Prophet Muhammad’s Recipe for World Peace
Vol. XLIV No. 41
Date: April 15, 2007
Find Alternative to Shari’ah Courts
It’s true that adultery in Islam warrants death punishment in some cases. But it can only be awarded by an authentic and established Shari’ah court after gathering sufficient evidence and…
Give Innocence a Chance
The Indian mainstream media have not taken kindly to the ban on sex education in schools by the government of Maharashtra. They blame the politicians of pandering to obscurantists and…
Give Innocence a Chance
On the subject of prevention of AIDS, one wonders why Congress Government chose, sex education to children – presumably at the insistence of UNICEF, while disregarding another very effective prevention…
The Men in Blue
The Men in Blue were never in contention for the World Cup considering their recent dismal past performances abroad. The idea that they were the front-runners for the trophy was…
Allah, the Most Loving
Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai,/ Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai! (Iqbal) In the Qur’an, Allah calls himself not just Rahmaan and Raheem (most merciful…
KARZAI ADMITS TALKS WITH TALIBAN
Afghan President Hamid Karzai admitted for the first time on April 6 that he has spoken directly with Taliban fighters about bringing peace to the country, as he rejected the…
EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS DEFEND HEADSCARF
Showing solidarity with the Muslim principal, Christian students in an Egyptian secondary girls school and their parents rushed to defend wearing headscarves in class, insisting they were not coerced but…
SCHOLARS FOR IRAQ MUSLIM PEACEKEEPERS
Sunni and Shiite scholars from eight major Muslim countries have wrapped up a two-day international conference with a call for sending non-Arab Muslim peacekeepers to Iraq to take over from…
GITMO CONDITIONS WORSENING: AMNESTY
Conditions in the US detention facility in Guantanamo are worsening with the sweeping majority of detainees being held in cruel isolation, Amnesty International said in a new report issued on…
ADHAN BAN SPARKS FURORE IN MAURITIUS
Muslims and non-Muslims in Mauritius have rejected in unison a court ruling banning the use of loudspeakers in raising the Adhan (Muslim call to prayer), warning that it could jeopardise…
SAYYID JALALUDDIN UMARI ELECTED NEW JIH AMEER
Renowned Islamic scholar and author Maulana Sayyid Jalaluddin Umari was elected Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Hind for the next 4-year term 2007-2011 at the end of the 6-day meeting of the organisation’s…
MPJ TO LAUNCH 50-DAY JUSTICE CAMPAIGN
The Movement for Peace and Justice (MPJ – AP) will launch a 50 days Justice Campaign from April 12 in order to “inform and educate people about the socio-educational and…
COMPENSATION FOR GUJARAT VICTIMS URGED
In a three-session conference held in the Capital on April 4, a voluntary organisation called Aantrik Visthapit Haq Rakshak Samiti has demanded from the Government of India to give due…
‘It’s wrong to project Islam as being intolerant towards other
MAULANA AKHLAQ HUSAIN QASMI, former Rector of and Professor of Tafsir at Jamia Rahimia, New Delhi, has to his credit 20 books and about 150 descriptive and research articles in…
UN Sanctions on Iran Illegal
By adopting Resolution 1747 to impose fresh sanctions on Iran for refusing to stop its uranium enrichment, the United Nations Security Council has, once again, discredited itself as a tool…
PFI – an Extremist Caucus
I am writing this in response to your reports on PFI Bangalore conference appeared in your 18-24 February and 4-10 March 2007 issues. The conference conducted under the banner of…
The Dynamics of Hajj
After initial few days of my pilgrimage to Makkah, I started pondering as to what Almighty Allah wants the Muslims to develop or experience during Hajj. I became conscious and…
A Fresh Look at Catastrophic Events That Led to Partition
THE HINDU MUSLIM DIVIDE (A Fresh Look) by Amrik Singh Vitasta Publishing Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi- 110 002 Price: Rs 345 Year: 2007
Let’s Strive towards Establishing World Peace
A cursory glance at the socio-political developments in the world tells us that we are leaving in a ‘peace-less’ society. From the killing fields of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the…
Why Prophet Muhammad’s Followers are Derided, Ridiculed
Use any term, word or expression which may sound even remotely insulting to the Jews, the very next moment you would be accused of being anti-Semitic. You may have to…
MUHAMMAD The Saviour of Human Dignity and Peace
Prophet Muhammad (blessings and peace of Allah be with him) liberated humankind from utter distress and disgrace, oppression and torture, agony and suffering and acquainted the people with virtue, purity,…
Apostle of Peace and Mercy for Women
If we give a regular glance at the newspapers we find them filled with injustice done to women. The ghastly incidences of murder, rape, foeticide, abduction, burning alive of bride…
Let’s Revive The Prophet’s Sunnah
The Islamic month of Rabi Al Awwal has arrived. In the Muslim world this month is considered auspicious because many scholars believe it to be the month of Prophet Muhammad’s…
MUHAMMAD’S Testament to Peace
“We found you an orphan, O Muhammad, and gave you shelter.” So reads the Qur’an. Is this, then, the springboard of the divine inspiration that brought Muhammad (blessings and peace…
Imagine A World Embraced
Children are born with an amazing ability to imagine, but the narrow confines of superiority complexes and bigotry suffocate imagination. In religion, culture, race, and society, each group of people…
His Character was The Quran
The Qur’an is the book of guidance for whole mankind. It explains the creation scheme of the Creator regarding man. Man can understand the aim of his life through the…
Prophet Muhammad The Architect of a Peaceful Revolution
The 20th century witnessed a profound “explosion” in every walk of life. Be it ‘knowledge explosion’, ‘technological explosion’, ‘information explosion’ or ‘population explosion’. Go further and you will discover that…
An Interactive Session on the Life and Message of the
The students of Jamia Millia Islamia organised an interactive session on the life and message of Prophet Muhammad (peace be to him) on March 13. The interactive session was preceded…
Love, Nay Social Justice The Core of Muhammad’s Message
Some religions will say love is the core of their being and it is, undoubtedly, a highly commendable and endearing quality. But the Islam brought to us by the Prophet…
MUHAMMAD’S The Messenger to Mankind
There are several misunderstandings about Islam, the Qur’an and the position of the Prophet Muhammad, the messenger of Islam (blessings and peace of Allah be with him). Many think that…
Muhammad and World Peace
World peace is a possibility. It is no utopia. It is not a mirage, or a hallucination. It is obviously not any day-dream. There is only one proviso. Man must…
MUHAMMAD’S Soft Touch
For almost a decade Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be with him) had been inviting the Makkan pagans about their obligation to their Creator and Sustainer, and yet he…
Prophet Muhammad’s Recipe for World Peace
l-Islam is the name God selected for the message He delivered to mankind through His handpicked messenger, Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Abdul Muttalib of Makkah (blessings of Allah and peace…
