How Israel is Undoing Itself

Marking the 60th anniversary of the birth of transplanted state of Israel, DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI comments on Israel’s continued policies of subjugation of Palestinians and occupation of Palestinian territories and hints at the future of th...

Anti-Drug Campaign among Muslims in Manipur

A cycle rally was organised recently in Manipur to create awareness about the harmful effects of drug abuse on the Muslim community. The rally was flagged off from Hatta Masjid, at Imphal, by State’s Labour Commissioner Abdur Rehman Khan on Apr...

TMMK President Awarded Doctorate on Islamic Banks

Prof. M.H. Jawahirullah, President Tamilnadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam, who is also a faculty member in Department of Commerce, Islamiah College, Vaniyambadi has been awarded Ph.D by the University of Madras for his doctoral thesis on Islamic Banks.
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Islam, Muslims and Democracy-II

Had democracy been properly put into practice, it might have been a sacred blessing for the common people. It might have guaranteed them a lion’s share in power, and their rightful needs and aspir­ations might have been truly realised. It s...

Washington has Egg on Its Face

The US had to free Al-Jazeera lensman Sami Al Hajj from Gitmo after six years as no charges could be brought against him. Who will return him the lost golden years of his youth, asks Syed Tausief Ausaf...

Socio-Economic Status of Muslims in India A Fact sheet on 'Appeasement'

After India’s independence in 1947 most Muslims decided to stay on in the country despite large-scale killing and violence. In the heat of what are known as the partition riots, not to migrate to Pakistan was a conscious yet difficult decision ...

Shame of Guantanamo Bay

When will the US and the world wake up to the shame of Guantanamo Bay? This gulag and all that goes on in there fly in the face of all that America and the civilized world believe in, writes AIJAZ ZAKA SYED...

An Earthly Paradise of Perfect Living

Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai, / Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai!  (Iqbal)
Thus, life means looking, searching, working for answers. So is Islam. That is why looking for answers – to both the practical problems o...

Chittore Garh Riots The Bias Continues

He was on his house’s roof, when he heard people shouting and running for shelter towards their houses. “There is riot in the city,” someone shouted. Abdul Ghani’s house was in the Keer Khera mohalla of Chittore Garh. He thoug...