Social (In)justice? Some Can Flay SC Ruling, Some Can Not

SORROR AHMED recalls how the politicians, of both right and left leaning, who found Muslim reaction to the SC ruling in Shah Bano case as disrespect to the court are now doing the same thing....

CRICKET AND CHARACTER

DR. AUSAF SAIED VASFI discusses that we need morally upright, responsible, accountable, efficient and result-oriented teams for various games, and also a conscientious citizenry....

Mahmood Alam is No More (1952-2007)

Mahmood Alam, a versatile short story writer, novelist and critic, research scholar and poet of Urdu language died in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 24. He was 55.
Born in Sitamarhi, Bihar, on July 14, 1952, Mahmood completed his religious education ...

CONVENTION ON SACHAR COMMITTEE IN SIKAR

Sikar Unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Rajasthan Halqa organised a one day convention on Sachar Committee Report. 
Engineer Mohd. Salim, Ameer-e-Halqa of Jamaat in Rajasthan, in his inaugural speech, said, “The condition of Indian a Muslim ...

Everyday Miracles of Islam

Auron ka hai Payaam aur, mera Payaam aur hai,/ Ishq key dardmand ka tarz-e-kalaam aur hai!  (Iqbal)
Thus, no matter how you look at it, Islam, the Qur'an and the life of even the most ordinary Muslims are all full of things that can only be des...

Drugged to the Opium Named Cricket

Religion is opium, was the famous Marxist slogan of the 19th and 20th centuries. But the Communists of the 21st century are yet to identify the opium of the present age; thus there is no question of neutralising its ill-affect. The invisible hand of ...

IRAQ REDUX: THE NEW AMERICAN MIDDLE EAST POLICY

DR. FATIMA SHAHNAZ discusses the mess US has indulged itself in Israel and advices India to avoid getting entangled...