If you be Nemesis Gift me immolation On this day of celebration, Burn my world But take not away Your endearing smile For one can live with many sorrows But not without any joy; The alpenglow of your...
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...
Some people argue that only usury (interest at such an exorbitant rate that it exploits the debtor) has been declared unlawful by Islam. Therefore, interest at a mutually acceptable rate can be charge...
Ribā, or interest, is sometimes confused with rent, whereas the two are quite different from each other. Rent is a payment made periodically for the use (not consumption) of an asset, for example for...
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....
You can build a throne out of bayonets, but you can’t sit on them long -- Boris Yeltsein They come, they see – and they disrupt: they take out processions, they intimidate people, they shout slogans,...
Response: You have said in one of your answers that Muslims should refrain from grave sins and then indicated that other sins could be forgiven. Now recently I was approached by a brother concerning s...
In the following lines, assertions related to Islam are based on the interpretation of the Qur’ān and the Sunnah and on the ensuing spirit of this religion. I Regarding Islam 1. Islam has not given an...
‘The time has come’ the Warlus said ‘to talk of many things: of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing wax -- of cabbages -- and kings --’ (Lewis Carroll) There are two ways of reducing the gap between rev...
The strict prohibition of what has been translated in the Old Testament as ‘usury’– a word which in English is indicative of exploitative interest vis-a-vis ordinary interest, which presumably is not...
If the nature of the transaction is such that the asset given for a period of time is to be ‘used’ by the receiver, but, by the nature of the transaction, cannot be ‘used up’ by him, the predetermined...
The Prophet of Allah (sws) is reported to have said: 1 If you sell gold on credit, take back gold of the same type and the same quantity; and if you sell silver on credit, take back silver of the same...
Some people argue that only usury (interest at such an exorbitant rate that it exploits the debtor) has been declared unlawful by Islam. Therefore, interest at a mutually acceptable rate can be charge...
The funny thing is that we all know it. Sooner or later, we find it out. Yet, most of us choose to close our eyes to it. Perhaps because our immense desire to find a paradise right here cons us into b...
An important question which Muslim economists face in these times is the status of the stock exchange. Is trading on the stock exchange harām? Is it really gambling as some people say? The stock excha...
Zaid: ‘Have you read much?’ Khalid: ‘Not much. But I have thought much.’ Zaid: ‘You’ll not be offended by my questions?’ Khalid: ‘I hope not.’ Zaid: ‘You might find them rather unconventional – and qu...
Brutus: Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him I have offended. I pause for a reply. All: None, Brutus, none! Brutus: Then none have I offended. (Shakespeare, Juliu...
Page: Pages 237 Blasphemy: (A Novel) Price: Rs.295 Author: Tehmina Durrani Publishers: Ferozesons (Pvt) Ltd., Lahore (1998) To me, my husband was my son’s murderer. He was also my daughter’s molester....
The face was red with flushing blood as he tried to stop his breath for as long as he could. The eyes bulged out, though staring at nothing. Small rivulets of perspiration shone on the forehead, and t...
Smiling Alone 1 The strength to be weak to see oneself -- one’s weakness and to accept it -- in front of everyone The strength to change, to move on -- against the tide -- all alone The strength to de...
