ISLAMIC WORLD AND CRISIS OF MODERNISM
The rising tide of what is called by the print and electronic media as ‘fundamentalism’ in the Islamic world from Indonesia in the East to Algeria in the West has…
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ON THE CONCEPT OF COMPASSION IN ISLAM
Is compassion central to Islam? Many people think jihad is more central to it than compassion. At least this is the general impression of people including of course Muslims. But…
ON DEVELOPING THEOLOGY OF PEACE IN ISLAM
Islam is being associated with violence and jihad in the minds of not only non-Muslims but also of many Muslims. The slogans of jihad are being raised by frustrated youth…
THE CONCEPT OF ‘OTHER’ IN ISLAM
Every religion has its own concept of the ‘other’, specially the ‘religious other’. Generally the followers of a religious tradition looked down upon other religious traditions as inferior and less…
REQUIREMENTS OF A REFORM MOVEMENT
Every society goes through the pangs of reform and change. But, the leaders of society representing the status quo strongly resist any movement for reform and change since it deprives…
SOURCES OF AUTHORITY IN ISLAM
Each religious tradition has its own authentic sources of authority, which are referred to for authentication of religious practices and traditions. Islam too has its own sources of authority both…
VALUES, NOT RITUALS ARE ESSENCE OF RELIGION
What is religion? In actual practice religion consists of beliefs, dogmas, traditions, practices and rituals. A believer born in a religious tradition inherits all this and takes everything for granted…
ON METHODOLOGY OF UNDERSTANDING QUR’AN
The Qur’an is a revealed scripture of religion of Islam and one of the greatest revealed scriptures. It is in Arabic language and according to the Qur’an itself it is…
ON ABSENCE OF DEMOCRACY IN MUSLIM WORLD
In a T.V. programme senior editor of a well-known national daily threw a question at me why Islam is so undemocratic? It spurred me to write this article. The question…