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Take Charge of Your Life
Contemporary Muslims wonder why they are so powerless. The Covey Principle sheds light on the apparent contradiction between their condition and the promise of the idea of Islam. We generally affirm...
View ArticleGroup for Promoting Moderate Islam
A Muslim Canadian activist has founded a new group that will promote moderate Islam, saying there are too few progressive Muslim voices countering extremism in Canada. Raheel Raza, the Pakistan-born...
View ArticleA Nobel Peace Prize for Malala
There were so many unheard Malala’s before , there are so many unheard Malala’s now and there will be so many unheard Malala’s in future too, but nothing is going to change the primitive, militant...
View ArticleModi’s Hat-Trick and Muslims
It is essential for Muslims to analyse the setback in Gujarat and decide policy options for the 2014 general elections. In Gujarat we are often questioned about our role in the freedom movement and...
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Tipu University – A Needless Controversy
Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem With a Union Minister announcing that the centre would start a separate university for the minorities at Tipu Sultan’s capital, Srirangapatna and name it after him, a controversy...
View ArticlePaths to Peace
Far from judging others, far from dogmatism, Muslims today must keep silent, must examine themselves. Superstition of the masses and the elitist attitudes of scholarly circles have poisoned the...
View ArticleAn Unfortunate Truth – Using Islam as a Convenient Facade
It is not Islam that is wrong, it is the Muslims who are damaging a religion because they stopped paying attention to their spiritual growth, basking in the superiority of preaching. By Masarat Daud...
View ArticleContemporary Islamic Conscience in Crisis
Can the 1,000-year Muslim civilisation make an original contribution to the concert of cultures and civilizations? By Tariq Ramadan From Asia to North America, by way of the Middle East, Africa and...
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Foundations for Muslim-Buddhist Interfaith Dialogue
Although Islam and Buddhism may be divided by complex theological questions, inter-religious dialogue focused around morality, ethics and values can be an extraordinary avenue for intercultural...
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Cancellation of Amina Wadud’s Lecture
Shutting the Scope for Debate By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj The University of Madras cancelled the lecture by American Islamic scholar Amina Wadud, perceiving a threat of violent disruption of the programme...
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Make Your Bakrid Environment-Friendly
Do not indulge in exhibitionism through bidding on sheep and goats for fancy rates and going for its publicity through the media. By A Staff Writer Idul-Azha or Bakrid will be upon us at the end of...
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The Fanatics of Islam
The awful terrorist attack in Kenya, against innocent civilians who just happened to be in Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, first deserves the strongest condemnation. It is a barbaric, inhumane and...
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In the Face of Extremism: The Azhar’s Stance
One of the major characteristics of people with an extreme mentality, is that they stand firmly against all forms of reform and renovation in Muslim societies, under the guise of prohibited...
View ArticleProphet Muhammad’s (Pbuh) Noble Character and Muslims Today
The hype over why the Muslim community is plagued with educational, scientific, economic and social backwardness perhaps does not help, until their moral downfall is assessed and redeemed. By Varsha...
View ArticleSyeds and Muslim Society
Actions rather than titles should speak for one’s nobility of lineage. By Syed Tahsin Ahmed Going through the matrimonial ads, I was struck by the emphasis given to Syeds among other groups like...
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No Women Leaders? No Peace!
Women in Jammu and Kashmir have had a hard lot, even those who have been visible in the public arena. Researching my own family’s story, I have found that women are conditioned to wipe away their...
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Living With ‘Western Values’
Instead of building yet another mosque in Paris, why not spend the money on educating young Muslims on how to write a good CV and get a job? By Idris Tawfiq There are many who believe that the values...
View ArticleThe Basis of Inter-Religious Dialogue
I believe that the basis of all inter-religious dialogue should be to discuss how important questions about life have been answered by different religious traditions. By Khalid Zaheer There is much...
View ArticleFanaticism is a Problem of Arrogant Self-Belief, Not of Faith
Arrogance is a devastating disease, which is why God condemns it several times in the Qur’an (e.g. 31.18). Fanaticism is one syndrome of arrogance. By Louay Fatoohi Having a strong faith that one’s...
View ArticleIslamic Understanding of Politics
Islam does not make a distinction between religion and politics. It considers the two as necessary for each other as well as complementary to each other. The Quran (28: 77) explicitly says: ‘do not...
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