FLAGS AND PERPETRATE VIOLENCE. CAN THIS BE CALLED AS AN ISLAMIC WAR SINCE IT HAS THE PROPHET S SEAL?Not at all. This is completely un-Islamic. Islam does not teach war, it only speaks of peace. Sometimes

a mark of defence. Full-fledged war is not allowed in Islam. The mission of Islam is to purify an individual – how is that connected to war? Islam is only peace, from the beginning to the end.31.SOME MUSLIMS

said, “There will be no home remaining—big or small—in which God will not have entered the word of Islam.” (Musnad Ahmad) It is the solemn responsibility of the Muslims to engage in and employ those means

ability to respond to questions and stimuli as any human beings would respond. Now, questions about Islam and the Quran can be directed to such devices, and the device would answer as any religious scholar

scholar would reply. Gabriele Trovato is a Researcher at Waseda University. He has developed what is now called the world’s first Catholic robot named Santo. It answers existential as well as scriptural questions

day publicity given to Islam has produced only a negative effect. People are now generally allergic to Islam rather than being interested in it. In previous centuries when Islam was introduced, people

to say: Yes, “Mr Islam welcome to you!” Now when Islam is presented to them they say: “No thank you.” Why is there this difference? The answer is very simple. In previous centuries Islam was introduced to

scriptures, as it is—without the slightest change in its original message. Whereas in modern times, Islam is being introduced through the negative practices of certain Muslims as reported by the media. There

that Islam extended as far as Samarqand, Afghanistan, Tunis and Rhodes Island, enroute to the Bosphorus Strait, the last being the gateway for the Muslims’ entry into Constantinople. In short, Islam made

subject of severe criticism. Some say that Mu’awiyah was the first ruler to introduce kingship into Islam. But, regardless of this criticism, it should be noted that the two-decade long rule of Mu’awiyah

institution, will always bring fruitful results in favour of Islam. Internal conflict leads Muslims to make destructive use of their Islamic spirit, yet, once distracted from the path of factional feuds

MANAn Islamic Perspective IF a group of people were asked, “What was the most important issue for mankind today?” Different people would have different answers. Some would say that the spread of nuclear

stand in a busy shopping centre during the evening rush-hour and observe what people are hurrying towards, you will realize what today’s humanbeing has chosen as his fundamental issue. Why do you think

going to? What is the main topic of people’s conversation and the true purpose of their meeting one another? What interests them the most? To what use are their finest talents and resources put? What have people

is to write instant history; it has no interest in the past or the future. The sole focus here is what is going on in the present. Due to this nature of media, it has failed to bring about any positive

Society A good society is the cherished ideal of every human soul. But a consensus has yet to emerge on what constitutes a good society. This is undoubtedly one of the most complex questions facing man today

good neighbours. A dialogue of this kind is exactly in accordance with the Islamic Shariah. The Hudaibiya peace treaty in Islamic history is an instance of a successful dialogue of this nature. After the

inhabitant of Madinah to whom the Prophet preached Islam was probably Suwayd ibn Samit al-Khazraji. When the Prophet had given him an outline of the teachings of Islam, Suwayd said: “It seems that your message

then recited a few verses of the Quran, and Suwayd immediately accepted Islam. He went back to Madinah and preached the message of Islam to his own tribe, but they killed him. (Tarikh al-Tabari, p. 232) After

Wahiduddin Khan, born in 1925, in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, is an Islamic spiritual scholar who is well-versed in both classical Islamic learning and modern disciplines. The mission of his life has been

Sayyidina Imam Al Hassan Peace award for promoting peace in Muslim societies. He has been called ’Islam’s spiritual ambassador to the world’ and is recognized as one of its most influential Muslims . His

happening on an ever-expanding scale, it is because they fail to understand the religion of humility. Islam, for the believers of the early stages, was just such a religion—a religion of humility. This psychology

propagating Islam in the outer sphere, was marked by complete unity in the Muslim ranks. But with the beginning of internal conflicts in the last days of caliph ‘Uthman, the process of the spread of Islam hung

hung fire for ten years. However, the task of propagating Islam was resumed by Muslims when internal conflict came to an end as a result of the voluntary withdrawal of ‘Hasan ibn Ali from the caliphate, and

of spreading Islam, thanks to their unceasing internal conflict over the centuries. These conflicts are ostensibly taking place in the name of Islam, but in fact nothing is more un-Islamic in the world

THE SIGNS OF HYPOCRISYWeak Personality IT is narrated by Abdullah bin Amr that the Prophet of Islam said: “There are four traits and if anyone has them he is surely a hypocrite, and if any person has

unpleasant experience with someone and become negative, this means you did not keep patience. If you ignore what hurts you, you raise your level. So, patience means to raise your intellectual level. Patience is