WILL HAMID ANSARI PROVE a Different ‘Muslim’ President?

DR. S. AUSAF SAIED VASFI comments on the BJP’s take on Mr. Hamid Ansari’s stature as a potential candidate for the upcoming Presidential poll....

Syed Ghulam Akber (1935-2012)

Syed Ghulam Akber, former Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and former member of Jamaat’s Markazi Majlis-e-Shoora (Central Advisory Council) and breathed his last at Care Hospital in Hyderabad at about 1 p.m. on Apr 29. He was 77.
Born in a r...

EGYPT IS ASKING Where Is Everybody?

What is going on in Egypt is heartbreaking. The dream of democracy in Egypt is so near and yet so far!
And, as usual, the world is in crisis – one more time.
The world is in crisis due every bit to its own doings – a sum total of its om...

Atrocities of Police

The ideal purpose of police in a civilized society can be best described in the following words which spell out the duties of law enforcement officers as laid down in the international Code of Ethics:
‘As a law enforcement Officer my fundament...

Even four books can’t Comprehend The versatile person

Reviewed by DR. WAQUAR ANWAR...

SOCIAL VALUES IN ISLAM Husne Sulook with Parents

During the last two weeks we discussed two dimensions of a family viz. marriage and children. As regards to marriage, reference was made to Surah Nur, ayat 32 whereby we came to learn that the parent of a girl should not reject a saleh (pious) and ne...

AAOIFI to Reform Islamic Finance Standards

Islamic finance may face its biggest shake-up in years as a top standard-setting body seeks to reform the way the industry does business, including the role of highly paid scholars in enforcing religious principles. Khaled Al Fakih, the new secretary...

The Incredible Seed

The way that plants, with all their different beauties, emerge out of the soil is a great miracle. It is astonishing how a plant turns toward the Sun and reaches upward, how its branches thicken, and how it possesses a system capable of carrying wate...

ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS BONANZA Israel Plots an Endgame

Israel’s colonisation policies are entering an alarming new phase, comparable in historic magnitude to the original plans to colonise Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem following the war of 1967.
On Apr 24, an Israeli ministerial committee...