Mustafa Majid Sheikh The majority of humans are staying home to save themselves from being infected with novel coronavirus. As a consequence, the air is cleaner, the water is clearer, and animals are freer. It seems that the Covid-19 pandemic is a gift to the environment. It has not only taken billions of people off […]
Dr Ajaz Ahmad Khan Introduction This essay is an analysis of the modern Islamic political thought of Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri on the concept of Islamic khilafat (rule/government). The need for an Islamic state in the contemporary era emerged after the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of Arab nationalism, which set off […]
Makarand Deshpande is a theatre director, playwright, and actor with a contemplative, philosophical approach to his craft. He has written several influential plays that convey the abstract and surreal nature of existence. Apart from the intellectual strand in his work, his contribution towards the performing arts has been enormous, as he has been part of […]
Bilal Ahmad Dar ‘In practice, India has been neither secular nor socialist. It has always functioned as an upper-caste Hindu state.’ Arundhati Roy The Constitution of India is based on the premise of secularism and unbiased principles. But the question is: Are these secular principles practised in true sense of the term? The answer suggested […]
Mohammad Zubair Ud Din A report emerged in the Middle East Monitor on 4 May, 2020, which has evinced keen interest among international observers. This report says that the “Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) expects that Russia, Turkey and Iran will reach a consensus to remove the head of the Syrian regime, Bashar Al-Assad, and […]
Azhar ud Din “Of my tradition is to marry. So, then whoever turns away from my tradition (Sunnah) is not from me (my nation).” (Prophet Muhammad PBUH) Marriage is not just a legal bond between man and woman, it is social sanction that allows two opposite genders to live together. Marriage is not only about […]
Rather Nasir The valley of Kashmir is known as “pir waer”, the abode of saints. The first Sufi Muslim saint from Central Asia who visited Kashmir was Sharif ud din Abdur Rehman. He later became popular as ‘Bulbul Shah’. His shrine is located in downtown Srinagar at a place called ‘Bulbul Langar’ (now Bulbul Lankar). […]
Sahil Showkat Of course, technology impacts culture—destructively. For example, how could people living in the same house or workplace be looking at different screens and communicating with different people—some within the same physical space—without even considering that they could talk with each other face to face? It never crosses their minds. How’s that for culture […]
Umar Khalid Dar Nations will always go to war, especially if negotiations yield no results, over issues that are strategically and economically important to them. This holds truer for nations that are eyeing to be superpowers of the next century. Assumptions are dangerous. Assumptions that nuclear-armed neighbours would not go to war could be hazardous. […]
Mir Abas Has there ever been an age in which immorality and egotism have been greater or more dominant than in this one? The tree is known by its fruits. With your imaginary natural reason, from whence have you the light by which you are so willing to enlighten others? Are not all your ideas […]