MAKING GAINS at the Cost of Innocent Lives

By OUR STAFF WRITER
The media coverage followed by the Assam riots and hate-message streak once again points out towards the damage a biased media can do to the social fabric of the country. Especially at times of riots, when one group is after anot...

• Sowing the Whirlwind in India

• The Electrified Image of Violence and Aftermath
  By MUSAB IQBAL

If Muslims Ran Wall Street, America Could Have Avoided the 2008 Economic Crisis

With the coming Muslim festival of Eid, this is perhaps a good week to see what lessons Islam can teach us about business, writes MURRAY HUNTER on policymic.com, August 18.
Most of what we read about Islam in business is about finance and ...

JIH Calls for Mass Initiative to Ensure Peace and Justice, End Corruption

By OUR STAFF REPORTER
When political class has failed rather miserably, we need a mass initiative to raise voice against injustice and oppression, against frequent communal riots, against moral degeneration, and against corruption. This was the main...

A Forewarner Par Excellence

Say (O Muhammad): O People! I have been sent to you as a plain warner only (before the Doom strikes you) 22:49
Forewarned is forearmed. Therefore, Allah the Saviour prepared an elaborate divine scheme to forewarn mankind about the lurking dange...

JIH Condemns Violent Attacks on Muslims, Bodos

By OUR STAFF REPORTER
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Rajasthan on August 22 organised a press conference to condemn the violence being perpetrated in Assam for the past over two months. Addressing the press conference, the National Secretary of JIH, Dr. Moha...

Do Weekly Khatm between Now and Next Ramadhan

Dr. Firdaus Kamalodeen of IslamicSolutions.com, Trinidad, on August 23 issued a call to Muslims around the world to organise Weekly Khatm Sharif of the Qur’ān between now and the next Ramadhan, 1434/2013.
Dr. Firdaus says the word Qur’�...

The Superior Detail in the White Shark's Eyes

White sharks, which catch their prey by following it with their eyes, easily move around hot coral reefs. However, cold water causes them great trouble, for it usually retards chemical processes. But its eyes somehow manage to follow its fast-moving ...

THE CHILDREN ARE STILL DYING Violence is Not News

Somewhere in my home I have a set of photo albums I rarely go near. I fear the flood of cruel memories that might be evoked from looking at the countless photos I took during a trip to Iraq. Many of the pictures are of children who developed rare for...

Benefits of Garlic

Garlic is one of the most valuable and versatile foods on the planet. Garlic belongs to the Allium family of vegetables which also includes onions, chives, shallots and leeks. Garlic contains a range of compounds including “Allicin”, whic...