of Islam in two ways: first, it makes man study the wonders of God—the only direct means of the realization of God in this world; and second, it produces scientific thinking, which is exactly what is desired

make science revert to its original position. The first demonstration of this reversion, from the Islamic point of view, took place in the form of a change in orientalism. After the Crusades (1099-1270)

Western literature with anti- Islamic thinking. After the failure in the Crusades, they took their revenge on the Muslims with their old weapon of pious fraud against Islam, the religion of their adversaries

of Basra along with a letter of invitation to Islam. When alHarith reached a certain place in Syria, he met with a man called Shurahbil Ibn Amr al-Ghassani, who asked him where he was heading. He replied

abilities. Washington Irving has written a scholarly work on the Prophet of Islam. He wrote that when, with the expansion of Islam, the scattered Arab tribes got united, the Byzantine Emperor felt this Arab

Arab unity to be a threat to him. So, he decided to prepare a large army to attack what he regarded as his potential foe and crush it. Accordingly, he began gathering his forces on the borders of Arabia

in Medina, the capital of the Islamic State. Among the rejected suitors was the reigning Caliph. But no one expressed even surprise or dismay, the reason being that in Islam, a woman is completely free to

that no one can take away from her-— not even the ruler of the day. These incidents show that the Islamic commandments giving permission to marry up to four women does not mean having the right to seize

The present age gives great importance to freedom of choice. This value is fully supported by Islamic law. On the other hand, the upholders of “feminism” want to turn freedom of choice into restriction

immediately going to open places, saying prayers in public or openly calling people to God. On the contrary, what he did was say his prayers in private for a few years and he communicated the message of God to people

an important principle of Islam, even when some command is set forth in the Quran and Hadith in the absolute sense, we shall have to see, according to the circumstances, what is the best way to carry out

prophets of God demonstrated to their people are commonly known as miracles. But this is not a true Islamic understanding. The Quran and Hadith refer to these prophetic examples not as miracles, but as signs

things are a result of conversion, that is, a change from one form to another. In Prophet Moses' time, what happened was a thing that was not a serpent was changed into a serpent; matter was changed into a

conversion is universal and allpervading. It is a proof of the existence of God and of His power. What is meant by conversion in the universe is actually intervention. Things that come into existence by

demand that efforts be made towards adaptation of the injunctions of Islam to meet new exigencies. This is the way that the Islamic Shariah continues to be updated. This task of updating is performed through

thinking lies in people having full freedom of expression, including that of criticism. This is why Islam has accorded such freedom to everyone, and only in an atmosphere in which everything and everyone

as well. Updating: Reapplication of Shariah According to the Quran, there are two major parts of Islam—religion (din) and the law (Shariah). Din or al-din is basic and absolute, always remaining the same

Contrary to what Islam tells us to do, Muslims are today engaged in trying to put an end to evil by resorting to evil themselves. They want to end provocation by resorting to provocation, to end hate by

mosque in Islam? ‘Masjid,’ or mosque, literally means ‘a place for self-prostration,’ that is, a place formally designated for the saying of prayers. According to a hadith, the Prophet of Islam observed:

This means, in effect, that it is a centre for the inculcation of reverence, where individuals learn what is meant by piety and are thus prepared for a life of devotion to the Almighty. The Masjid is built

activities is the saying of prayers, a ritual to be carried out five times a day as prescribed by Islam. This act of worship, the greatest means of instilling a sense of awe in the devotee, may be carried

OF DIFFERENCES What is evil is man not dealing with differences in an appropriate way. Differences are not evil. Going in fear of God despite there being differences is a great Islamic act. Differences

every count or as having double standards, or being ill intentioned, or insincere is a totally un-Islamic course to take. Breaking off a relationship because of differences is not right. In such cases, serious

They need to have the intellectual ability in order to discern the difference between what is relevant and what is not so as to retain the former and discard the latter. This is the only art that guarantees

to indeed be a proven fact, it does not prove that the belief in the Creator is false. At the most what the theory of evolution might prove is only that the method the Creator employed was not ‘special

need to be made in the basics. Changes happen only in non-basics, and for this change in non-basics, Islam has provided for ijtihad (exercise of judgement with reasoning) as a method, which is definitely a