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Radical Islamism and Jihad
Patriotism (Hubbul Watani) is not a part of Jahiliyyah.
Love of country is a tendency which naturally resides in citizens and increases
when they continuously feel secure and have full freedom to practice their
religious rituals. On the contrary, Jahiliyyah is a personal shortcoming which
can be repelled by education, good deeds, piety and adherence to rights of
Allah (Huquq Allah) and human rights (Huquq al-Ibad). A country, which gives
equal opportunities to its citizens to become good human beings in all walks of
life, is not responsible for Jahiliyyah….
Islamic Society
Sufi writers of
the post-Mughal period wrote essays venerating monarchy as equal to or even
superior to prophecy. Najm al-Din Razi (d. 1256) actually claimed that a
righteous king is a true vice-regent of God, and exhibits the divine attributes
of His lordship....
Current Affairs
The policies of
the UPA government were easy to understand and the benefits were clear to
everyone. But it was very difficult to comprehend the polices of the NDA
government which were extremely complicated....
Spiritual Meditations
The world stood
stunned watching the engulfing fire in the 850-year-old Notre Dame de Paris.
Having prayed at that cathedral twice, a couple of tears spontaneously dropped
from my eyes. To make things worse, it happened during the most Holy Week for
Christians when the Christian world observes the last tragic days of Jesus’
human existence...
Islamic Personalities
Apart from its
historical value, it helps us “in understanding Iqbal’s mind and in tracing the
development of those socio-economic ideas which were later to become important
elements in his philosophy”....
Malayalam Section
പ്രിയപ്പെട്ട നസീർ, നമ്മുടെ ചർച്ച തുടങ്ങിയ ഇടത്തിൽ നിന്നും വ്യതിചലിച്ചതുകൊണ്ട് അതിന്റെ കയറിപിടിച്ചു ഞാൻ നിയന്ത്രിക്കുകയാണ്. ഖുർആനിനേക്കാൾ തത്ത്വചിന്തയെ അടിസ്ഥാനമാക്കുന്ന മുഅ്തസിലുകളെ,
അവരുടെ കാലത്തിലെ നിരീശ്വരവാദികളായ ആണ് നിങ്ങൾ കണക്കാക്കുന്നത്. അശ് അരിയാക്കളുടെ തെറ്റിദ്ധാരണകളിലൂടെ മുഹകമായ ആയത്തുകളെ അധാർമികവും അനീതി പരമായും നിങ്ങൾ വിധിച്ചു, അതിനുള്ള കാരണം അല്ലാഹുവും അവരെ പോലെ തന്നെയാണ് എന്നവർ അനുമാനിച്ചു എന്നതാണ്....
Radical Islamism and Jihad
At times
Al-Qaeda has seemed to want to exploit the inflamed sectarian environment in
the Middle East to present itself as a pragmatic ally to various Sunni
governments. Al-Sharia certainly harbours intentions to gain state patronage...
Islam, Women and Feminism
We all have
platforms of some kind: a social media group, a book club, friends who like to
walk and talk on Saturday mornings, a workplace newsletter you contribute to.
Clear some space and invite a Muslim woman along to be a part of it too. ....
Islam and Politics
Palestinians
have wanted to shake free of Israeli domination since the West Bank was first
occupied in the Arab-Israeli War of 1967. For more than a quarter-century they
have waited for the United States-led peace process to deliver them a state of
their own...
Radical Islamism and Jihad
Monday 15th
April 2019 was a tragic day for France as it witnessed the eight and half
centuries old religious, historical, architectural and cultural heritage of a
nation, the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris go up in flames.
This happened
just a few days before the historic event of Easter, commemorating an Event
concerned with two supposedly different religious peoples – the followers of
Jesus Christ a Jew, later named Christians and those accused of his death, also
Jews. A 'like on like' grudge....
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Islam and Spiritualism
Over a period, through practice under compulsion,
man learned the great benefits of following the religion and became a willing
follower. Allah has civilized mankind
through progressive revelations and finally revealed the Quran which contains
the complete and perfected religion to Muhammad (pbuh), the seal of the
prophets. Was the final revelation completely clear and understandable, or were
certain parts still counter intuitive and required faith to follow? Adaptation
is different from following based on reason. We adapt to our environment over
which have no control, or to a religion under compulsion or to the religion
because we have faith in it although not everything is clearly understood….
Islamic World News
Thousands
of Sikhs Gather for Harvest Festival in Pakistan
Sudan’s
Military Rulers Urged Parties to Select ‘Independent’ Figure for PM
Exposed:
How Al-Houthi Brainwashes Children, Blesses Targeting Civilians
Ilhan
Omar Says She Has Received Death Threats since Trump's 9/11 Video
UK
Teen Shamima Begum Was Strict Enforcer under Daesh ‘Morality Police’
More
Than 50 Taliban Militants Killed, Wounded In Kunduz Clashes
Indonesian
Election: Muslim Parties Seen Losing Votes
Fate
Of Middle East Must Only Be Decided By Its People: Syria’s Assad
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Radical Islamism and Jihad
Mr.
