Editor's Desk
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When people will be connected together When the female child buried alive will be questioned for what crime was she killed When the dissemination of written material will know no bounds When the Garden will be brought to near Shall each soul know what it has put forward (Al-Qur’an 81:7-14). While reading these lines of the Qur’an one comes across a post-modern spatial scenario and is immediately reminded of the world wide web. Here, the…
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Leaders
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Is There Any Way Out Of This Polytheism?
The Muslims are, on the whole, under the grip of polytheism (shirk) and the evils emanating from it. The basic reason for their fall from the august position of the…
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Reconstructing the Muslim Ummah: The Legacy of Abraham
Islam is not an identity that a group can claim on its sole patent rather, it is an attitude of willing and unconditional submission to God, a door open on…
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Is Religion all about Rituals and a Fancy Dress Code?
The Muslim community is going through a deep crisis. The intensity of this crisis can be gauged from the fact that everyone, be he a leader or commoner, is asking…
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Insight
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A New Paradigm of International Relations and the function of religions
Introduction I. A short reflection on history Let me start with a short reflection on history: Three symbolic dates that signal the new paradigm in international relations that is slowly…
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Islam and the West: Clash of Civilisations?
n 1993 the journal Foreign Affairs published an article entitled ‘Clash of Civilizations’ by Samuel Huntington, Harvard Professor, former Director of Security Planning for the National Security Council, and President…
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Islam and Humanized Lawful Use of Force For Liberation From Oppression
Islam recognizes peace as a basic requirement of all individuals and groups for their social, ethical and spiritual well being and growth. Believers are required to develop an attitude of…
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Islamic Responses to Terrorism
INTRODUCTION Terrorism provokes deep fear and insecurity – more than other forms of violence. Terrorists strike innocent civilians, often randomly, and without warning. Terrorists know this, and they seek to…
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The Emerging Alliance of World Religions and Ecology
The growing alliance of religion and ecology within the academic world and within religious communities is bringing together for the first time diverse perspectives from the world’s religious traditions, regarding…
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Unfencing the Fences around the Quran
The Qur’an is the undistorted, immutable and perfect manifestation of Divine Revelation that still stands in its entirety, purity, and pristine glory among Muslims. Despite this, if the chosen community…
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