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Islam, Women and Feminism
In the best circumstances, the Wali takes care of the affairs of the woman properly. He facilitates matters for her and stands by her though in doing so he faces many hardships and problems. But in most of the cases the Wali is not that caring, rather he takes advantage of the rule and blackmails the woman. Many wives hand over all her salary to the husband so that he escorts her to the office. Many fathers stop the education of their daughters to take revenge on their divorced wives. Many sisters have to bribe their brothers for getting their help in petty matters....
Books and Documents
Ziauddin Sardar
All people, not merely the God-conscious (see taqwa), will be resurrected and face God's judgment in the hereafter. As the Qur'an tells us elsewhere, in the hereafter the differences and distinctions about matters of religion will then be made clear to everyone. But God's judgment will concern not only what we believed but what we did, how we lived. All who lived well, who conducted their lives to the best of their ability consistent with consciousness of God's guidance, will be rewarded…..
Islamic World News
MQM leader Waseem Aftab
Arab World
At Least 40 Hezbollah Fighters Killed In Qusayr as Troops Fight Rebels
Drug Use on the Rise among Saudi Students
Southeast Asia
Twenty Ahmadis Convert to Sunni Islam in West Java
Police Terminate Investigation into Attack on Ahmadiya in E. Java
Mideast
Islamic Jihad Urges Muslim Confrontation with Israeli Aggressions
Hindu temples, Bollywood and a Yemeni city's India ties
Pakistan
Killing of Pakistani Politician Shakes New Voting Round
Karachi violence claims eight lives
Imran made Karachi a battlefield: MQM leader
Africa
17 killed in offensive against insurgents, Nigeria military says
One dead in Tunisia showdown with Islamists
Europe
Car Bombs Kill Eight in Russia's Dagestan: Investigators
Dagestan’s Bitter Shadow War, Fought by ‘Many Tsarnaevs’
South Asia
Suicide attack in northern Afghanistan kills at least 14
Maldives parents pull students from preschool over “differences in religious views”
India
New Indian passports ‘rejected’ by local authorities in Saudi Arabia
UP seeks CBI probe in death of HuJI terror accused
Conservationists demand restoration of Dara Shikoh's library
North America
Hindu immigrants to U.S. doubled in last decade, reveals survey
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Islam, Women and Feminism
Pakistani Woman’s Suicide turns out to Be Honour Killing
Haryana, India, Gets NHRC Notice after 6 Villages Ban Girls from Attending School
Pak Elections: ‘Dir Women Disenfranchised For Security Reasons’
Seminar on Education of Muslim Girls Held At Imphal, India
Girls Need New Thoughts to Continue Women’s Gains
Kurdish Female Fighters Pick up Arms As Assad Pushes Forward Into Rebel-Held Land
Saudi Women Take the Wheel in Truck-Building Industry
Indonesian Marriage Law Outdated and Irrelevant: Academics
The Jewish Women Who Pioneered Modern Arab Music
Indian Women First Twins to Scale Everest
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Books and Documents
Hazrat Inayat Khan
With all our education and learning, with all our claims to civilization, we are not as good as this. We retain the bitterness in our hearts. We never consider what a poison it is. The very person who would shudder at the idea of having something in his body that is decayed and offensive, something that should not be there but should be cut out or removed, will tolerate that poison of bitterness in his mind. He will not remove it; he will foster it. Had he not lacked the sense of forgiveness, and had he not neglected to cultivate the habit of asking forgiveness, he would have become ready to forgive and forget....
Islam, Women and Feminism
Women have adopted the method of ‘baring-it-all’ in public since ancient times to protest against all sorts of issues they felt important. Legend has it that an upright noble Lady Godiva in eleventh century England felt so strongly that she took up the challenge to ride naked on horseback through the streets of Coventry to protest against her husband’s oppressive taxes imposed on the poor. However the husband commanded all to remain indoors and shut windows and doors for the event........
Current Affairs
Benedict Rogers
If the international community is to encourage genuine reform, promote religious harmony and resolve conflicts, it must recalibrate its position in regard to both Burma and Indonesia. It is right to caveat criticisms with recognition of positive achievements; it is also right to present criticisms as constructively as possible, appealing to self-interest....
Islam, Women and Feminism
Irna Qureshi
Attitudes towards divorce are changing among British Muslim women. My mother’s generation regarded divorce as immoral, so sustaining a marriage for them was a lifelong project. However, for British educated Muslim women like me, divorce is an entitlement, even within Islamic law. My mother and I married men from Pakistan.....
Islamic Ideology
Islam is unlike any other religion because it is not merely a belief to which one adheres, but rather Islam is a complete way of life. Muslims put their beliefs into practice on a daily basis. Islam provides guidance in all the spheres and activities of life. Furthermore, it is unique in that it is not named after any person, tribe, region or culture. Islam is named after a belief in one God, Allah, and submission to His will. In other words, Muslims put Allah’s Will before their own.....
