Understanding Sanatana Dharma
Nazar Khan Jun 29, 2004 interacts: 755
Dharma is the process for aligning one’s body, mind and soul with the nature in search of the Ultimate Truth
Are Secularism and Islam Incompatible?
Yasser Latif Hamdani Oct 31, 2003 interacts: 482Ever since, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk abolished the Khilafat and separated Church from state, a great debate has raged in the Islamic world. Perhaps no where
Science and the Islamic world --- The quest for rapprochement
Pervez Hoodbhoy Aug 2, 2007 interacts: 624With well over a billion Muslims and extensive material resources, why is the Islamic world disengaged from science and the process of creating new knowledge?
Is the Koran Truly Amazing?
M Asadi Feb 15, 2006 interacts: 533
Once you get a grasp of the trend of the Koran, its consistency of words and thoughts, you see a
Swearing-in Ceremony with Hand on the Bible?
Mohammad Gill Dec 5, 2006 interacts: 674American civilization is not the Christian civilization. America’s constitution is secular which does not discriminate among religions and states upfront, “no religious test shall ever
Kibbutz Criminals
Farzana Versey Mar 22, 2006 interacts: 489Can we ever imagine a Jewish Mob? Can we see any identity for them beyond the rabbi, the kibbutz, the Holocaust? Can we even think
The Book is also Just a Book
Farzana Versey May 23, 2005 interacts: 349Forget about killing myself. I felt no anger, no hurt, no disgust when I read the Newsweek report regarding the ’desecration’ of the ’holy Quran’.
Women in Religious Scriptures
Sushil Bhatnagar May 15, 2003 interacts: 315Gender relationships in religious frame-work
Sex and the Saudi
Haroon Moghul Oct 12, 2003 interacts: 94Imagine you’re a Saudi man, tired from a day of beating your Bengali worker...
Has Hinduism had the Longest Tradition of Continuous Religion?
Murad A Baig Sep 7, 2006 interacts: 345Hinduism, as generally practiced in India today, is very different to the forms of religion of earlier times. In the beginning, as in all religions,
Origins of Hijab
Mohammad Gill Jun 23, 2004 interacts: 142After the conquest of Mecca, the Muslims were practically the unchallenged rulers of Arabia and the social conditions in Medina were also not menacing for
A Case for Banning Polygamy
Ayesha I Khan Dec 3, 2003 interacts: 239The practice of polygamy preceded Islam, and Quranic injunctions sought to first limit and eventually dispense entirely with the regressive custom.
When did Freethought Cease in the Muslim World?
Mohammad Gill Jul 15, 2004 interacts: 159The period in which rationalism was tangled with orthodox thought lasted for about four to five hundred years. In spite of the stresses and strains,
The 'One God' Religions of Revelation
Murad A Baig Jun 17, 2008 interacts: 980The success of the `One God’ idea was its ability to use fear to empower the professional priests enabling them to command the absolute obedience
Who is a Muslim?
Mohammad Gill Feb 29, 2004 interacts: 210...there were two qualifications: that you believe in one God and that you believe Muhammad was a prophet...
The world of the Wise Lord
Nazar Khan Feb 8, 2005 interacts: 169The other ancient philosophy emanated from Zoroastrianism which explained that a man’s life is a struggle between the good and the evil. Its monotheistic concept
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