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There is all round criticism today that Islamic world is stagnant and incapable of change. It does not admit of democracy, pluralism and human rights. It suppresses women’s rights and…

Since rationalist and secularist movements became a dominant discourse in Europe in 18 th century onwards, religion has become highly controversial issue. There are all sorts of views about religion.…

In the last few days there has been disturbing news of a Muslim woman Mukhtaran Mai in Pakistani part of Punjab having been raped by men of her village by…

Islam and human rights is much debated issue and most of the scholars agree that Islam not only conforms to the norms of human rights but also is precursor in…

There are several hostile myths around Islam thanks to Western media and communal forces in India. Western media by and large was never sympathetic to Islam but after 9/11 it…

Amina Wadud, an Islamic scholar of repute from US led the mixed congregational prayer on 18th March 2005 in New York and also delivered khutba’ (i.e. sermon). It was a…

Globalization is posing challenges in almost all the fields – economic, political, cultural and religious. Ideally speaking every change brings its own challenges which have to be faced either by…

There is great deal of debate about religion and role of religion. Religion has been with us for almost as long as human history in one form or the other.…

The modern world is getting more and more globalised and more globalisation means more and more faith traditions coming together. The western world was so far by and large mono-religious…

Muslims came to India both from Southern coast and from North. From South the Muslim Arabs came as traders via Malabar Coast while from North they came as invaders and…