General Issues

The following diagrams (courtesy of crescentmoonwatch.org) show the visibility of the new crescent Moon over the first three days of the lunation. The unshaded areas indicate regions from which the Moon cannot be seen. The Moon becomes more easily visible from the regions of increasing colour intensity i.e. the Moon will be seen easily from the regions shown in red. …

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’ …