Urdu Section | |
26 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Asghar Ali Engineer (Translated from English by Samiur Rahman, NewAgeIslam.com) |
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Urdu Section | |
26 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Asghar Ali Engineer (Translated from English by Samiur Rahman, NewAgeIslam.com) |
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Interview | |
24 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
K.N. Panikkar, renowned historian in an interview with G. Krishnakumar |
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Islamic Sharia Laws | |
23 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Dr Shabir Choudhry |
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Islamic Ideology | |
25 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Nilofar Ahmed |
Many verses have been misunderstood out of context and some people think that the Quran contradicts itself and says in some places that intercession is valid and in others that it is not. According to the Quran, those denied intercession are the ones who did not believe, or those who transgressed: “The intercession of the intercessors will be of no use to them” (74:48), referring to those in hell. The Bani Israel are told, “Fear the Day (of Judgment when) … No fine will be acceptable and neither will any intercession be useful” (2:123). A Hadith states that on that day people will be running to and fro looking for an intercessor, until they come to the Prophet Muhammad, who will answer, “I am for intercession”. The Lord will then ask him to “…intercede, for your intercession will be heard” (Bukhari). |
Islamic Sharia Laws | |
26 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
Conversions, Sharia kangaroo Courts, the Law of the land and Fragile Unity of Minorities | |
By John Dayal |
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The Qur’an’s use of the noun Islam and its other roots (asslama, Muslim) demonstrates that members of all faith communities – Christians, Jews, and others – regardless of whether or not they are mentioned in the Qur’an (4:164, 40:78) belong to the universal din (way of life) of Islam that espouses submission (orienting oneself, asslama) to God and doing good deeds. The followers of the Prophet Muhammad are also given this name. “Indeed! Whoever commits (asslama) his whole being to God, and does good deeds - will get his reward from his Lord. There will be no fear upon them nor shall they grieve” (2:112). 2 There is no compulsion in religion. The Qur’anic spirit of religious pluralism, intrinsic to the universality of the concept of the Islam (1 above) is reflected in its following pronouncements on the freedom of religion: “(There is) no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clearly from falsehood; so whoever rejects false deities and believes in God, has grasped a firm handhold, which never breaks. |
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A community of Muslims on the other shore of the great divide of sectarian schism will express its unbridled sorrow in the streets of their towns and in their houses of worship during the next few days; commemorating the events that took place fourteen centuries ago and culminating in the legend of the martyrdom of the grandson and great grandson of the last messenger of God; at Karbala in Iraq --at the hands of a fellow Muslim’s army; who was contending for the glory of State Power! |
Urdu Section | |
09 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Asghar Ali Engineer (Translated from English by Samiur Rahman, NewAgeIslam.com) |
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Islam and Politics | |
09 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Jyoti Thottam |
Don't be afraid of the Islamists. In the Maldives, the conservative Islamist Adhaalath Party was until recently a key political ally of Nasheed's government. The partnership, while it lasted, wasn't easy. To keep the Islamists happy, for example, Nasheed did little to change the country's extremely punitive apostasy laws. In an interview with me in Malé, Ahmed Shaheed, a top foreign policy official in Nasheed's government, explained the rationale for working with the Islamists — their grassroots appeal: That's where the mullahs excel. |
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The Making of the Modern Maulvi — VII | ||||||||
By Ajmal Kamal
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Radical Islamism & Jihad | |
09 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Sajjad Shaukat |
Some political experts argue that the Afghan Taliban are irreconcilable because “stocked hatred, opening old wounds and deepening ethnic tensions in an already volatile country like Afghanistan where fear of civil war is growing after the withdrawal of foreign forces. Notably, in an interview with BBC on October 27, ISPR spokesman Maj-Gen. Athar Abbas pointed out that Pakistan has “not been informed and taken into confidence on a possible roadmap of the reconciliation process so far” with the militants and “what are its objectives.” |
Hindi Section | |
09 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
डाक्टर इसरार अहमद (उर्दू से अनुवाद- समीउर रहमान, न्यु एज इस्लाम डाट काम) |
दीन जब प्रभावशाली होता है तो एक मज़हब की शक्ल अख्तियार कर लेता है। इस सूरत में वो दीन नहीं रहता है बल्कि मज़हब बन जाता है। बिल्कुल उसी तरह जैसे कि इस्लाम के उत्थान के सबसे अच्छे दौर में प्रभावशाली नेज़ाम (व्यवस्था) तो इस्लाम का था, लेकिन इस दीन के अधीन यहूदियत, ईसाई मजहब की हैसियत से बरकरार थे। उन्हें छूट दी गयी थी कि वो इस्लामी सीमा के अंदर रहना चाहते हैं तो उन्हें अपने हाथ से जज़िया देना होगा और छोटे बन कर रहना होगा। ‘ |
Islam and the Media | |
09 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Bhanu Bhatnagar |
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Islamic Sharia Laws | |
08 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Muhammad Yunus, NewAgeIslam.com (Joint Author), Essential Message of Islam, Amana Publications, USA, 2009. |
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Islamic Culture | |
08 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Sultan Shahin, Editor, New Age Islam New York: As part of the week-long “Many Facets of America” Tour of visiting Asian Muslim journalists, organized by the Department of State, we got to meet two remarkable young American Muslims. Starting from the idea of breaking their Ramadan fast in 30 different mosques and discovering the variety of Muslims who live in New York and have mosques in different areas, these two friends writer Aman Ali and filmmaker Bassam Tariqwent on to travel across the United States of America in 30 states this year in Ramadan in a fascinating journey of discovering the variety of Islam that is practiced and Muslims that live here. |
Islamic Culture | |
05 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Sahar Syed |
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Islam and Politics | |
07 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Ayesha Siddiqa |
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Islam and the West | |
07 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Struan Stevenson |
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By Nadeem F. Paracha |
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Islamic Culture | |
02 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Sultan Shahin, Editor, New Age Islam |
New York: Opening new galleries for the fascinating Arts of Islamic Lands, New York’s Metropolitan Museum appears to have delivered a huge slap in the face of Wahhabi Cultural Terrorism. The ideological centre of Wahhabism, Saudi Arabia has been busy demolishing every vestige of Islamic culture and history in the Muslim land. The United States has just finished a decade-long effort to preserve Islamic Art and craft, architecture and history and created a space for all Muslims and non-Muslims to exult in the glory of Islamic Art. The contrast couldn’t be starker. ... Moving from room to room in these New York Metropolitan art galleries was like being transported instantly in both space and time, rejoicing in the exquisite beauty, splendour and brilliance of Islamic art created by Arab, Persian, Turkish, Indian artists. Conscious of the near-moribund state of Islamic inventiveness today, it was difficult to believe that Muslims, and indeed in many cases Arabs, had created so much beauty not very long ago. One room in the galleries was created by a Moroccan artist brought here and left for months to demonstrate his skills. So the Arab Art is not completely dead even today despite massive Saudi, Wahhabi efforts to delegitimize all quest for beauty and radiance. |
Islamic Culture | |
07 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Syed Rizvi |
Today and tomorrow all around the world Muslims will be sacrificing animals to please God. Sacrifice something in the name of God should be something that really means something to you; and you have an attachment to that thing. Abraham fulfilled his devotion to God by exhibiting his full intention to sacrifice his son. That is not, what is happening today on the streets of Karachi or elsewhere. What is happening today is a disgrace to the word Qurbani that God had intended it to be? It’s nothing but the mockery of the Abraham’s devotion to God. |
Islamic Society | |
07 Nov 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
By Dr Moeed Pirzada |
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