Remembering the Forgotten Genocide: New Age Islam's Selection, 24 August 2016

New Age Islam Edit Bureau 24 August 2016 Remembering the Forgotten Genocide By Shahriar Kia A Scorpion in Pakistani Politics By Tariq A. Al-Maeena Turkey’s Nightmare Is Unfolding in Syria By Joyce Karam Turkey Re-Evaluates Its Vital Interests By Eyad Abu Shakra Separation of Sexes At Hospitals By Abdulaziz Al-Samary Countries of Chaos and Prospects of Disintegration By Turki Aldakhil Compiled By New Age Islam Edit Bureau ----- Remembering the Forgotten Genocide By Shahriar Kia 24 August 2016 The audio clip of a private meeting between the late Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri, Khomeini’s closest aide and designated heir at the time, with various regime officials back in 1988 confirmed the previous revelations made...

Child’s Play: A Syrian Story

By Faizhan Hussain 24 August 2016 Omar Daqneesh This week the world was in tears over the young Syrian boy, Omran Daqneesh, who illustrated the detrimental effects of the Syrian civil war. He became a symbol of the suffering that has become far too familiar within those regions; but the question begs to be asked, how many more Omran Daqneesh’s are there? Over the past 5 years, the Syrian civil war has accounted for over 450,000 deaths. 50,000 of these have been reported as children, meaning over 10% of victims from a war directed by adults have, in fact, been children. Aside from this, the children left to deal with the aftermath of bombs also need to be considered. With family members dead, homes destroyed and...

The Belcha: Allama Mashriqi’s Powerful Symbol for the Khaksar Tehrik

By Nasim Yousaf  24 August 2016 On Allama Mashriqi’s 53rd Death Anniversary “We have SPADE as our symbol…Spade is another sign of humility and our carrying it on our shoulders shows that we are out to proclaim to the world THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR. Spade levels up the ground. We are here TO LEVEL UP ALL SOCIETY! A rich man with a spade considers that he has come down a bit to meet his poor brother. A poor man with a spade thinks that he has got a powerful weapon to strengthen him. Spade in this movement has worked wonders indeed! [Translated from Urdu]”  – Allama Mashriqi, All Faiths Conference, 1938  Allama Mashriqi was born on August 25, 1888. Mashriqi was a revolutionary, reformer,...

Public Policy in Islam: Exploring Synergies between SiyÉsah SharÑiyyah and MaqÉÎid al-Shari’ah (Part 2)

By Mohammad Hashim Kamali 19 June 2015 MaqÉÎid strike a close note with the rationale, ratio legis, and effective causes (‘ilal) of the Ahkam. Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah who has explored this subject in considerable detail has noted that the number of such references in the Qur’an alone reaches, not just one or two hundred instances as others had earlier estimated, but that in over one thousand places the Qur’an either directly or indirectly and in diverse manners of expression and language identifies the rationale, purpose, benefits and consequences of its rulings. All of these are then used as indicators toward the identification of maqÉÎid.30 Other names that stand out, next to al-ShÉÏibÊ and ÙÉhir ibn ‘AshËr, in the development...

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan on Islam, Dawah and Interfaith Relations

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan for New Age Islam 24 August 2016 Q: You say Muslims are dais and others are their madus. Some people might consider this as a very one-sided relationship. They may claim that it implies that Muslims have nothing to learn from others and that it is only others that have something to learn and take from Muslims.  Would you agree with this contention? Or, do you think Muslims could also learn from others?  A: I think this way of thinking—that Muslims don’t need to learn from others—is incorrect. Mutual learning is a natural formula which goes on in every field, including in the field of dawah. Muslims must learn from others. This, I believe, is a law of nature. A group or nation that does...

Triple Talaq Effect? 5 In 1,000 Muslim Women Divorced in India

London's Metropolitan Police approved a uniform Hijab more than 10 years ago Canada's Mounties Allow Women Officers to Wear Hijab Muslim Woman Fined and Forced To Remove Burkini by French Police Officials Armed With Pepper Sprays Muslim Women’s Bodies Are Not Spaces to Fight People’s Bigotry British Muslim Women Talk about How It Feels to Be Constantly Spoken For Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau URL: http://www.newageislam.com/islam,-women-and-feminism/new-age-islam-news-bureau/triple-talaq-effect?-5-in-1,000-muslim-women-divorced-in-india/d/108352 ---- Triple Talaq Effect? 5 In 1,000 Muslim Women Divorced in India Aug 24, 2016 Divorce and separation rates are higher among Christians...

Muslims and Jews Must Combine To Champion Tolerance and Stop the Isil-Inspired Hatred across the Middle East

A three-day celebration during Janmashtami is organised in Sharif Hazrat Hajib Shakarbar Dargah Dargah and people from different parts of the country participate in it. Taliban Behead University Student, Used His Corpse as Body-Borne Improvised Explosive Device in Faryab Muslims, Hindus Celebrate Lord Krishna’s Birth at Sharif Hazrat Hajib Shakarbar Dargah Man Dies, Woman Injured As Couple Stoned In Swat over 'Honour': Police ----- Arab World Muslims and Jews Must Combine To Champion Tolerance and Stop the Isil-Inspired Hatred across the Middle East Iraqi Forces Take Back Al-Qayara Refinery after Killing 40 ISIL Terrorists Jeish Al-Fatah Pinned down under Heavy Fire in Southern Aleppo Syrian Fighter Jets Smash...