The Fear Psychosis
As muslims, our first reaction to the news of any crime is a fear – what if the perpetrator is a Muslim.… Read More The Fear Psychosis
As muslims, our first reaction to the news of any crime is a fear – what if the perpetrator is a Muslim.… Read More The Fear Psychosis
Problems Indian Women face other than Triple Talaq… Read More Triple Talaq – What Next?
The controversy around Ramadan and Eid this year in India… Read More The Eid Post
Why do Muslims marry their cousins? Understanding the question and its answer.… Read More Cousin, duh?
A short take on a question Indian Muslims are often asked – Indians or Muslims?… Read More The Question of Identities
है ये जानता अह्द-ए-हाज़िर मुकम्मल नहीं वक़्त पर कोई क़ादिर मुकम्मल हमारे तशख्खुस को क्या पूछते हो न कामिल मुसलमां न काफिर मुकम्मल
Long ages ago, in a land far away, Lived a chosen messenger of Almighty Allaah, Who steadfastly prayed and called to the Truth; So true was the man whose name was Noah.
It’s an old tale, borrowed from the wreckages of past. Ali bin Muttaqi, the pious, in his mosque stood aghast. He was reciting God’s names, as he did dawn to dusk. It was Friday and yet there were none in the mosque. The Imam, with a heavy heart, got up from his prayers, He put… Read More The Tears of Ali bin Muttaqi
The Islamic New Year is upon us from tonight. In a lecture by Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi, a scholar with leanings towards the Deobandi School of Thought, I came across a description of why different days of the week are considered holy in different cultures. The context of discussion was the event of the Prophet’s… Read More The New Year, Reflections, and Resolutions
The world around us is a very interesting place, and hence has been the subject of observation and analysis since times immemorial. Man has sought to study the world and his relation with it because it is one of the primary thoughts that occupy one’s mind as soon as the basic needs are taken care… Read More The Algorithm of Chaos