Chapter 61 (Ranks―Al-Saff) of the Quran presents to the believers the Christian example as a model worthy of emulation. This can be understood with reference to two events from the history of…
It is earnestly claimed that religion has been rendered old-fashioned and redundant by modern civilization. But what actual contribution has western civilization made to humanity? New modes of travel…
It was the fourth of November, 1847. The servant entered the room of his master, a Scottish doctor, to find him lying face-down on the floor alongside two of his colleagues. They appeared to have…
Violence erupts when anger goes unchecked. In life people have undesirable experiences on an almost daily basis: this is an integral part of our lives and it is what builds up a kind of suppressed…
PRESENT-DAY Muslim scholars and intellectuals generally think that the West has a certain agenda vis-a-vis the ‘Islamic world’, and that it is pursuing that agenda with full force. To cite just one…