Islam does not support terrorism, it condemns it

Islam does not support terrorism, it condemns it

Some people who say they are working for religion may misunderstand or misrepresent their religion. Therefore, it is wrong to form an opinion about a religion from the activities of such people. The best way to understand a religion is through its sacred source. The sacred source of Islam is the Qur’an. The Qur’an is […]

If the poor starve for food, the rich will starve for peace

If the poor starve for food, the rich will starve for peace

What circumstances force a person to beg? What circumstances drag him to a situation where he knows he won’t be respected? I don’t know why a person discards self esteem, their ego, just to beg. We think it’s because they are too lazy or don’t have any self-respect, or maybe they think it is the […]

Enforce the Mask

Enforce the Mask

Dozens of people have succumbed to Covid-19 in the United Kingdom even after receiving the initial dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine. Bharat Biotech, the Indian manufacturer of the vaccine Covaxin, has advised people who are immuno-compromised or on medication that affects the immune system to not take the vaccine. Medical experts across the world from […]

Uncovering myths about wax treated fruits, their safe consumption

Uncovering myths about wax treated fruits, their safe consumption

Division of Food science and Technology, SKUAST_K, Shalimar Srinagar There has been an ever increasing concern of the consumers regarding waxing of the fruits which has generated a sense of insecurity among the consumers while purchasing the fruits from the market when it comes to food safety. Every now and then we can see people […]

The incarceration of Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky

The incarceration of Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky

In Nigeria, people have been demanding democratic rule, the rule of the people. Their leader, Sheik Ibrahim Yaqoub El Zakzaky, is imprisoned. He is an outspoken Muslim cleric, the head of Nigeria’s Islamic Movement, a movement that he founded in the late 1970s when he was a student at Ahmadu Bello University. El Zakzaky, began […]

Maududi’s hopes from Islam founded on Islamic knowledge

Maududi’s hopes from Islam founded on Islamic knowledge

Syed Abul A‘la Maududi was a renowned Indo-Pakistani Islamic scholar, thinker, philosopher, jurist, and journalist. He was not merely the propagator of Dīn-e-Islām but the renovator of its true essence as well. He believes that politics was indispensable for Islam, which necessitates instituting the Shari‘ah in the state and safeguarding Islamic culture and civilisation from […]

Marx as humanity’s shield against the depredations of capitalism

Marx as humanity’s shield against the depredations of capitalism

Before focusing on Marxism and its theories, and how the idea of Marxism can be implemented in practice, let us draw a translucent margin between Marxism and Communism. Marxism is an idea, while the practical implementation of Marxism is Communism. Usually, capitalism manipulates the common man by conquering his mind and creating a phobia that […]

Beyond slogans: Palestinians need a strategy to counter Israel in Africa

Beyond slogans: Palestinians need a strategy to counter Israel in Africa

Realpolitik is rarely shaped by moral visions. This is the truth that Palestinians now have to contend with, as they watch their own Arab and Muslim brothers move, one after the other, to the Israeli camp. Arab normalisation with Israel is expected to have serious consequences that go well beyond the limited and self-serving agendas […]

No W in Vulnerability: Men feel it as much as Women

No W in Vulnerability: Men feel it as much as Women

Vulnerability does not make anyone weak or lesser; if anything, it makes us all the more human. It is not easy being upfront about what you are going through, but it is not impossible either. The world needs more empathy and kindness. The sense of vulnerability may differ from person to person; for many, the […]

Kashmir’s Dying Ramsar Sites

Kashmir’s Dying Ramsar Sites

The two Union Territories of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State have about three-thousand six-hundred and fifty-one big and small wetlands spread across all twenty-two districts of both J&K and Ladakh. Of these wetlands, four are of international importance and of greater importance than those in all other Indian states and Union Territories. Among these […]