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ISLAM AND HIV AIDS
Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, January 2008) Some people will be somewhat surprised what relation there could be between Islam and this dreaded disease. Yet there is and…
WOMEN AND UNDERSTANDING OF QUR’AN
Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, December 2007) Until recently it was monopoly of man to understand and interpret scripture and make laws according to their own understanding and…
RELIGION AND SOCIETY – A NOTE ON DIALECTICAL RELATIONSHIP
Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, November 2007) What is religion? It is simple but difficult question to answer. What is generally considered to be religion may be mixture…
MANULANA AZAD AND HIS CONCEPT OF WAHDAT-E-DIN
Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, October 2007) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s Tarjuman- al-Qur’an is considered an important milestone in modern commentaries on Qur’an. Maulana’s approach to Qur’an was…
ISLAM AND INTER-FAITH ENGAGEMENT
Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, August 2007) Islam is being projected as intolerant of other faiths. This perception of Islam is based on certain selected events, not on…
TRADITION AND MODERNITY IN ISLAM
Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, July 2007) Every religion today is going through the struggle for change. When new challenges arise some try to reinforce tradition while others…
THE BOHRAS IN SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST ASIA
Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, May 2007) The Bohras are a Shi’ah Isma’ili sect, which branched off from main Shi’ah community, known as twelver (Ithna Ashari) Shi’ahs around…
INTERNAL STRUGGLE FOR POWER – THE SUNNIS VERSES SHI’AS
Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, March 2007) The fight between Shi’as and Sunnis has assumed dangerous proportions in Islamic world in general and in Iraq, in particular. And…