There is a heated debate on the issue of religious conversion, some being pro-conversion and others against it. This debate is based on a misunderstanding. Both the parties take conversion as…
The Jews were commanded by God to preserve their holy book, the Torah. The responsibility for preserving these early divine scriptures thus fell to their followers, whereas it was God who Himself…
The very first injunction given to the Prophet – ‘Read in the name of your Lord who created’, stresses the importance of knowledge (96:1). And the last words of revelation pertain to the life…
Today I have concluded for you your religion, and I have completed my blessing upon you, and I have approved Islam as your religion. (THE QURAN 5: 3)
Some people have taken this verse to mean that…
Prophet Moses, born in Egypt in the 15th century B.C., was chosen by God to be His messenger. In those days, Egypt was under the dynastic rule of the Pharaohs, who were idolaters. The Prophet Moses…
The Quran bears verbal witness to the sovereignty of God. It describes, with great force and clarity, the great, hidden, determinative force at work throughout the entire world, and gives us…
We owe much to the human sciences. Yet the absolute maximum that we can learn from them is what the universe is. Till now, they have not given us one iota of knowledge on the subject of why the…
In August/September 2015, we members of the Centre for Peace and Spirituality went on a two-week trip to the USA at the invitation of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) to attend its…
On 30 April, 2015, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan was awarded the Sayyidina Imam Al Hasan Ibn Ali Peace Award at the Second Annual Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, held at Abu Dhabi, UAE.…