MYTHS ABOUT ISLAM
There are several hostile myths around Islam thanks to Western media and communal forces in India. Western media by and large was never sympathetic to Islam but after 9/11 it…
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 A MUSLIM WOMAN LEADING THE CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER
Amina Wadud, an Islamic scholar of repute from US led the mixed congregational prayer on 18th March 2005 in New York and also delivered khutba’ (i.e. sermon). It was a…
GLOBALIZATION AND EMERGING CHALLENGES TO ISLAM IN ASIA
Globalization is posing challenges in almost all the fields – economic, political, cultural and religious. Ideally speaking every change brings its own challenges which have to be faced either by…
RELIGION AND LIBERATION – AN INTRODUCTARY NOTE
There is great deal of debate about religion and role of religion. Religion has been with us for almost as long as human history in one form or the other.…
ISLAM, INTER AND INTRA-FAITH DIALOGUE
The modern world is getting more and more globalised and more globalisation means more and more faith traditions coming together. The western world was so far by and large mono-religious…
HOW MUSLIMS VIEWED HINDUS IN THE PAST AND IN THE PRESENT
Muslims came to India both from Southern coast and from North. From South the Muslim Arabs came as traders via Malabar Coast while from North they came as invaders and…
ISLAM,ISLAMIC WORLD AND GENDER JUSTICE
The question of Muslim women’s rights continue to occupy centre stage throughout the world. This question will assume ever- greater importance in coming days also. The main reason for this…
MODERN MUSLIM INTELLECTUALS AND THE QUR’AN
There has been differences between the ‘ulama and the modern Islamic scholars and intellectuals in interpreting and understanding the Qur’an. Often these differences tend to be basic and hence modern…
ON MULTIPLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE QUR’AN
Generally it is believed by many, if not all Muslims and in particular by non-Muslims that there is one authentic interpretation of the Qur’an. It is far from true. Even…
RUMI – POET OF LOVE AND PEACE
Sufi Islam is Islam of love and peace as the basic doctrine of Sufis is sulh-i-kul i.e. total peace and peace with all and Sufi God is not one to…