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Thursday June 20, 2013

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To Reach You Move; To Transform Travel Read more The fate of Jews at Banu Qurayza Read more Diverse Ways of a Freelance Monotheist Read more A Refuge of Diversity Read more Najran: Two Warring Metaphors Read more Despotism or Pluralism: Questions on Islam Read more Latife Hanim: When Secrecies Unveil Read more The Medina Charter Read more Parenting: Counsels from Kids' Corridor Read more Digital Reincarnation for Dunhuang's Buddhist Art Read more

Najran: Two Warring Metaphors

Shameer KS

Post date: 28 May 2013 - 00:05

Muslims have always resisted the tag of fanaticism against their religion by citing the famed Najran narrative. We say that the Prophet received the delegation from Najran, had discussion with them, and thereafter granted them space in his mosque to pray. That the Prophet allowed the delegation to pray in the mosque is not borne out by hadith literature. All we read from ahadith – sayings of the Prophet - is the introduction of Islam by the Prophet to the...

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Latife Hanim: When Secrecies Unveil

VA Kabeer

Post date: 27 May 2013 - 23:48

Mustafa Kemal Pasha, known as the father of Turkey (Ataturk), (1881-1938) is advertised by the west-aping Muslim intellectuals the world over as their role-model. The demolition of Caliphate and Shareeat, The change of language for azan (from Arabic to Turkish), replacement of Tarboosh (The Turkish felt cap) with the standard European hat, measures for women’s ‘liberation’, including the proscription of purdah- radical ‘reforms’ he engineered after he donned the...

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A Dirge to English Muslim Magazines

KC Saleem

Post date: 15 Apr 2013 - 22:11

In the formative years of my life, magazines kept me posted on the developments in the world. They were the only resources to go beyond the obvious to the deeper significations of events. When I read, it seemed to me that magazines observed from the sidelines and presented various shades of opinions. And that was much before the studios of TV channels took a cue from Tim Sebastian and came up with the desi versions of BBC’s Hard Talk. Now we have live altercations and verbal...

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Muslim Print Journalism in India: A Course Correction

Omar Khalidi

Post date: 15 Apr 2013 - 22:00

Newspapers and magazines everywhere have played a major role in informing the readers and influencing public opinion since the press began in India in the nineteenth century. Like in all other aspects of modernization, Muslims lagged behind almost every group in journalism. This article reviews English language Muslim press in India since independence and suggests concrete steps for improvement.

Leaving aside Muslim journalism in Persian and Urdu for the time being, we know of a...

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A Platform to Go Critical

Ziauddin Sardar

Post date: 5 Mar 2013 - 22:30

How and why was the Critical Muslim Launched? An explanation

Muslims have an aversion to criticism. Many believe that ‘their Islam’, whatever variety it happens to be, is perfect and above criticism. They believe that all questions of importance have already been answered by the great jurists of history. Muslims just have to believe and follow what the ulama tell them, without criticism and comment. Even if what they are being told is patently...

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