ON TA’LIM-O-TARBYYAT(UPBRINGING) OF MUSLIM CHILDREN IN INDIA
This might appear somewhat odd subject for Islam and Modern Age series but I feel is important as future of the community depends very much on upbringing of our young…
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.
EVOLUTION OF SHARI’AH LAW AND ITS POTENTIALITY FOR CHANGE
Shari’ah law is considered quite central to Islam and one can hardly think of Islam without it. Its centrality to Islam is unquestionable. However, very few Muslims know that it…
IQBAL AND RECONSTRUCTION OF RLIGIOUS THOUGHT IN ISLAM
Nineteenth century was very critical for Islam and Islamic theology. Islamic theology had remained static for centuries. It evolved up to first three century and then became static, particularly after…
CONCEPT OF JUSTICE IN QUR’AN AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
The Concept of justice is quite central to the Qur’an. The pre-Qur’anic Arab society was governed by oral customs and traditions. The tribal society had its own ways of dealing…
MUSLIM WORLD AND ROLE OF INTELLIGENTSIA
The Muslim world is undoubtedly under throes of crisis and Muslim masses in general and Muslim intellectuals in particular are deeply concerned about it. What is the nature of that…
RELIGION AND FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE
Those who critique religion maintain that religion does not permit freedom of thinking or freedom of conscience. One has to accept received dogmas and traditions as they are and no…
ISLAM AND SEXUAL EQUALITY
The question of sexual equality is very important parameter of modernity along with democracy and human rights. Whatever be the status of women in the Qur’an, status of women in…
ISLAM AND THE CONCEPT OF POWER
It has been theorised by some scholars of Islam that Islam and power go together and that the two cannot be divorced. Some also maintain that while Sunni Islam goes…
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE QURA’NIC ETHICS
Thanks to the media projection and certain events like the attack on New York Towers on 9/11 Islam is equated with nothing but Jihad as if Jihad was the sole…
RELIGION, PLURALISM AND MODERN SOCIETY
I Modern society, one wishes or not, is essentially a pluralistic society. The great religions of the world, on the other hand, have originated, more often than not, in monolithic…