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Islam

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Pakistan braces for second wave of violence

“There is a two-fold threat in NWFP where sectarian tension as well as the militant threat exists”
Reuters ISLAMABAD - Plagued by mounting attacks by Islamist militants loyal to al Qaeda, Pakistan now faces a second wave of violence as its minority Shi’ite Muslims prepare for their annual mourning period. via ABS-CBN News
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Who, What, Where is God, especially when we need Him?

by Mozaffar
When we open many commentaries on the Qur’an, we often see this one same narration. We are told that God says, “I am what My slave makes of me.” Too often, when we read this narration we glide past it without much reflection.
Similarly, if we consider that the word “Allah” or “God” appears in […]

Dynamics of Change in Islamic Law (II): Iftaa, Ijtihad and Social Customs

The “content” of any medium blinds us to the character of the medium.
[Marshall McLuhan]
In 1913, Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi gave his famous juridical response to a British court in India. The seeker was a claimant who wanted to re-establish conjugal rights with his wife but his in-laws refused to let her join on the […]
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