WAR AND PEACE IN ISLAMIn the Light of Quran and Hadith AN accepted principle for evaluating a system or ideology is to differentiate between its declared principles, on one hand, and the actual practice

understand Islam, one needs to study the Quran and Sunnah, rather than the actual behaviour of the people who claim to be its followers. So, too, is the case with Islam. To understand what Islam really

the Quran and Sunnah (practice of the Prophet of Islam). There are more than one billion people in the world who claim to be Muslims. To understand Islam, one needs to study the Quran and Sunnah, rather

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 Muslims1 . His

the Centre for Peace and Spirituality based in New Delhi. ERROR OF THE POLITICAL INTERPRETATION OF ISLAM MARXISM is referred to as an ‘economic interpretation’ of history. This is because in Karl Marx’s

WOMEN IN ISLAMby Farida Khanam IN Islam, a woman enjoys the same status as that of a man. There is no difference between man and woman as regards status, rights and blessings, both in this world and in

considered equal participants in the carrying out of the functions of daily living. According to Islamic belief, both men and women are born as equal partners in life. In a fine expression of gender equality

of the sayings of the Prophet of Islam, (the Hadith): Men and women are two equal halves of a single unit. (Al Tirmizi) We see that both the sacred scriptures of Islam make it clear that neither sex is

phenomenon ‘Islamic extremism,’ rather than ‘Islamic fundamentalism,’ although those engaged in extremist activities would, like the fundamentalists, prefer not to be called extremists. However, what is important

phenomenon of Islamic extremism can be explained from a Quranic verse. It says: “Do not transgress the bounds of your religion (4:17).” One modern form of transgression, as forbidden in the Quran, is what is now

now called Islamic fundamentalism. There are certain Muslims who say: “Yes, we are fundamentalists. And what is wrong with being fundamentalists?” They take the word “fundamentalist” in its literal sense

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

relocation. My suggestion was completely in line with the Islamic Shariah. The Hanafi school of Jurisprudence (A Muslim school of thought that interprets Islamic injunctions according to the principles laid down

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND CONVERSIONAn Islamic Perspective Introduction THERE is a heated debate on the issue of religious conversion, some being pro-conversion and others against it. This debate is based

choose one’s religion is also upheld by the Constitution of India. Religious Conversion Conversion in Islamic thinking takes place in a person’s life as a result of intellectual revolution or spiritual transformation

a confined tribal life under the polytheist system. Then in the beginning of the seventh century Islam, the religion of monotheism, appeared. As a consequence, intensive dialogue began between the monotheists

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

there, making the great international stature of Islam a visible reality. The annual gathering of Hajj promotes collectivism on a universal scale in Islam, and even the journey entailed affords the pilgrim

the abomination of the deities and shun all falsehood. 22: 30 What is permitted (halal) and what is prohibited (haram); what is sacred and what is not; which way of worship are proper and which improper—

‘social activism’, particularly through demonstrating against the state, against what they call the ‘ruling class’, against what they term as caste oppression, class oppression, imperialism, patriarchy, the

activism’. Experience has shown that ‘protest activism’ is completely futile in terms of its results. Islam believes in result-oriented action. If we consider protest activism in terms of the results it produces

No amount of negative criticism can bring about reform. Protest-oriented ‘activists’ focus only on what they see as problems around them. They spend their lives demonstrating against this or that. This

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

meant to engender all those qualities desirable in Islam. The Encyclopedia Britannica has this to say in the chapter on fasting: The month of Ramazan in Islam is observed as a period of penitence and total

ineffable, that it is too great to be described in words? According to Islam, Ultimate Reality is only another name for God. The Islamic concept of God is based on tawhid, or the oneness of God. God is one

the Creator and Sustainer of everything. Islam stresses duality—that there is a Creator, or God, on the one hand, and creatures, on the other. According to Islam, Reality is not only a matter of belief

cannot recognize anything or establish conviction without expressing it in words. So, according to Islam, Reality or God can be expressed in words. I don’t wish to question the intent of proselytization