because extremists do not reflect on the act they are about to commit. If they realized beforehand what the result of their violent activities would be, they would never follow this course of action. Rather

that the greatest menace of present times is the radicalization of Muslim youth. But the question is: What is the source of this radicalization? The source of this culture is the use by Muslims of the internet

had erred. Muslims today have coined a new term, that is, Islamophobia. This refers to the danger wrongly perceived by the West that Islam presents to non-Muslims. However, this is not actually the case

UNDERSTANDING ISLAM ISLAM is actually a religion of peace and humanism. Not only Islam, but all other religions are religions of peace. The Sufis have given the best interpretation of Islam. A Persian phrase

of Islam. There are two major sources of Islam, the Quran, which is the word of God and the Hadith, which are the sayings and the actions of the Prophet of Islam. We find the true message of Islam through

free to choose between the two paths of peace and violence. According to a Hadith, the Prophet of Islam defined a believer thus— “A believer is one from whom people are safe as regards their lives and property

is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between 610 and 632 AD. It is a book that brings glad tidings to mankind, along with divine admonition

it is understood only by one who wants to understand. One who is not serious about knowing what Truth is and what is untruth, cannot be made to understand anything. The blind and the sighted are not equal

punishment. (35: 19-26) It is a fact that the expectations one has of light are not applicable to darkness. What one gets from the shade cannot be derived from sunlight. The same is the case with man. Among human

their oath on two counts: Islam and shahadah. (Baihaqi). Aswad relates that on the day of the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet was taking the oath of allegiance. He asked him what is meant by shahadah. The

we will be held accountable to God for all our actions in this world. In the matter of the call of Islam, it is vital to keep in view the delicacies of the interrelationship of the different parts of religion

we shall not be able to do it justice. Under normal circumstances, making a direct call to accept Islam would appear to be unwise. That is why those who want to work in this field have different opinions

PRINCIPLE OF MORALITY The simple principle of morality in Islam is: ‘you should want for others what you want for yourself. You should like for others what you would like for yourself.’ The way one person behaves

referred to as ethics. What should be the first principle of morality? This principle is simply that – you should want for others what you want for yourself. You should like for others what you would like for

from the response the Maulana received when he urged one of the Mewatis to work for Tabligh. “Tablid? What is Tablid?” rejoined the Mewati, unable even to pronounce the word. Yet these very people, ignorant

should forgive them when they came before Him, they set out to conquer the hearts of the people. When Islam penetrates into the depth of one’s consciousness, one becomes concerned with one thing alone: how

displeasing God. It is on the hereafter that one focusses all one’s attention. One calls others to Islam, making sure that one is first a good Muslim oneself. These enthusiastic preachers, roaming across

BOOK REVIEWName of the Book: The True Face of Islam Author: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan (compiled and edited by Raamish Siddiqui) Published by: Harper Element, NOIDA First Published: 2015 Pages : 222 ISBN:

Like many other religions, Islam has been and continues to be, interpreted in diverse ways. Different Muslim sects and ideologues claim that their understandings of Islam represent the ‘true face’ of

goodness. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, the well-known New Delhi-based Islamic scholar, has for decades been engaged in promoting an understanding of Islam that reflects these values—an interpretation of the faith

that “the fatal point in Islam was the degradation of woman.” Since then this remark has been regularly taken up as a stick with which to beat Islam. In fact, whenever Islamic affairs were mentioned, it

common observation, that not only the enemies of Islam, but also relatively fair-minded writers such as the historian, J.M. Roberts, who did justice to Islam in pointing out its virtues, mentioned it as if

another point in this book, that this allegation is entirely baseless. The facts are quite the reverse. Islam has, in actual fact, raised the status of woman. If the truth were told, woman’s degradation has come

Islam and the Modern ManThe problems that confront man in the present age can all be traced, directly or indirectly, to one underlying cause: the separation of man from God. In this modern age man has

this is what Prophet Jesus was referring to when be said, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God’ (Matthew, 4:4). The greatest asset that Islam has to

Islam and the Modern ManThe problems that confront man in the present age can all be traced, directly or indirectly, to one underlying cause: the separation of man from God. In this modern age man has

this is what Prophet Jesus was referring to when be said, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God’ (Matthew, 4:4). The greatest asset that Islam has to