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Islamic Ideology
What Does Taqwa Mean?Naseer Ahmed, New Age Islam
The methodology that I
have followed to derive the meaning of Taqwa was to let the Quran teach me its
meaning. This is the methodology that I follow for all my articles. To the best
of my knowledge and belief, no other person has derived the same meaning of
Taqwa, because no one else follows the same methodology with the same Taqwa or
intensity. They follow it loosely, or without adequate Taqwa, which is why
their meanings do not fit well the usage of the word in the Quran....
Radical Islamism and Jihad
For decades, Pakistan has been harbouring terrorism and jihad by
extending support to the jihadist groups in Asia. In recent years, its spy
agency, Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) has been actively helping ARSA as well
as other regional terror outfits with logistics and training. Pakistani ISI has
hands behind trafficking in narcotics as well as printing and distributing
counterfeit currency [mostly Indian rupees], which helps it in generating
fund....
Islamic World News
Backdoor
Blasphemy Law: British Muslim Group Attempts to Get Islamophobia Definition
Approved by Govt
ISIS-Linked
Media Threatens Barcelona Cathedral amid US Warnings of Terror Plots in Spain
Don’t
Compare ‘Strikes and Match’, ISPR DG Schools Indian Minister
Myanmar's
Hardline Monks Rail against Rohingya and Suu Kyi
Shut
Out From Bangladesh Schools, Rohingyas Turn To Madrassas
Egypt’s
Former President Morsi Buried, A Day after Courtroom Death
Mideast
Peace Attempts In Vain Without Palestinian State: Arab League Chief
Sudan
Protesters Urge Return To Night-Time Rallies Over ‘Massacre’
White
House: Iran ‘Nuclear Blackmail’ Must Be Met With International Pressure
Canada:
Quebec Passes Religious Symbols Ban
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Islam, Women and Feminism
India’s
Muslim Religious Bodies to Oppose New Bill on Triple Talaq
The
Fast and Strong Manal Rostom on Wearing the Hijab While Running Marathons
First
Kashmiri Woman Awarded ‘Influential Personality in Muslim World’ Is a Teacher
of Life Lessons
A
Year On The Road: Saudi Women Create First Women’s Car Club In The Kingdom
Bahrain
Tops Silicon Valley, London for Female Startups
New
Jersey Woman Admits Role in Smuggling $2 Million In Airplane Parts To Iran
Funeral
Procession Showed Iranian Women’s Resilient Spirits
Scores
Of Yemeni Women Arrested By Houthis In 'Political' Anti-Sex Work Campaign
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Islam and the West
... if a search does not end up promoting hate preachers such as
Choudary who distort Islam from within, it often leads to WebPages that defame
Islam from without. Such websites include Jihad Watch...
Islam and Politics
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s electoral victory has been extraordinary despite the Opposition’s
attacks on him on various issues: farmers’ distress, youth unemployment, poor
implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), demonetisation, lynchings, Hindutva,
assault on institutions, media gagging, intimidation of intellectuals,
tampering of electronic voting machines, politicisation of the armed forces and
the Rafale deal. But the country was not swayed by these accusations….
Current Affairs
Nehru wrote in The Discovery of India, “A Buddhist
or Jain in India is a hundred per cent product of Indian thought and culture,
yet neither is a Hindu by faith. It is, therefore, entirely misleading to refer
to Indian culture as Hindu culture.” Nehru’s idea of India is not reducible to
a single faith. “In later ages”, Nehru wrote, “this culture was greatly
influenced by the impact of Islam, and yet it remained… distinctively
Indian.”...
Muslims and Islamophobia
A meeting of two Islamophobes earlier this month brought this home to
me. That day, Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi met with her Hungarian counterpart
Viktor Orbán. At the top of their agenda was the danger of “continuously
growing Muslim populations”....
