Category: Opinion
FDCA Symposium – PR System for Inclusive Democracy
Participants at the symposium expressed concern over increasing role of money and criminals in elections.
Bengaluru: A recent symposium on 'Elector [...]
Power of Love, Service to Humanity
This story has been extracted and translated from an Urdu speech of Maulana Khalilur Rahman Sajjad Noamani, a scholar and a social worker from Lucknow [...]
Muslim Women’s Rights in the Light of Maqasid al-Shariah
Some Muslim scholars, based in certain Arab countries and in the West, are developing a contextually-relevant fiqh for women, or what is called fiqh [...]
Islam, Women and Islamic Feminism
I think that it is crucial for Muslim women to start studying Islam for themselves, for, undoubtedly, they can better understand the Islamic notion of [...]
Women in Islam: Beyond Stereotypes
The newer generation of Muslim women is trying to understand their social position from the Qur'an itself. Across the Muslim world, Islamic feminists [...]
Rohingyas – Myanmar Following Ethnic Cleansing
Around four lakh Rohingyas pushed into Bangladesh; 176 villages torched; UN describes 'textbook example' of ethnic cleansing
With nearly 400 [...]
Bangladeshi Minorities Condemn Violence against Rohingyas
Thousands of people in Bangladesh, mostly religious and ethnic minorities, protested on the streets of Dhaka to condemn ongoing deadly violence agai [...]
Muslims and the Internet
I am thoroughly disgusted with the verbosity I encounter on the Internet, irrespective of where it is coming from: Sunni, Barelvi, Deobandi or any oth [...]
Muslim Community’s Missed Chances
How many times have we sat and thought about the future - of coming generations - without playing victim?
By Fauzan Alavi
As a community, we have [...]
Who Benefits From Beef Ban?
The ban is highly divisive and discriminatory. It has divided citizens into two groups: those who do not eat cattle meat and think themselves to be mo [...]