Mashwara (Consultation): A Prophetic deed
Dr Sheikh Arshid Mushwàra (consultation or suggestion) is the basic “motto” of the Dawah work as it is treated as a source Allah’s favour and blessings. The Mushwàra was constantly done by Prophet Mohammad (SAW) throughout his period along with the companions. In Dawah it is done with proper intention and understanding as an important […]
A temporary visitor
K S S Pillai I have studiously avoided keeping domestic animals or pets. While in the village, I was advised to keep a cow, which, in addition to being a revered animal, would provide us with pure milk. I had politely turned down the suggestion. Then the virtues of keeping a pet, be it a […]
Demanding Dowry is Un-Islamic
Rayees Ahmad Kumar Recently the suicide of Muslim woman Aisha, a married daughter of Ahmedabad Gujarat because of the fact that her father couldn’t afford a huge dowry on her marriage, raised many questions among social circles. Her video went viral on all social networking sites. Newspapers and magazines made it their main news story […]
Lord Shiva: The Symbol of Universal Consciousness
Lalit Garg Mahashivaratri is celebrated on the Chaturdashi of the Krishna Paksha of Phalgun month, a religious festival of Hindus, which is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Mahadev i.e. Shiva, the principal deity of Hinduism. This is the occasion of union with Shiva. On this day, ‘Shivlinga’ emerged at midnight. That is why this […]
Tolerance and coexistence central to humanity
Asad Mirza The Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis arrived in Iraq, last Friday, 5 March, to a red carpet and military-band reception, at the beginning of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq. He went with a plea for the country to protect its centuries-old diversity, urging Muslims to embrace their Christian neighbours and […]
Early warning signs about kidney ailments
Dr. Sudeep Singh Sachdev While the only way to diagnose a kidney disease is to get confirmatory tests done, here are some early signs that point you may have an ongoing kidney disease or a kidney infection. Millions of adults are living with kidney diseases and most of them don’t even know about it. While […]
The forgotten Khaksar’s
Nasim Yousaf Martyrs’ Day is observed on March 19th to pay homage to the Khaksars who were injured or sacrificed their lives to free Muslims and non-Muslims from British rule. March 19, 1940 was a black day in the history of the Indian subcontinent and cannot be forgotten. On this day, police opened fire and […]
Education: An apparatus of change
Dar Shahid Hussain, K Sajad Ahmad Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” (Nelson Mandela). To acquire knowledge is the first thing striking our mind when we think about education. Indeed, it is a tool which provides people knowledge, skill, technique, information and enables them to know their […]
Kashmir Forest Training Institute reflects neglect
Adv Mudasir Nazir Kashmir Forest Tanning school is situated in Chatternar Bandipora inside a beautiful conifer Forests. This beautiful Forest School is surrounded by lush green forests which warms ones soul when we enter into this beautiful forest campus which catches one’s attraction from all sides which is hardly 3 kms away from main town […]
Vigil (Tahajjud) prayer is the best remedy to remove strain
Dr. Sheikh Arshid A prayer vigil (Tahajjud) is a prayer performed at late night hours at Masjid or at home. It has a specific feature in Allah’s sight. However, certain times are more valuable than others, and they are to be taken advantage of. And night-time is one of these times that the Qur’an and […]
