(A speech delivered to the students and teachers of the Islamic Studies Department of Punjab University in 1967) Respected Teachers and Dear Students! I am grateful for the undeserved honour accorded...
“Wounds inflicted by the tongue are deeper than the wounds inflicted by the sword,” is an adage that we have often read and also experienced. These wounds cut deep into the heart and are not easily cu...
One major problem presently facing the Pakistani nation is the disadvantages of the current education system. Of these, three call for immediate action. Firstly, the current education system in Pakist...
Why another School? Among many responsibilities of an educational institution, one particularly important, especially in relation to our society, is that the younger generation be educated in such a w...
In a recent seminar on Professionalism in Teaching, a visiting scholar at Ali Institute of Education (a teacher training institute in Lahore), spoke on the issue. This article explains the points she...
Children are the greatest assets of human beings. Who among us can even think of a bleak future for his children? However, mere wishing and day-dreaming will never help materialize a prosperous future...
Summary of the History and Present Situation 1 The city of Giessen is located in the German federal state of Hessen, about half an hour journey by car from Frankfurt. Among the four universities of He...
The city of Giessen is located in the German federal state of Hessen, about half an hour journey by car from Frankfurt. Among the four universities of Hessen, the University of Giessen comes second in...
Aga Khan University’s Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations (AKU–ISMC) hosted a two-day Conference on Higher Education in Developing Countries: With a Focus on Muslim Contexts, during, 24–25...
Section I: Introduction Charity begins at home. And Muslims today are in much need of charity. They need to give and receive within their own circles. The current state of affairs in the world reveals...
Editorial: Settling Affairs at Home The last couple of decades have seen an accelerated deterioration in religiosity among educated as well as common Muslims. Despite mounting efforts to reconstruct t...
Mahan Mirza obtained his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995. He worked in the industry as a design engineer for three years and attended a ‘O...
Editorial: Light under the Basket Muslims, the world over, are desperately in search of light—the light which will help illuminate their path, overcome the darkness of ignorance and disclose their tru...
Background Al-Mawrid is the custodian of the rich intellectual heritage of the Muslim Ummah. At the beginning of the fifteenth century hijrah, this unique institution owes its establishment to the per...
In order to come to some agreement regarding the purpose of an Islamic school, it may be beneficial to firstly elicit a definition of Islamic education. Educators generally maintain: The purpose of Is...
Brussels Islamic Center Brussels: The Islamic Cultural Center here was started way back in 1963 by diplomats representing Islamic countries in Belgium, when a small place in one of the localities of t...
The author is Associate Professor Ilahiyat Fakultesi, Istanbul University, Beyazit, Istanbul, Turkey. Introduction The great thinker Ibn Khaldūn was born in Tunis, 1332 AD and died in Cairo, 1406 AD....
In the wake of the recently announced admissions for MA in Islamic Studies and for Diploma in the Arabic language at Al-Mawrid, an introduction of the institute is being reproduced here for the benefi...
Given below are some recommendations to the government for improving education in Pakistan. The recommendations follow a brief mention of the problems they might be helpful in tackling: I. PROBLEMS A....
Drawbacks in the Method of Teaching The method of teaching adopted in our religious institutions is the one in which students read the prescribed texts while the teacher listens. During the course of...
