What are your ideas about women’s rights? Q: What are your ideas about women’s rights? A: This is a very comprehensive subject. From one perspective it’s open to debate. It’s very difficult to summarize my thoughts on this kind of platform. In one sense we don’t separate men and women. In another sense there are … Continue reading Women in Islam
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Rights of Parents
The Rights of Parents 1. The father and mother are two sacred beings that must be respected above everyone else. If you do not respect your parents, you are disobeying God Almighty. Those who treat their parents badly eventually are treated badly by others. 2. From the very moment of conception, a growing and developing … Continue reading Rights of Parents
A Tribute to Mothers
A mother is a blessed saintly being in her own world. The Ka‘ba is the spirit, meaning, essence, and atlas of the entire reality of the universe; Makka is the same for all places, and the mind for the entire body; so too a mother is the spirit, meaning, essence, and atlas for the smallest … Continue reading A Tribute to Mothers
How are Those Who Are Hostile to Dialogue Activities Today Relevant to “Kharijites, Karmatis, Anarchists”?
Karmatism is a heretical esoteric sect founded by Hamdan ibn Karmat in the ninth century AD. Hamdan took advantage of the poverty of people and was influential, especially in Iraq and its periphery, voicing “collective property” and claiming shares from the rich. These people may have appeared religious on the outside, however, they had an … Continue reading How are Those Who Are Hostile to Dialogue Activities Today Relevant to “Kharijites, Karmatis, Anarchists”?
The Qur’an Says: There is No Compulsion in Religion (2:256) What Does This Mean?
Compulsion is contrary to the meaning and purpose of religion, which essentially is an appeal to beings endowed with free will to affirm and worship their Creator. Intention and volition are necessary bases of all actions (including formal worship), attitudes, and thoughts for which the individual is religiously accountable. Without that basis, accountability has no … Continue reading The Qur’an Says: There is No Compulsion in Religion (2:256) What Does This Mean?
How Should Believers Invite Others to Faith?
The aim of sending the Prophets is communicating the divine message, which is the most important and vital obligation incumbent on humanity. That is to say, to enlighten others with knowledge of the true religion and the duties that accompany it. In the light of this our primary duty is to review all existing and … Continue reading How Should Believers Invite Others to Faith?
What is the Islamic Perspective on Anticipation For the Messiah and the Mahdi?
Messiah is a name or attribute of Jesus, peace be upon him. Messiah means “blessed” in Hebrew, thus this name might have been used for him in admiration for his merits and virtues It is reported that he was given this name for several reasons: he was protected from all kinds of sins; his touch … Continue reading What is the Islamic Perspective on Anticipation For the Messiah and the Mahdi?
What do You Say About Sperm Banks and Artificial Insemination?
Sperm banks are established to facilitate artificial insemination. It has been used for plants and animals for a long time to produce higher quality breeds and to improve and preserve the species. However, its widespread use for humans is recent. The seed in the plant kingdom and the sperm in the animal kingdom are the … Continue reading What do You Say About Sperm Banks and Artificial Insemination?
Is it right when people link HIV to one of the signs of the last day?
The question touches on two matters. One has to do with what AIDS is; the other has to do with how Muslims as Muslims make sense of it and of similar phenomena. Let us take the first matter first. What is AIDS? AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a viral infection which destroys the … Continue reading Is it right when people link HIV to one of the signs of the last day?
Are the “five mysteries” mentioned in the Qur’an still mysteries?
The question concerns the mystery of “time” and “knowledge” which governs all five things mentioned in the verse: The knowledge of the Hour is with God. It is He Who sends down rain, and He Who knows what is in the wombs. And no one knows what it is that he will earn tomorrow and … Continue reading Are the “five mysteries” mentioned in the Qur’an still mysteries?