Category: People
Navaid Hamid is New Mushawarat Chief
New Delhi: Mr. Navaid Hamid has been elected as the President of the All India Muslim Majlis "e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) for a 2-year term ending on 31 [...]
Jackie Yi-Ru Ying and Omar MwannesYaghi Win Mustafa Prize
Iran has announced the recipients of the inaugural Mustafa Prize. In the field of Nano-biotechnology sciences, it is awarded to Jackie Yi-Ru Ying [...]
Indian-Origin Muslim Cleric gets Honorary Doctorate
London: An Indian-origin Muslim cleric has been awarded an honorary doctorate by University of Leicester in Britain in recognition of his commendabl [...]
Heard of Creative Wash Basins? And Feather-Touch Flush Tanks?
Mohammed Zuhaib Imtiaz did not hop into a multi-national company to work after his MBA. Pushed by his zeal to seek knowledge, he travelled to China. T [...]
TRIBUTE – A Truly Remarkable Man
By Yoginder Sikand
He was truly a remarkable man - M.A.K. Tayab, who left this world recently. He was more than 30 years older than me, but I felt s [...]
Fatima Mernissi, Renowned Female Reformist in Islamic World, Passes Away
Rabat: One of Morocco's most celebrated feminist writers and sociologists Fatima Mernissi passed away on November 30. She was 75.
Born in 1940, in F [...]
South Asia Writers Award for J. M. Sali
Singapore: The prestigious South East Asia Writers Award was conferred on Tamil writer Jamaluddin Mohammad Sali, better known as J. M. Sali on Decem [...]