Urdu Section
نماز عید کے بعد معانقہ کرنا ایک احسن کام ہے جس سے آپسی
تنازعات اور دوریاں ختم ہوتی ہیں اور باہمی الفت ومحبت کا فروغ ہوتا ہے ۔صدیوں سے
مسلمانوں میں یہ عمل رائج ہے لیکن ابھی چند دنوں پہلے دار العلوم دیوبند کی طرف سے
عید کے موقعہ پر ایک فتوی آیا جس سے نہ صرف مسلمانوں کی دل آزاری ہوئی بلکہ اس
فتوی کا دوسری قوموں نے بھی بڑھ چڑھ کر مذاق اڑایا ۔
Islam, Women and Feminism
The plight of women (who constitute 48.52 per cent of the total
population of 37,209,007) in Afghanistan has been pulled into focus in recent
months, as many in the war-torn country worry that the limited rights available
to women will be lost if the United States makes a deal with the Taliban….
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Islamic Ideology
It is widely recognized that, on the topic of violence, the Qur'an
speaks with more than one voice. Some verses speak for peace and others for
war. The conventional explanation is that the difference hinges on the
migration of the early Muslim community from Mecca to Medina: in Mecca Muslims
were persecuted while Muhammad and the Qur'an preached non-violence and
tolerance...
Islamic Ideology
There are certainly war-related rulings in the Quran and Ahadith, but they
are contextual and relevant only for preventing oppression, curbing religious persecutions
and gaining religious rights. It will be injustice for any “Islamist or
Jihadist groups” to apply them to a pluralistic country, especially India,
where people of different religions coexist with all their respective religious
freedom and civil rights….
Islamic Ideology
Adjurations in the QuranNaseer Ahmed, New Age Islam
Scholars of Islam have
strangely struggled with explaining the adjurations in the Quran when these
offer them the opportunity to show their skills of interpretation and
understanding of metaphors and of poetic allusions. Some have even wondered
“what does Allah mean by swearing by something that is inferior to Him?”! Others are clearly embarrassed by Allah
swearing so often because a man who swears often is looked down upon....
Radical Islamism and Jihad
National interest and foreign policy was “dearer” to Pakistan than the
actual objectives of jihad, according to Bhat. He said that Pakistan saw jihad
as merely “a policy for international bank balances and strategic depth”, and a
policy aimed at, among other regional objectives, keeping pressure on India.
“It’s a game, a part of the policy,”....
Islamic Q and A
Cooperating with ISIS or any other “Islamist”
terror outfits is forbidden and an act of severe oppression. The reason is that
such outfits are committing sins of transgression whereas Almighty Allah says
in the Quran, “And Cooperate in righteousness (birr) and piety (Taqwa),
but do not cooperate in sin (Ithm) and transgression (‘Udwan)....
Islam and Pluralism
Islam fought against polytheism practiced in Arabia and wiped it out
very rapidly. The very reasonable conclusion that one derives from Islamic
history is that monotheism is far superior to polytheism. ... the Prophet himself
removed idols from the Ka’aba signalling the final triumph of Islam over
polytheism?...
Radical Islamism and Jihad
Musa is dead, with little success achieved by him or his cadres militarily on ground but the idea of Ghazwatul Hind and Jihad that he propagated will continue to attract numerous youth for some time to come....
Islamic Society
The Quran and Hadiths deal
with sexual issues and the students and teachers of madrasas are aware of the
injunctions of the Quran and Hadith on the subject..
Radical Islamism and Jihad
Religious guides of India should repeatedly declare that the rulings of
war-related Quranic verses and Ahadith are contextual and can’t be applied
today. … al-Jassas (d.370H) wrote “The (sword) verse was particular to the
Mushrikin of Arab and does not apply to anyone else” …
Islam and Politics
In a democracy, it is not just the interests of the majority but the
minority that have to be taken into account as well. Even as the beef business
has taken a hit, cow urine is suddenly in demand, and is more expensive than
cow milk. It shouldn’t surprise us...