President,
The US is
withdrawing from Afghanistan as well as from Iraq and Syria. Inspired by the
Taliban declaration of victory, a radicalised terrorist in the Indian state of
Jammu and Kashmir, backed by a Pakistan-based Islamist terrorist organisation,
attacked an Indian military convoy, killing 40 soldiers. Similar suicide attack
killed 27 elite revolutionary guards in Sistan, Iran. Emboldened Jihadists will
surely carry out more such attacks in future. The gloating in Islamist circles
for having “defeated” both the superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United
States, has reached its peak.
Mr.
President,
Still fresh in
our minds is what happened when the international community abandoned
Afghanistan in 1989. Taliban ruled and Al-Qaeda got a safe haven. A series of
atrocities including 9/11 and horrors of Islamic State followed.
In this backdrop, the complacency of the world
community in allowing Taliban to govern Afghanistan is inexplicable. Jihadist
strength does not come from their soldiers and territories. It comes from an
ideology and ideologies cannot be defeated militarily.
Mr.
President,
The Jihadist
ideology is based on very solid foundations in Islamic history, scriptures and
theology. Moderate Muslims have not yet succeeded in evolving a satisfactory
alternative theology of peace and pluralism to challenge the current theology
of violence and exclusion. Even when such a theology evolves, it will take time
and effort for it to be established. Mainstream Muslims should be allowed the
time and space to work out and propagate a counternarrative. I would,
therefore, urge the international community not to repeat the mistakes of 1989
and invite further disasters....
Interfaith Dialogue
Many religious
scriptures contain a few perceived ‘violent’ verses that, if read out of
context and in isolation, can not only be misleading but also very dangerous if
put into practice without comprehension. Proper comprehension of any religious
text is highly dependent on interpretation by putting into perspective the
context of the revelation...
Islamic Society
The new Sharia
Laws of Brunei are influenced by extremist interpretations of the injunctions
of the Quran. In some cases the new laws are not in accordance of the
injunctions of the Quran but on age old practices and traditions. ....
Islamic Society
“An attack on
the sovereignty of madrasas” is how the All India Muslim Personal Law Board
secretary described the suggestion to bring the Muslim religious schools under
the Right to Education (RTE) act. Madrasas’ autonomy and independence
guaranteed under Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution will be threatened,
Khalid Saifullah Rahmani said recently.
But, the
question is what have Indian madrasas, where more than seven million children
go for basic education, made of their autonomy? Even if one concedes that it is
okay for them to teach just Islamiyaat, they must be asked what brand of
Islam are they teaching these impressionable children?...
Radical Islamism and Jihad
A War on Terror
has been raging for 17 years now but we are no closer to defeating Islamist
terror. Jihadism continues to attract Muslim youth. This is because the world
has not paid enough attention to the ideology of Islamism and Jihadism.
Mainstream
Muslims have considered Islam a spiritual path to salvation, one of the many.
Islam aims at reforming society for a peaceful, harmonious, pluralist
existence. However, due to certain historical factors, the theology and
jurisprudence of Islam that evolved in the 8th and 9th
centuries (CE), present Islam as a political, totalitarian ideology of
supremacism, xenophobia, intolerance and gender discrimination. It is this
theology of violence, exclusivism and world-domination that is taught in
madrasas and sustains Islamism. But despite the Islamist violence against
peaceful Muslims and non-Muslims alike, the community is still not focussed on
the need for evolving a counternarrative of Islam.
It is imperative that Muslim countries that
have signed the UN Charter look into the issue urgently and work towards
developing a new theology of peace, pluralism and gender justice. While several
countries like Morocco and now Saudi Arabia appear to be moving in this
direction, the one country that has made a solid contribution is Turkey. In a
decade-long exercise 100 Turkish scholars have managed to limit the number of
authentic ahadith to just 1600, out of over 10,000, and provide each hadith
with context and suitable interpretation. This book of authentic Hadith has been
provided to all mosques in Turkey but I hope it is made available to the global
Muslim community in their own languages as soon as possible.
Allama Iqbal, a
poet-philosopher of the South Asian sub-continent had called for the
reconstruction of religious thought in Islam almost a hundred years ago. Let us
at least start working on it now....
Radical Islamism and Jihad
The Muslim
world was impressed and grateful for how Ardern handled the Christchurch
massacre. But many didn’t know how to process the actions of this unorthodox
prime minister. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan’s reaction was savage. He
threatened to send Australian and New Zealand nationals home “in coffins” after
hearing about the killings...
Islam and Politics
Now let us take
a look at the nature and subjectivity of the Fatwas and religious edicts
recently passed by the Barelwi ulema and muftis at large. From the fatwa
against Salman Rushdi, Tasleema Nasreen, Majid Majidi, AR Rahman, APJ Abdul
Kalam to the violent announcements threatening to behead Taslima Nasrin and or
to boycott and ban Tahir-ul-Qadri, the retrogressive Barelwi clerics have also
created an outrage in India....
Islamic Ideology
The purpose of a moral code is to restrain man
from indulging in pleasure seeking activities that harm the society or self,
and encourage making sacrifices for the good of society, while allowing seeking
pleasure which is good for self and society and avoiding pain which is harmful
to self without any benefit to the society. The moral code from religion
enabled us to develop trust in strangers through shared values from religion
and cooperate in large numbers without which we may not have survived as a
species...