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Physician Heal Thyself(0)

September 2, 2010

We tend to think – because of deep rooted conditioning effects – that “Islam ko khatrah hai”. It always reminds me of “the sky is falling”. The “threat to Islam” indicates a mistaken understanding of the Faith. Take care of yourself and Islam is well taken care of, if that is what you want. In fact, Islam can take care of you much better than you think you can take care of Islam…

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Jamaa‘at-e-Islami Hind

The students coming out of our Colleges and Universities should have Qur’an in the right hand, most modern scientific and technological advancements in the left hand and the crown of Laa Ilaah on the forehead. So that the Muslims regain the same glorious status of founders and promoters of science and technology as they did during the ascendance of their civilization…

RESPECT: Earned Or Requested For?

There is a discussion currently going on initiated by a request “Please respect our ‘Ulama”. We should respect all human beings – including the ‘traditionally’ and ‘modern’ educated. Having said that, please allow me to assert that respect is earned more than requested for. Do we ever need to start a campaign for increased awareness about the importance of sun, air, water and light etc? We don’t…

Reasons Behind Eemaan

A more fundamental question, however, is why I believe in Allah? I believe in Allah because of the fact that He has all perfections (kamaalaat). As human beings we want perfection in everything. For instance, we want perfect health, house, spouse, job and all other things. It is not in only a few of us. It is in ALL of us…


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