British and Muslim 1 Abdul Hakim Murad 2 It is said that the 19th century French poet Mallarm can only be fully understood by those who are not French, because they read him more slowly. Converts to I...
To Muslims the Qur’an is the very word of God, who spoke through the Angel Gabriel to Muhammad: “This book is not to be doubted,” the Qur’an declares unequivocally at its beginning. Scholars and write...
On November 12th and 13th, 2005 during a two-day international symposium at Rice University in Houston, Texas, I personally witnessed a Turkish Muslim intellectual’s contributions to the welfare of hu...
Introduction Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, etc., may cause terribly disastrous consequences for life--human, animal and plant. They may also result into a large-scale destruction of prope...
We often become thankless to our Creator even though His favours abound. Even a very partial list of these favours would outdo a loss or deprivation we may be experiencing. It is just a question of op...
Bashir Maan & Alastair McIntosh 1 Question: Professor Watt, how did you become interested in Islam and Christianity? Response: Well, I had studied Classics at Edinburgh University and “Greats” – philo...
With ancient heritage, sprawling land, and fascinating people, Turkey is literally at the crossroads of East and West. Sitting astride the Bosporus, Turkey bridges Asia and Europe. Modern Turkey is no...
The Dec 2005 issue of Renaissance marked the completion of fifteen years of its publication. Taking this to be an opportune moment, we have devoted this issue of the journal to present a comprehensive...
The veritable problems that we the Muslims are facing in the current era are not obscure to the conscious minds. Much to our dismay, we seem to have been defeated in the arena of religion not to talk...
The author is a Research Scholar, Department of Islamic Studies, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi 110 062, India. (Editor) Orientalism, when defined in simple words, implies the Western attempt to understand...
By way of introduction, I like to make a few remarks about this subject for it is so vast. Islam in the West Islam has four faces. Islam can be seen as the self-realization of the Arab Nation, as a gr...
Experiencing some loss is a taxing time of a person’s life. It reminds him of a great reality he often forgets and ignores: trials and tribulations are a part and parcel of life; they change form but...
The traditional approach to education in Islamic Sciences is the most appealing to my mind. The teaching method of personal tutelage seems to fit not only the psychic structure of the students but als...
Some moments back, I had a beautiful realization, inspired by the intensity of emotions that rushed through the veins. My grandfather passed away nine years ago, may God bless him. He was a noble man...
As Muslims, we have a strong belief that the world has been designed by the Most Wise and sagacious Lord. Everything that finds place in His marvelous work has a pre-determined role to play. Everythin...
Making friends is easy; maintaining friendship is not. In fact, making ourselves unpopular is a job so easily done. One slip of the tongue, one harsh word, one instance of anger and we might end up lo...
The time of the great fair had come again. I would have been deprived of the tremendous opportunity to view it had I not left home to buy for my father some medicines from the market. The heat was on;...
Many a time when people are suggested to read and understand their religious scriptures, they explain that they are unable to do so because they cannot find enough time. Especially in the busy life of...
As this life is a trial for man, he has to face circumstances of varying nature designed to test the veracity of his claim that he believes in God and also to cleanse him of undesirable immoral charac...
For man, the enormity of darkness is more overwhelming than the profundity of dazzling sunlight. All day long, he enjoys the sunlight but little does he deliberate over the source and meaning of the r...
