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Archive/2001/April — № 4
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VOLUME 11 · ISSUE № 4
APRIL 2001
ربيع الآخر 2001
— From the Editor · Dr. Shehzad Saleem —

April 2001

This issue contains 8 articles and 10 queries — scholarly writing, reader questions answered, and a continued record of the journal's ongoing concerns.

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Contents

8 ARTICLES · 10 QUERIES
— Articles —
01
The Two Levels
Dr Khalid Zaheer · Reflections
4′
02
Wine – Good or Bad?
Moiz Amjad · Criticism
8′
03
Is Islam a Divine Religion?
Moiz Amjad · Reflections
15′
04
Self Purification and the Forgotten Ideal
Kamran Bashir Sheikh · Reflections
5′
05
Let us Sit up and Take Notice
Saadia Malik · Reflections
6′
06
Islam at the Cross Roads
Junaid bin Jahangir · Book Review
17′
07
Telephonic Marriage
Dr. Shehzad Saleem · Responses
1′
08
Tears in Solitude
Khawar Kazi · Rhyme and Reason
1′
— Queries —
Q.1Worship
"Change of Plans in Mosque Construction"
— Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Q.2Social Issues
"Rights of an Engaged Couple"
— Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Q.3Islamic Punishments
"Confessing Extramarital Relations"
— Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Q.4Political Issues
"Authority of the Majority"
— Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Q.5Da'wah
"When Should I Convert?"
— Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Q.6Political Issues
"Establishment of an Islamic State"
— Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Q.7Islamic Customs and Etiquette
"Marriage and Culture"
— Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Q.8The Dietary Shari‘ah
"Is Kosher Allowed?"
— Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Q.9Da'wah
"Cursing Non-Muslims"
— Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Q.10God and Monotheism
"Talking to Atheists"
— Dr. Shehzad Saleem