IOS Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Saeedur Rahman Azmi Nadvi was adjudged the winner of the fifth IOS Lifetime Achievement Award last month, by the governing Council of the Institut [...]
Halima Yacub
Halima Yacub, 58, became the first woman Speaker of the Singapore Parliament. She replaced Michael Paimar who resigned after a scandal. Halima of Ind [...]
Died: Social worker and leader of Godhra Muslims Maulana Umarji
Social worker and leader of Godhra Muslims Maulana Umarji who ran relief camps for those fleeing anti- Muslim violence in and around Godhra following [...]
Good to have a Beautiful Mind
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail," said poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Dr Safiya has just done tha [...]
The Believer must also be a Traveller
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
The believer, according to the Quran, must be a traveller (Al-Saihoon) (9:112). This is not just in the sense of one who g [...]
Happiness or Misfortune is Determined by God
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Respond to your Lord before there comes, by God's will, a day that cannot be put off. There shall be [...]
Sparing People Any Embarrassment
The Prophet (Pbuh) never spoke directly to anyone about what he disliked if what he wanted to say could embarrass the person concerned. Examples aboun [...]
Ostentation in Religious Practices
Q: I am a regular reader of your column, although I am not a Muslim. I recently came across a Hadith, mentioned by Al-Ghazali, which quotes the Prophe [...]
Women Working for Self-Fulfillment
Q: At the time of my marriage I made it clear to my husband that I wish to be always in work. He did not object. However, now he is saying that I shou [...]
Quran and Appropriate Medication
Q: I believe that the Qur'an is most powerful and that it cures every kind of illness. I do not know, however, the Surahs, which should be used for cu [...]