How man’s best friend can become his worst enemy
The modern world has affected human lifestyle and manners a lot. More work, fewer marriages, less human interaction and more loneliness have led people to substitute animals [...]
Islam
An Islamic perspective on Cremation
Cremation is an ancient practice involving the reduction of a dead body to ashes by fire. It has been a common practice in Hindu culture for centuries as well in other [...]
The Souls of the Righteous go marching on
“…Death, the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns…” Hamlet, 3.1.78 On the face of it, William Shakespeare’s Hamlet contains a glaring [...]
Allamah Tabatab’i Award (ATAward)
In this day and age education level of the young members of the community has crucial and decisive role for the future of that community and society. In order to succeed in [...]
LOVE within and without
Grief, anger and hatred: All these negativities damage the human body and soul, and even give rise to decay. That is the reason why so many people on the streets look [...]
The spiritual significance of the last nights of Ramadhan
Julia Khadija Lafene summarises some of the inner practices we can follow during Ramadhan, in particular during the last ten nights Most of us are aware of the basic rules [...]
Tolerance in Islam exemplified by the Prophet
Aliya Azam examines the spiritual ethos of the Qur’an and the prophetic paradigm of impeccable virtue pertaining to religious tolerance Hamilton Gibb wrote about Islam’s [...]
Free speech and Islam the dilemma for Muslims
The horrific murder of French journalists has prompted me to reflect on the meaning of freedom of speech for Muslims among themselves and in their relationships with [...]
