Quran
Muslims in time warp: Into enlightenment from blind following
Instead of the dominant blind, unquestioning obedience to religious dogma, we should teach critical thinking to our children in schools.
Muslim Sanskrit scholar offers free tuitions
Hayatullah is proficient in Sanskrit and in the four Vedas which has earned him the epithet ‘Chaturvedi’.
An engagement with the almighty
Haj is a set of rituals that takes place in and around Mecca each year in this month of Zil-haj, the last and 12th month of the Islamic calendar.
Of false premises & false promises
The Quran says martyrs going to heaven will get “hur”, and the word was taken by early commentators to mean “virgins”, hence those 72 consorts.
Malaysian state seeks to improve quality of beef with Quranic recitals for cows
PAS has been pushing to introduce a tough Islamic criminal code, known as hudud, in Kelantan that includes penalties such as amputations.
Mystic Mantra: The way to mindfulness
Dhikr is a powerful means of building self-control and striking a balance between the spiritual and the mundane.
Pakistani men assert their right to be groomed as male beauty booms
There is this whole lot of clever marketing of male beauty products which is spurring demand
Muslim boys insult Christianity, sentenced to memorise verses of Quran
The unique sentencing comes from a Christian judge in Lebanon where insulting religion can fetch up to three years in prison.
Mystic Mantra: A journey within
Both Rumi and Tabrizi regarded all faith traditions and all parts of the earth as waves of the ocean of the divine unity.
Mystic Mantra: Tawhid — The heart of Islam
Tawhid further refers to the nature of that God — that he is a unity, not composed, not made up of parts, but simple and uncompounded.