I would like to share with the readers some foolishness I went through a few years ago, which, nonetheless, enabled me to gain better insight into some of the ways our fellow creatures – the jinn – op...
There is no denying the fact that man has made tremendous progress in every sphere of life. The last couple of centuries have been of immense importance in this regard. Scientists introduced a new era...
There are two major ills of our society. 1. Illiteracy 2. Poverty To combat these ills, we in September 2002 started the following services under the banner of Suffah Welfare Centre. Free Medical Trea...
‘So what does it say then doc?’ Her eyes twinkled for a jiffy and then the glow vanished. I probably was unable to conceal the melancholy in my expression. ‘Don’t worry! We’ll come to that in a minute...
With the advent of the media revolution, we are witnessing an unprecedented exchange of information all around us. This giant leap has afforded man the opportunity to explore frontiers as yet unexplor...
Of all the tragedies that befell the Muslims – which include the storm of Tartars from the east 1 , and the scramble of European scavengers from the west 2 – difficult as it may seem to grade them in...
The following email was received a few weeks ago from Asif Iftikhar, member of Renaissance Editorial Board. I became disillusioned in just one year. In one year of exposure to modern scholarship, I be...
Climb every mountain Search every stream Follow every rainbow Till you find your dream It was many years ago when I first heard this beautiful stanza. Sung by Patricia Routledge for the movie ‘Sound o...
Every man on earth seems to be in search of an identity for himself that can last a lifetime. I see nothing wrong with that. In fact, an identity can really set our preferences straight and keep us st...
I have often felt dejected at the way the foreign media projects the status of women under the banner of Islam. Whereas Islam enjoins perfect equality between men and women, it is heralded to the worl...
The Almighty has made this world a place for trials and tests. Here each person has been given the chance to prove his mettle and become worthy of an eternal reward in the Hereafter. If he is unable t...
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...
If you have grown tired of life, or wish to go someplace where you can be alone, or you are always nervous, stressed and gloomy, you are probably suffering from depression. One could expect such a per...
Today the world is becoming more and more sensitive to environmental pollution. Cleansing the atmosphere and human surroundings from things that are detrimental to any form of life has assumed unprece...
Humility is the key to scholarship and self-righteousness is perhaps the greatest impediment to it. In the study of religion, contemporary Muslims scholars have generally adopted the latter approach....
Almost six months have passed since that fateful morning of September 11 when several thousand innocent civilians of the United States were mercilessly massacred by a team of suicide pilots. The ghast...
The quest for the truth can prove to be the most despondent of tasks. At times, it may seem a lost cause, a mission impossible. So rough and rugged may be the terrain traversed that one tends to lose...
Readers are advised to first carefully go through the components of the article that appear in the contents section of the journal so that they can have a clear comprehension of its overall arrangemen...
My father, Syed Fasihuddin, died a quarter of century ago, on February 21, 1977. With him ended one phase of my life. And another began. I was a few months away from my nineteenth birthday when it hap...
I was low in spirits that day. Nothing looked meaningful or encouraging. Gloom and failure were revolving around me. I was feeling stagnant. The last day I was seeing a cricket match, amidst a stadium...