Islam and the West
William Oddie
The fact has to be faced: the attitude of many Muslim men to non-Muslim females is a real problem. A crude generalisation, of course: but one that needs to be addressed, not evaded. After the Rochdale verdict, I noted that the accused were all universally being described as “Asian”, never as “Muslim”, and that the well-known attitude of Muslims (particularly Muslim men) towards non-Muslim women was being brushed under the carpet. When the Muslim Yasmin Alibhai Brown tried to describe precisely this attitude from her experience within her own religious community, recalling, during a radio discussion at the time, many conversations among ordinary Muslims about white women and their alleged promiscuity, she was shouted down by another Muslim participant in the discussion, who did not like the fact that she was letting this particular cat out of the bag....
Islamic Society
Naazish YarKhan
I fear there may be a time when we aren’t there to be a sounding board for our kids. As my son takes in every word, I quietly hope I’m not scaring him. Frustrated, my son asks, “Why do some Muslims have to go and mess it up for the rest of us?” “Because, somehow, they’ve come to believe that their actions are justified,” I respond. “But they aren’t,” I am quick to add.......
Current Affairs
Nasheed has been hitting the waterways that connect the islands for over a year now, seeking justice and asking people to back him. The former President insists that he was thrown out in a coup on February 7, 2012, and wants people not to forget this ‘fact’ when they reach the polling booths. Nasheed remains the most popular leader in Maldives today.....
Urdu Section
Mike Ghouse Tr. New Age Islam
سنی مسلمانوں کا یہ ایمان ہے کہ رسول اللہ (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) نےفرمایا ہے کہ، میں اپنے بعد کتاب (قرآن) کو، پیروکاروں کے لئے مذہب سیکھنے ، سمجھنے اور اس پر عمل کرنے کے لئے چھوڑ کر جا رہا ہوں۔ ہر ایک اپنے عمل کے لئے انفرادی طور پر جوابدہ ہے، جبکہ شیعہ مسلمانوں کا یہ ایمان ہے کہ نبی نے یہ بھی فرمایا ہے کہ وہ رہنمائی کے لئے اپنی اولاد کو اپنے بعد چھوڑ کر جا رہے ہیں۔
Urdu Section
بہترین حالات میں ولی عورت کے معاملات کی بحسن وخوبی دیکھ بھال کرتا ہے، اس کے لیے آسانیاں پیدا کرتا ہے اور اس کے ساتھ چلتا ہے اگرچہ اس میں اس کے لیے بھی کافی مشقت اور پریشانی ہوتی ہے، لیکن زیادہ تر حالتوں میں ولی ایسا نہیں کرتا، بلکہ اس قانون کا غلط فائدہ اٹھاتا ہے اور عورت کو بلیک میل کرتا ہے، کتنی ہی بیویاں اپنی ساری تنخواہ محض اس لیے شوہر کے ہاتھ میں رکھ دیتی ہیں تاکہ وہ انہیں دفتر چھوڑنے جایا کرے، کتنے ہی باپ اپنی مطلقہ بیویوں سے بدلہ لینے کے لیے اپنی بیٹیوں کی تعلیم رکوا دیتے ہیں، کتنی ہی بہنیں چھوٹی چھوٹی باتوں کے لیے اپنے بھائیوں کو رشوت دیتی نظر آتی ہیں
Urdu Section
تقیہ شیعہ سائیکی میں کچھ اسی طرح سرایت کر گیا کہ بڑےبڑے فقہاء و مجتہدین نے بدعات و خرافات پراپنی زبانیں بند رکھنے میں عافیت جانی۔ مثال کے طور پر عزاد اری کی وہ بدعتیں مثلاً تعزیہ ، شیبیہ ، اور خونی ماتم وغیرہ جنہیں علماء مجتہدین دین مبین سے انحراف پر محمول کرتے ہیں وہ خود تو اس میں شریک نہیں ہوتے کہ عرب و عجم یا بلادِ غرب میں جہاں بھی تلوار زنی اور لہو آمیز زنجیرو ں کا ماتم منعقد ہوتا ہے ، آج تک کسی نے حلقہ علماء کے خواص کو لہولہان پیٹھ اور خون آلود چہروں کے ساتھ نہیں دیکھا کہ وہ دل سے ان خرافات کو گمراہی پر محمول کرتے ہیں لیکن ان کے امتناع کے سلسلے میں کبار مجتہدین بھی تقیہ کی راہ پر گامزن رہے ہیں۔ اس صورت حال نے نہ صرف یہ کہ فقہا ئے اہل بیت کو قول و عمل کی دوئی سے دوچار کر رکھا ہے بلکہ سچ پوچھئے تو تقیہ کے اس نظر ی ماحول میں کسی مؤثر اصلاحی تحریک کی گنجائش بھی باقی نہیں رہ گئی ہے۔