Editor's Desk
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The Divine Revelation is a key to the secrets of history. There is a fundamental difference between the guiding light of the Divine Revelation and the utilitarian human insights into history. The insight of the historian and his understanding of events illuminate only a segment of the truth in the rise and fall of nations. It is as though a flash of lightning comes for a moment and dazzles the whole universe, some truths are…
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Leaders
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IS PROGRESSIVE ISLAM POSSIBLE?
Many people talk about progressive Islam. Is progressive Islam possible? Many are sceptical. But some maintain Islam need not be preceded with any attribute like ‘progressive’. Islam itself contains the…
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Misguided Pope: Conflict with Another Monotheistic Religion
It is unfortunate to see that a person like the Pope Benedict XVI, Head of the Catholic Church, who should have been a voice of reason and reconciliation, acted in…
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Insight
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Islamophobia: A Call to Confronting a Creeping Disease
President Bush reacting to the unearthing of the alleged bombing plot over the Atlantic August 10 remarked: “This nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means…
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Ijtihad & the Application of Islam in the 21st Century
The subject of Ijtihad occupies a recurring theme across much contemporary Islamic literature. A tool employed by Islamic jurists, it holds the key to Islam’s continual relevance and to defining…
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Philosophy of Fiqh
Islamic philosophy is a newly born science among Muslim scholars and believed to be an important addition in Islamic research methodology in order to make Islam compatible with the modern…
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The Conflict of Civilizations from an Islamic Perspective
Introduction One of the most widely used expressions and concepts during the last decade of the 20th Century is presumably the concept of “the Conflict of Civilizations” and its counterpart…
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Human/Non-Human Interface: The Emergence of New Forms of Embodiment in the 21st Century
Introduction: Human Evolution and the Roots of Consciousness There is little doubt that the last four hundred years have seen a resurgence of humanism that has led to the development…
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