Asked what reward there would be for a man who desired fame and compensation for having performed jihad, the Prophet said, ‘there is no reward for him.’ When asked the same question three times over, the

tales. Everywhere Muslims were in the grip of fear and despondency. Despondency is held unlawful in Islam. The Quran is explicit on this point: ‘No one despairs of God’s mercy except those who have no faith’

the reality, is it proper for liberals to ignore the experience of the west and blindly ridicule Islamic Law? The adoption of such a stance runs counter both to reason and to religion. The position adopted

psychiatric treatment. This was something which was understood and accepted many centuries ago when Islam prescribed the death sentence for wilful murder. Even greater was its realism in making it permissible

the status quo and not by denying it. The history of the Kaaba is a case in point. The Prophet of Islam accepted this law of nature and did not attempt to re-build the Kaaba on top of the base laid down

for the early years of her life—her youth being her sole attraction— Islamic culture, being family-oriented, attaches value and gives its support to the married woman right throughout her life. THE EXAMPLE

can be no explanation for it but the existence of a Creator and Master of the universe. 2. Islam has had the greatest difference with other religions over the question of polytheism versus monotheism

pays a very heavy price for not forgetting what is lost: that is, he is deprived of the true feeling of gratitude. He tends to forget that sorrowing for what is lost is responsible for depriving him of

of us would like to be able to leave behind, just as the rocket leaves its own sound behind it. But what would enable us to outdistance such apparently permanent features of our lives? There is a very simple

safely, she would have encountered a hero’s welcome. But death came as a barrier in between and turned what might have been a joyous occasion into a tragedy. This was a personal experience for Kalpana Chawla