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Recently Wasim Rizvi, the former chairman of Shia Waqf Board in Uttar Pradesh filed a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking to remove 26 verses from the Quran. In this petition he has said that these ...

Munazara is an Arabic word that is popularly translated as debate, while it has other meanings, such as ‘discussion’, dialogue, conversation, disputation and controversy. Munazara is derived from the ...

Arakkal Swaroopam (Kingdom) was the only Muslim ruling dynasty in Kerala. It was a full-fledged country that resisted colonial invasions and lingered till independence. It was a royal kingdom with ...

Quran 17:1, detailing the Prophet Muhammad's miraculous Night Journey (Isra) from al-Masjid al-Haram (Mecca) to al-Masjid al-Aqsa (Jerusalem), is traditionally understood as a divine miracle ...

Identifying Prophets Sent to India: Speculative Arguments Vs Reliable Evidence The Question of Which Prophet Was Sent to India Has Been a Subject of Debate Throughout History, With Scholars Primarily ...

The Quran Taught Tolerance For The Religions Of The “People Of The Book,” Which Referred To Christianity And Judaism. When The Arabs Encountered Buddhism, Although Its Followers Were Not Strictly ...

Noor—an Arabic-origin word etymologically meaning light and illumination— is one of the attributes of God in Islam. Allah is the light of heavens and the earth and is the only source of light, says ...

“However, the love expressed by some Sufis is more perplexing. Take, for instance, Amir Khusrau’s devotion to Hazrat Nizamuddin, where he casts himself as the yearning lover and Nizamuddin as the ...

Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (603-680 CE), the founder of the Umayyad dynasty, remains one of the most polarizing and consequential figures in the annals of Islamic history. His transition from the ...

This is a supplement to my article, “Should Science And Religion Be Kept Apart?” In that article, I had quoted Dr Salam as follows: Dr Salam was sitting with his scientist friends among whom were ...

The world is a place of trials. Just as a person without faith is tested with difficulties, a person with faith also faces tests and trials. According to Islam, both illness and healing come from ...