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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, February 2007) Recently there was news about rajm i.e. stoning to death of some women and men in Iran for the offence of…

Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, January 2007) The Muslim women’s issue has become quite important in the contemporary world for number of reasons. Women today are much more…

Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, December 2006) Islam came into existence in circumstances, which were crying for liberation. The society in which Islam was born was tribal society…

Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, November 2007) Is Islam a political ideology or moral and spiritual guide? Answer depends on ones point of view. It has become commonplace…