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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

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?

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

Conspiracy to change status of Eastern Bayt al-Maqdis

Attempts have been made in the past to demolish Al-Aqsa Mosque in the name of archaeological findings. These attempts were foiled by the Muslims living there. Isn’t the displacement of the guardians is a plan to disgrace the mosque?

Asia

Maulana Syed Abul A’La Maududi: A Contemporary Mujtahid

While studying the life of Syed Maududi, we find that he had been struggling against evil his entire life. He refused to bow before it and cleared the dimensions of his struggle while remaining within the boundaries of the law.

Books and Reports

COVID-19 Impact on religious groups

The Pew study highlights the complexity of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on religious groups and the need for a nuanced approach to understanding the different experiences of these groups…

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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.

Culture and Civilization

SHARIAH: THE WAY OF JUSTICE

The Shariah is an integrated homogenous whole. Once one understands its basic concepts, objectives and framework, one cannot but conclude that it is capable of creating the most human and just society, a peace and blessing for mankind. Difficulties only arise when critics try to measure the ocean of divine knowledge, wisdom and justice with their own thimble of pedestrian criteria and standards.

America

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.

Dawah

Muslim Brotherhood vis-à-vis Jamaat-e-Islami in Western Europe

The presence of the Muslim Brotherhood and Jamaat-e-Islami in Western Europe is complex and multifaceted…

Culture and Civilization

Do Muslims need to be left or right-wing?

Muslims do not need the guidance of figures like Jordan Peterson, as they already have a comprehensive and complete ideology in Islam. Muslims are encouraged to study and understand their own religion, rather than seeking guidance from non-Muslim sources…

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.

America

Biden blames Ottoman Empire for the Armenian Genocide and Turkey’s backlash

The irony is that the USA is blaming the Ottomans for killing that happened 100 years ago but can’t see the genocide going on in Gaza.

Asia

European Parliament Resolution Against the Blasphemy Law

The European Parliament passed a resolution with a heavy majority on April 29, 2021, in which it is recommended to the European Commission and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) to review the benefits of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences-Plus (GSP+) status for Pakistani imports.

Asia

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?

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.