severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD),and…
We have a generation of men struggling to understand their anger, who act out in dysfunctional ways. Many men are conditioned to be “nice guys” from a young age. They’re raised with a sense of over-responsibility to caretaker the emotions of their parent figures. This can look like this: • Being the man of the…
Happiness is a sense of well-being, joy, or contentment. When people are successful, safe, or lucky, they feel happy. Happiness is a feeling of pleasure and positivity. When someone feels good, proud, excited, relieved, or satisfied about something, that person is said to be “happy”. Feeling happy may help people to relax and to smile.…
Building character and integrity, not just building careers is what the teachers strive for, in this 110-year-old school ‘Ashraful Madaris’ located in Yakutpura, one of the oldest localities of the historic city of Hyderabad. Founded in 1918 by Janab Ashraf Ali Sahab, the school has both girls and boys and it caters to the poorest…
The Quran Foundation (TQF) is a Registered and Non- Profit Organization based in Hyderabad working for the Educational, Economic, Social and Cultural Development of the poor and underprivileged sections of the society. Registered in 2009 under the Societies Registration Act and also registered under 12A of the Income Tax Act 1961. Together with other NGOs,…
Once in a training workshop we were given a target to draw a few random geometrical shapes; simple triangles, semicircles and circles. When the time was up to finish our task, trainer showed us a very simple clown we all used to draw as children and asked us how many of us could draw that…
In November 2015, A video of a young Australian-based businessman went viral. Just like millions of people around the world and me, you might not have heard about him before that viral video. Such was his diagnosis of fourth stage cancer that changed his life completely. Ali Banat was born 16 Feb 1989. Earlier in…
Islamic libraries The zeal to preserve the Qur’an and to record the traditions (Sunnah) of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) motivated the early Muslims not only to write books but also to collect them. Mosques that played a significant role in the life of the Muslims had a collection of not only the Qur’an…
