The Times of India | Speaking Tree Blog | September 16, 2024| Prof. Farida Khanam
American writer Michael Hart described the Prophet of Islam as the most successful person in history in his book The…
Dr Farida Khanam | The Times of India | July 13, 2015
Ramzan is a month of restraint and worship, of caring and thanksgiving, repentance and piety. The multitude of benefits of Ramzan inspired the…
The Speaking Tree | November 15, 2023
Palestine is the holy site of three major Abrahamic religions. For the Jews, Palestine is the ‘Promised Land’ as mentioned in the Bible. Christiansregard this…
Editorial Director of Spirit of Islam Prof. Farida Khanam is a former professor of Islamic Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She has around a dozen books to her credit. By translating the…
Abu Bakr was a rich merchant of Makkah, belonging to the Quraysh tribe. At the time when Muhammad was endowed with prophethood, Abu Bakr had gone to Yemen on business. When he came back, people…
Ever since the pandemic has happened, quite a few acquaintances have called me to find out which name of God should they recite often to protect themselves from Coronavirus. This led me to think…
The first four Caliphs after the Prophet are known as the ‘Rightly Guided Caliphs’. They were successors of the Prophet in the real sense of the word. They were all senior Companions of the Prophet.…
Studies show that women have been specially gifted by nature with such qualities as fit them for the role of bringing about peace and harmony in society in times of conflict. These qualities are…
The year 2020 is not the year that many people would choose to remember. For many, the whole year passed as a blur. For the most part of the year, people all over the world confined themselves to…