THE REFORMISTS AND THEIR PROBLEMS
(ISLAM AND MODERN AGE) It is said that political evolution can be brought about overnight but it takes years and great deal of struggle to usher in social or religious…
Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS)
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The Institute of Islamic Studies was founded to project Islam and Islamic values in the correct Qur’anic perspective and to emphasise funamental Islamic values of justice, equality, peace, compassion, human dignity, freedom of conscience, inter-faith understanding and wisdom.
The Institute of Islamic Studies has been striving ever since to disseminate these values through its writings, publications, seminars and other intellectual events. It has evoked wide appreciation throughout the world.
The IIS is also committed to promote inter-faith harmony and organises inter-faith dialogues involving religious leaders of various communities.
The IIS is also deeply committed to women’s rights and believes that the Qur’an promotes the concept of sexual equality in unambiguous terms. It holds various events to promote women’s rights and stands for reformulation of issues relating to man-woman relationship on the basis of pronouncements of the Qur’an and in the light of democratic values and human rights.
The IIS has published several books and research papers. Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer is its founder director.
ON BEING INDIAN MUSLIM
In late eighties of last century an eminent Muslim politician Syed Shahabuddin began calling himself a ‘Muslim Indian’ instead of Indian Muslim thereby indicating that his Muslimness precedes his Indianness.…
ISLAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS (PART-I)
(ISLAM AND MODERN AGE) Generally religions are thought to be dogmatic, intolerant and suppressive of freedom of conscience. It is also generally thought that thinking and believing are opposed to…
ISLAM AND HUMAN RIGHTS (PART-II)
(ISLAM AND MODERN AGE) (Continued from previous issue) Article 4 This article pertains to abolition of slavery and all forms of servitude in whatever form they are found to persist.…
Maulana Shibli Nu’mani and His Rational Approach To Islam
(ISLAM AND MODERN AGE) The popular belief about Islam is that it is a religion that has not reformed at all and had no renaissance. “Where are the reformists in…
Shia-Sunni Conflicts – What are the issues?
(ISLAM AND MODERN AGE) Conflicts between the Shia and Sunni sect of Islam has increased in the 21st Century. Clerics and politicians on both sides are stoking violence and distrust.…
Is Religion Undesirable for Humanity?
(ISLAM AND MODERN AGE) I was invited to Jaipur literary festival which is quite an event as many well known writers and intellectuals participate in it and gives rise to…
The Concept and Doctrine of Eternity in Islam
(ISLAM AND MODERN AGE) The Department of Philosophy, Sophia College, Mumbai had organized an inter-faith programme on 18-19 December 2012 and had invited professors and intellectuals from different faiths to…
CONSTRUCTING THE CIVILIZATION PILLARS OF ISLAM
(Islam and Modern Age, May 2010) It is well known that Muslims believe in five pillars of Islam i.e. (1) Tawhid (Unity of Allah), (2) Prayer, (3) fasting, (4) hajj…
THE PROPHET OF NON-VIOLENCE
(Islam and Modern Age, April 2010) The title might come as a surprise for many readers as the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has been very frequently projected as the Prophet of…