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Jamaat-e-Islami in its own words

Political Islam represent the last heroic stand of Muslim cultural resistance to galloping globalization with an American accent? Or does it represent the beginning of a new synthesis of Islam with con­temporaneity, enabling Muslim society and culture to move into the new millennium more confident of its own cultural foundations?

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Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan hosts National Palestine Conference in Islamabad

Pakistan’s national leadership, intellectuals, scholars and members of civil society convened on the 17th October 2023 in Islamabad, Pakistan, to issue a Joint Declaration on Israel’s brutal aggression on Gaza and West Bank.

America

In the line of fire between Canada and India

The unusual nature of Canada accusing India, a historically friendly nation and Commonwealth partner, of involvement in the murder of a Canadian Sikh political activist named Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil has taken global community by storm.

Blogs

Women and Success

A woman cannot be forced to pursue goals by her husband or any other human. They are free to make a choice and it is this free will that they will be held accountable for on the day of judgement.

Blogs

Women’s rights and discrimination against them

Islam has played an important role in advancing women’s rights throughout history, yet a lot of work is still left which needs to be done and in order to make sure that there is an equal treatment of women and they are being treated fairly in all aspects of life.

Asia

Turkiye’s recent earthquake and empathetic response from the Muslim world

In the aftermath of two deadly earthquakes that struck 10 provinces in southern Turkiye, many countries stepped forward to provide aid and assistance. International assistance has included medical supplies, medical staff, funding support, rescue teams, rescue dogs, high-tech equipment, heaters, and generators.

Asia

Pakistan’s Economy At Tipping Point

With the rupee in freefall and foreign exchange reserves dwindling, the country faces its worst balance of payments crisis, threatening to tip its fragile economy over the edge.

Europe

Earthquake in Turkey and NW Syria – UN Failure To De-politicize Aid

If the UN cannot put aside politics and act courageously in times of emergency, then Syrians and other civilians alike will continue to pay the price.

Defence and Security

Netanyahu facilitating violence against Palestinians

Netanyahu is “giving the green light for all Israelis to inflict violence upon Palestinians with full impunity”…

Asia

Pakistan and China’s Belt and Road Initiative

The implementation of CPEC has repeatedly stumbled due to local ethnic and nationalist divides, as well as national elite disagreements, which have led to protests and sabotage, as well as a lack of trust of Chinese investors by Pakistani citizens…

Defence and Security

ICJ Confirms It Received UN Request for Legal Opinion on Israeli Occupation

The move has been met with condemnation from Israel and welcomed by Palestinians…

Asia

A Prophetic Model Of Resistance In Human History

Every prophet who came to this world had the two most important duties. First, he told the people what was true and what its details were. Second, every prophet pointed out the vice of his time and challenged it. The act of challenging the vice was a resistance against the wrong. This resistance was at a rational as well as a practical level.

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Dawah

Ijtihad in contemporary times and the Muslim World

Establishing an international institute of Muslim jurists is the only solution to create uniformity in the field of Ijtihad. The members of this institute must be expert researchers and jurists from the Islamic world.

Dawah

International Conference Of Muslim Women

The International Muslim Women Union (IMWU) was founded at a gathering of delegations from 70 countries in Sudan in 1996. Dr Kausar Firdous and Dr Samia Raheel Qazi had participated in the maiden conference.

Asia

Islamophobia And The Double Standard Of The West

The young generation should be made aware on political as well as religious grounds that what Islamophobia is, how was it born and can we counter it. We have to present our counter-narrative against whatever is being spoken and written about Islamophobia in the West.

Asia

Pakistan and the business of geo-security-nomics

Historically, there has been a lack of willingness on the part of civilian-military leadership to agree on a common narrative and prioritize a multilateral over ideologically-driven foreign policy framework. So is the new narrative any different than a hodge-podge of military-led geo-political contestation and civilian-led geo-economic multilateralism?

Asia

Muslim World And The Unbreakable Chains of Mental Slavery

The world is a forest of symbols but in the case of the Muslim world, it is a forest of symbols of mental slavery of the West for the past 200 years.

Hotspots

A Resolution on Issues of the Muslim World

A meeting of the central executive council of Jamat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan strongly condemned the wave of Islamophobia prevailing in different countries and conspiracies to spread hatred against Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and Muslims with a certain agenda.

Culture and Civilization

Historical roots of Palestine issue

There should be a democratic state of the native people of Palestine where old native Jews should also have the same civilian rights as Arab Muslims and Christians.

Culture and Civilization

A Resolution For Women Rights

The oppressed woman in occupied Kashmir, Palestine, Burma and other regions are desperate for help. The government should fulfil its responsibility of providing basic human rights to oppressed women.

Asia

Solution to Kashmir issue guarantees long-term peace in South Asia

Resolutions are not an option now. The United Nations and Security Council have passed hundreds of resolutions that have not made India budge even an inch. The matter is beyond mere resolutions.

Afghanistan and Central Asia

Taliban coalition government and need for recognition

While one hopes that the leadership of Afghanistan will start a new dawn in this war-torn country and learn from the past. The international community also must help the Kabul administration with this new beginning.