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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…

Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, October 2006) I had just matriculated in 1956 and I read in newspaper that Russia has sent a satellite to moon successfully. The…

Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, September 2006) Many people talk about progressive Islam. Is progressive Islam possible? Many are sceptical. But some maintain Islam need not be preceded…

Asghar Ali Engineer (Islam and Modern Age, August 2006) Governance is an important part of modern states whether it is democratic or even an authoritarian form of state. Some people…