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Jihād means to exert oneself fully in an endeavour. Just as this term appears in the Qur’ān for a general struggle in the way of God, it also appears as a term for waging war in His way (qitāl fī sabī...
These days one often hears calls to raise arms from various quarters of our religious bureaucracy in the name of Jihād. The target for Jihād, however, varies from case to case depending upon who is ma...
He was always considered extraordinary. He was an excellent pupil, a good cricketer, a natural student leader, and a popular teacher in the medical career that he chose to pursue. Then he decided on a...
Unfortunately, Jihād has become one of the most misunderstood doctrines of Islam. To many Muslims, Jihād is the answer to all their sufferings, but to non-Muslims it is perhaps become the primary reas...
Peace and freedom are two essential requirements of a society. Just as various penal measures help in protecting a society from the evils and excesses committed by an individual, resorting to armed of...
Muslims are required by their religion to submit to the authority of the country they live in. They must comply with their rulers and not create chaos in anyway. The Qur’ān directs them to follow thos...
Both the Qur’ān and the established practice of the Prophets of Allah explicitly say that Jihād can only be waged by a state. No group of people have been given the authority to take up arms, because...
In the backdrop of the recently released movie ‘The Siege’ directed, written and produced by Edward Zwick, whose films include ‘Glory’ and ‘Legends of the Fall’. (Editor) ‘Insidious, incendiary and da...
Ibrahim Hooper comments on ‘The Siege’. He is National Communication Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. (Editor) Producers of The Siege would have us to believe that art is merely...
The Qur’ān says: ... that whoever took a life 1 , unless it be for murder or for spreading disorder on earth 2 , it would be as if he killed all mankind; and whoever saved a life, it would be as if he...
Here’s the smell of blood still; all the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand. But many of the human rights activists in Pakistan will. So long as the hand is not masculine. We have al...
Prominent Muslim scholars have always maintained that jihād is allowed only under the authority of the State: And the third category of collective duties is one in which [the authority of] the State i...
Prominent Muslim scholars have always maintained that jihaad is allowed only under the authority of the State: And the third category of collective duties is one in which [the authority of] the State...
Brooding over the unending news stories of violence in the name of Islam (which, ironically, signifies `peace') in which the Terrorist so often joins the club of Mullahs, one may conveniently interpre...
