This issue contains 7 articles and 8 queries - scholarly writing, reader questions answered, and a continued record of the journal's ongoing concerns.
Benevolence (Ihsān) has been emphasized over and over again in Islamic teachings. The Qur’ān says: Indeed Allah ordains justice and benevolence. (16:90) Benevolent behaviour is considered a natural re...
In one of his articles, 1 Mr Jochen Katz has pointed out a contradiction in 33:37 and 33:4-5. Explaining the contradiction in these verses, he writes: It is important that Muslims can marry the divorc...
I. The Religious Situation in Canada and the USA Although the Christian population has been dominant in North America since the 1700s, there have always been significant religious minorities. Of cours...
Before I discuss the impact of Islam on Hinduism, I shall endeavour to explain briefly what Hinduism generally means today to an enlightened Hindu. This religion is much misunderstood. An eminent Musl...
Title: The Road to Mecca Author: Muhammad Asad Pages: 400 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Inc., 1954 The first edition of ‘The Road to Mecca’ came out twenty years after ‘Islam at the Cross Roads’. With...
Response: In one of your answers, you state this Hadīth from the Sahīh of Bukhārī one such incident from which the extent to which gatherings of music and dance had reached can be imagined. It is narr...
Rise and fall of nations follow a natural cycle of eminence and decadence. The points connecting this cycle are often reflected in the behaviour of rulers and the actions of the community. These cycle...
