General Issues

All countries big and small are constantly striving to increase their share of participation in the global market. This has become an uphill task especially for developing countries that depend largely on the export economy. Despite their high ambitions and great efforts, the performance of these countries in the market place has been way short of expectations. Two major reasons …

We Muslims are very smart at creating problems and running from pillar to post to find solutions.Now take the case of ijab.Why on earth are we making the wearing of modest dress a uniform like think in the Universities and other institutes of Higher studies? Among all the students in the Universties, only the Muslim girls are compelled to wear …

In the light of the rise of Islam and Islamic resistance to Western colonialism and Israeli barbarism, I become more and more interested in the philosophy of Islam and the answers provided by contemporary Muslim scholars to questions having to do with Being. It had become clear to me recently that most of the West’s so-called ‘progressive minds’ (the ‘enlightened’ …

Since the very beginning of Buddhism over 2500 years ago, Buddhist monks and nuns have depended on alms food. They were, and still are, prohibited from growing their own food, storing their own provisions or cooking their own meals. Instead, every morning they would make their day’s meal out of whatever was freely given to them by lay supporters. Whether …

Warning about the pitfalls of operating in a secular imposed order, ZAfAR BANGASH, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Islamic Thought , argues that the Islamic movement must be clear about its goals as well as methods in bringing about change in Muslim societies. Muslim scholars, Islamic movement activists and even ordinary Muslims agree that the only natural habitat for …

Close on the heels of the government crushing the world’s deadliest terrorist organization, the LTTE , its now flushing out Jihad militants operating in the East. Intelligence sources reveal that there are an estimated 500 Jihadi militants in the East. They allege that Batticaloa itself houses about 250 of them. Sources said that although earlier accusing fingers were pointed at …