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End of an Era: Bangladeshis Dream of a Better Future After Hasina
By: Masood Aijazi Bangladesh has entered a new era as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted after 15 years in Read more…
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.
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.
China’s Population Conundrum: Less is no longer good
How Beijing responds to these challenges – or fails to – will go a long way to determining the future course of this economic giant, with far-reaching ramifications for the rest of the world.
Alcohol, the Mafia and Superiority of Islamic Law
The secular Prohibition in the US didn’t have the desired effects, yet it gave rise to the mafia, whereas the Shari’ah has been “prohibiting” alcohol for centuries without ever witnessing any kind of rise of a criminal class like the mafia.
Opinion: Jamaat-e-Islami’s role in international relations
This is a summary of the original paper published by Council on Foreign Relations titled “International Relations of an Islamist Read more…
Water: Are we fulfilling our Amaanah?
The world we live in is a trust bestowed upon us for future generations. Ensuring that our brothers and sisters everywhere, and those who succeed us, have access to clean water is our responsibility as Muslims…
Globalization or Westernization: Reading between the lines
Modern globalization really means the Westernization of societies and their assimilation into a global homogenous pattern with dubious underpinnings at the expense of local cultural identities and values forged over a collective experience of thousands of years…
Global world order of 2023 and beyond
Strategic thinking will take center stage in addressing various global issues such as deep divisions in countries and environmental concerns.
Fall of Granada and the Plight of Morisco (Part 3)
Fall of Granada was not by a sudden stroke of fate but was the last curtain of a long standing drama of disunity of Muslims, warfare between competing emirs, conspiracies within each dynasty, son rebelling against the father, civil wars, a financially decaying society as well as external aggression…