The editor-in-chief of Spirit of Islam, the famous Islamic scholar and tireless pacifist Maulana Wahiduddin Khan has recently been awarded India’s second-highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan…
What is Peace? Some scholars define peace as the absence of war. This definition is, from the dictionary or literal point of view, correct. If a society is free from violence and war, the situation…
Due to the intolerance and violent extremism of small groups of people who call themselves 'Muslims', Islam is currently widely perceived to be a religion of violence, with objectives that appear to…
Chapter 4 of the Qur ’an allows a man to have four wives (4:3). This does not mean that every man should have four wives. This rule is an exception, and not to be taken in a general sense. The…
The month of Ramazan is approaching—the month in which the Quran was revealed. The Quran makes special mention of its revelation in the month of Ramazan, while making it obligatory upon it's…
For the greater part of his life, the Prophet of Islam lived in a society where adherents of other religions existed side by side with believers in Islam. The Prophet’s behaviour towards the former…
What can we learn from the Prophet Muhammad’s last Hajj (Hajjat al-Wida)?
The focus of the Prophet’s Last Sermon (Khutbah al-Hajjat al-Wida) was to instill in his Companions the spirit to undertake…
A perusal of the Quran followed by a study of latter-day Muslim history will reveal a blatant contradiction between the two—that between principle and practice. Where recent developments in some…
The Quran is, without doubt, a book of peace. It is not a book of violence and war. All the statements of the Quran are, directly or indirectly related to peace. The very first phrase in the Quran is…
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