An important requirement of religion is that its followers should also continue to urge others to adopt it. For this requirement of religion the terms da‘wah (preaching) and tabligh (propagation) are...
Spain is the biggest country of Europe. It is a constitutional monarchy with Madrid as its capital. In Muslim history, Spain is also remembered by its two other names, Andulus and Hispania. Muslims ru...
Introduction This is the second of the two essays assessing the contents and validity of Internet Web sites dealing with Islam. The objective of this essay is to demonstrate what the average person lo...
ادْعُ إِلِى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ وَإِنْ...
The Preaching Responsibility of Abraham’s Progeny وَجَاهِدُوا فِي اللَّهِ حَقَّ جِهَادِهِ هُوَ اجْتَبَاكُمْ وَمَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ مِّلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ هُوَ سَمَّا...
Abdul Karim Bangura 1 Introduction In this essay 2 , I survey how the Internet has become a vast resource – not only for information, entertainment and interaction with other people in other places wh...
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Recent reports of Christian missionaries reaping a harvest of over ten thousand Muslim converts in Kashmir, and of American Christian organizations following close on the heels of US forces in souther...
Before I discuss the impact of Islam on Hinduism, I shall endeavour to explain briefly what Hinduism generally means today to an enlightened Hindu. This religion is much misunderstood. An eminent Musl...
In the broadest sense, the West’s borrowings from the Middle East form practically the whole basic fabric of civilization; and they date from the earliest times, long before history began to be record...
The Internet is being used by students and scholars at all levels to assist them in research and to gain access to information quickly. What is available online for the serious students of Islam and s...
The existence of Islam has always made the West profoundly uneasy. Islam was the only major world religion to be revealed after the rise of Christianity, and consequently it was, from the moment of th...
The Qur’ān says: O you who believe, save yourselves and your families from the Fire whose fuel will be men and rocks, over which will be appointed stern and severe angels as wardens who would never di...
Iran is one of the most ancient civilisations and the most famous states of the world. Up to 1934, it was known as Fāris. The present name, Iran, is derived from ‘aryana’, which means the land of the...
South-east Asia is world’s most vital area. Some Muslim states are also situated in this region. These states command a great prestige in their region in general and in the Muslim world in particular....
Islam continues to enlighten the Australian continent with increasing force and fervour. The exact date when the first Muslim arrived in Australia has not been ascertained so far. However, the remains...
Islam has become the second largest religion after Christianity in Germany with its estimated 2.8 - 2.9 million members of foreign origin. Today there are Muslims mainly from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bos...
Spain is the biggest country of Europe. It is a constitutional monarchy with Madrid as its capital. In Muslim history, Spain is also remembered by its two other names, Andulus and Hispania. Muslims ru...
The author is head of the Department of Communication, International Islamic University, Malaysia. (Editor) Introduction The Internet phenomenon is a historical ‘synthesis’ of the different media: pri...
On Swedish initiative, two major international conferences have recently been held on Euro-Islam 1 focusing on the relations between Europe and the Muslim world. At the same time, Islam is today a par...
