SETTING ISLAM AGAINST ISLAM Hijacking Egyptian Elections Using Plan B

There is still a strong possibility that Egypt’s Ruling Generals, Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) as they call themselves, and their Colonial paymasters will find a way to scuttle the Egyptian Revolution by rounding up the “Usu...

• THE NEW ISLAMIST MAJORITY in Egyptian Parliament
  By OMAR AFZAL

• Middle East's Democratic Dawn
  By AIJAZ ZAKA SYED

Water that Always Returns to Us

For water (one of the most important necessities of life) to be formed hydrogen and oxygen atoms need to collide. The earth does not have the required level of heat and energy to allow this collision. However, water was formed at one time during the ...

Benefits of Dates

Dates contain enormous benefits for the human body and are replete with natural fibres, along with several vitamins and minerals. These include calcium, iron, manganese, phosphorous, potassium as well as Vitamin A and B variants. It is said that taki...

India Needs Islamic Finance for Infrastructure Development

Islamic finance has emerged as a viable alternative world over after the financial meltdown of the west. It is growing at the rate of more than 15%. Not only Muslim countries but modern, secular and industrialised countries like UK, France, Japan, Si...

Bonn Message to Kabul

What message the Dec 5 Bonn (Germany) Conference, attended by 85 countries and 15 international organisations to mark the overthrow of the Taliban Government, 10 years ago, has for Kabul?
Is it a first step towards the fulfilment of an average Afgha...

OLD ACTORS IN NEW ROLES RussianWarships toDefend Syria against US Manoeuvres

The development of the last 10 days or so is reminiscent of 1979 when Soviet forces had entered into Afghanistan igniting long-drawn proxy war between Soviet Union and the United States at the height of Cold War.
Once again the actors are the same o...

BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS SHOULD NOT BE MISLEADING

A deal between two persons should be in their respective clear-cut and mutually exclusive benefits. Ambiguity with regard to the benefit that will finally accrue to any one party will render the deal as Islamically incorrect and unacceptable. A numbe...

ISHRAT JAHAN KILLING CASE CBI Entrusted with Further Investigation

Gujarat High Court entrusted to CBI further investigation in the sensational cold blooded murder case of Ishrat Jahan and three others in Ahmedabad in June 2004. The order came on Dec 1, 2011, 10 days after a bench, comprising Justices Jayant Patel a...