Asghar Ali Engineer
A FEW days ago a press conference was held in Mumbai by some Muslim organisations and theologians claiming that ...
Published 01 Jan, 2010 12:00am
THE other day I read an article in the Friday edition of an Urdu newspaper which quoted a few traditions of the Holy...
Published 18 Dec, 2009 12:00am
A ONE-MAN inquiry commission by Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan set up ten days after the demolition of Babri Masjid...
Published 06 Dec, 2009 12:00am
IT is generally thought that the movement for women`s rights began with western-educated people in the 19th century....
Published 04 Dec, 2009 12:00am
EARLIER this month, religious scholars and leaders from around the globe drafted a `Charter of Compassion`, and...
Published 20 Nov, 2009 12:00am
I AM often asked as to why Muslim daughters get half that of the sons`share in their father`s inheritance. Is it ...
Published 06 Nov, 2009 12:00am
TRADITIONAL ulema have nearly always opposed social reform calling it un-Islamic. Many are able to mobilise support...
Published 23 Oct, 2009 12:00am
THE concept of justice is very fundamental in Islam. The Quran advocates it unequivocally. Surah 5, verse 8 says “O...
Published 09 Oct, 2009 12:00am
THE Quran indeed had ushered in a revolution as far as women`s rights were concerned. Women hardly enjoyed any ...
Published 25 Sep, 2009 12:00am
IS a person`s fate predetermined by Allah? This is a very common belief among many, though not all, Muslims. What is...
Published 11 Sep, 2009 12:00am
IT remains a controversial issue among Muslims. Some, like the Taliban, maintain that Islam has no place for family...
Published 28 Aug, 2009 12:00am
MR Jaswant Singh, a former foreign minister of India, has been expelled from BJP for writing a book on...
Published 23 Aug, 2009 12:00am
WE Muslims proudly refer to our heritage but Islamic heritage is, like any other heritage, very complex in nature. ...
Published 07 Aug, 2009 12:00am
RATIONALISTS generally think faith and reason are contradictory and where there is faith reason has no place. In...
Published 24 Jul, 2009 12:00am
WHENEVER one talks of religion and reform, one faces stiff opposition from traditionalists and is accused of...
Published 10 Jul, 2009 12:00am
THE controversy about the permissibility or prohibition of bank interest started in the colonial times, in the...
Published 26 Jun, 2009 12:00am
PRESIDENT Obama chose Al-Azhar University, Cairo, to address the Muslim world. The choice of the venue was very...
Published 12 Jun, 2009 12:00am
RELIGION is basically a spiritual experience and must be valued as such. Politics, on the other hand, is a game of...
Published 29 May, 2009 12:00am
RECENTLY I read a news item datelined Riyadh that said that Saudi Arabia was contemplating banning the marriage of...
Published 15 May, 2009 12:00am
A CONTROVERSY has ensued after the Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a supposedly Sharia bill that says a woman...
Published 01 May, 2009 12:00am
