Russian Invasion of Ukraine Has Lessons for Muslim Countries

Putin Sees Growing Influence of NATO In The Region As A Security Threat Main Points: 1. US-led NATO destroyed Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan. 2. It also wanted to destroy Syria. 3. Now Putin sees a re-run of Middle East civil war in his neighbourhood. ----- By New Age Islam Staff Writer 28 February 2022 Protesters at a peace march for Ukraine in Boston on Sunday. Credit...Vanessa Leroy for The New York Times ------ The Russian invasion of Ukraine, an erstwhile province of the former USSR has some lessons for the Islamic world. Russia invaded Ukraine because it feared that Ukraine will also take membership of 30 member military alliance called NATO and will cause a security threat to it. Russia thought it wise to strike a regime change in Ukraine before it formally becomes...

Religious Nudity vs. Religious Veiling

By S. Arshad, New Age Islam 28 February 2022 In A Multicultural Society Like India, Veiling Should Also Be Accepted If Nakedness Is Acceptable On Religious Grounds Main Points: 1. In India even Hindu women have covered their faces with Ghoonghat. 2. Muslims are divided on face cover as Jains are divided on clothing. 3. Both Muslims and government should show some flexibility on the issue. ----- Tarun Sagar was greatly respected by various politicians including PM Modi, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje. (Photo: DNA) ----- In October 2016, the Digamber Jain Saint Tarun Sagar had been invited by the Education Minister of Haryana, Ram Vilas Sharma to preach a sermon in the Haryana Assembly. He had accepted the invitation and come to the Assembly...

NASA Findings Corroborate the Quran's Theory of Contracting Atmosphere

This Finding Is Latest Corroboration of Quran's Position on Scientific Topics Main points: 1. NASA scientists have found that earth's atmosphere is contracting. 2. The Quran also says the earth is gradually contracting from its edges. 3. Quran was the first to state that earth rotated and revolved round the sun. ------ By New Age Islam Correspondent 28 February 2022 NASA maintains a fleet of earth science spacecraft and instruments in orbit studying all aspects of the earth system (oceans, land, atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere), with more planned for launch in the next few years. ----- The holy Quran is a divine religious book revealed in the 7th century but it has statements on scientific topics as well. The topics range from physics, astronomy, zoology, biology, geology...

An Anti-Forced Conversion Law Is Urgently Required in Pakistan to Protect the Minority Rights Given under Islam

Forced Conversion Is Reportedly On The Rise In Pakistan, Yet It Is Forbidden In Islam Main Points 1. Approximately 1,000 girls between the ages of 12 and 25 are forcibly converted to Islam and married to their abductors in Pakistan. 2. According to Islam, if a non-Muslim is compelled to say the words of the Islamic faith but does not really believe in the fundamentals of Islam, he will not become a Muslim. Then why such dark ignorance! 3. According to Hazrat Umar Farooq, non-Muslims live in an Islamic country under the protection of Allah and the Prophet (peace be upon him). ------- By New Age Islam Staff Writer 28 February 2022 People in Pakistan demonstrated two days ago in the Okara District of Punjab Province, demanding an end to forced conversions of teenage females...

Dialogue to Bridge Christian And Islamic Studies

By Fr. Midhun J Francis Kochukallan, SJ, New Age Islam 26 February 2022 On 23 February 2022, the dean of the faculty of Missiology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Prof. Bryan Lobo SJ, presented the book “A Call to Dialogue: Christians in Dialogue with Muslims”. It was edited by Prof. Ambrogio Bongiovanni and Joseph Victor Edwin SJ. Professor Ambrogio Bongiovanni is a professor at the faculty of Missiology at the Gregorian University and Joseph Victor Edwin SJ teaches at the Vidya Jyoti College of theology in Delhi. Call to Dialogue is a volume of essays gathered from the last forty volumes of Salaam, a journal of the Islamic Studies Association, Delhi. It commemorates the fortieth anniversary of the Islamic Studies Association, Delhi. Dean Bryan Lobo introduced the book...

Indian Muslims Should Adopt A Realistic Approach To Hijab Issue

Islam Does Not Mandate Face Veil Main Points 1. Growing trend of wearing Hijab is s recent phenomenon. 2. In some Muslim families in India, Hijab is forced on even three year olds. 3. Arab identity is not Islamic identity. ----- New Age Islam Correspondent 26 February 2022 Meriem Helie, a sociologist and women's rights activist based in Algeria has been closely watching the Hijab controversy which started in Karnataka recently. She belongs to a country where the Muslims form 100 per cent of the population but she does not have a majoritarian outlook on the issue. She says that in her country there is no threat to the identity of Muslims and the Muslim women in Algeria and African countries freely wore colourful ethnic and traditional dresses. But gradually Islamists in the...

Hijab Controversy: Unable to prove from Quran and Hadith that Face Veil is Obligatory in Islam, Petitioners Now Rely on Tradition and Voice of Conscience

The Educational Career Of The Girls Is At Stake Main Points: 1. Quran does not mandate face cover or Burqa. 2. Ulema insist on one-eyed Burqa without any justification. 3. Petitioners say Hijab is only a tradition. ----- By New Age Islam Staff Writer 26 February 2022 (From the Files) ----- The Hijab case has been heard and debated in the Karnataka High Court for 11 days and the Court has reserved its order. The Solicitor General had told to the Court that hijab was not an ERP ( Essential Religious Practice). He had qouted the architect of Indian Constitution Dr B. R. Ambedkar that "We should leave our religious instructions out of educational institutions." He said that only ERP gets protection under Article 25 of Constitution. Interestingly the contention of the petitioners,...

The Quran Warns Believers against Fasad or Corruption and Mischief

By S. Arshad, New Age Islam 26 February 2022 Fasad Denotes All The Vices And Immoral Practices Declared Un-Islamic Main Points: 1. Many nations were destroyed for Fasad. 2. Fasad is a grave crime a cording to Quran. 3. Corruption, mischief, terrorism, adultery, dishonest practices, all come under the definition of Fasad. ------ The Quran uses the word Fasad on many occasions. Fasad is a term that denotes all the vices and immoral practices that have been declared un-Islamic. On many occasion it is used to mean collective vices of a society and on some occasions it is used to mean a particular vice or moral or social evil. Fasad is a comprehensive word in Arabic. It means corruption but it has a wider meaning. It is a vice that destroys the social, moral and religious order. Before...

The Many Meanings of Hijab

By Arshad Alam, New Age Islam 25 February 2022 A Singular Understanding of the Veil Is Best Avoided Main Points: 1. The history of hijab as a symbol of Muslim identity is extremely complex and varied 2. The Quran does not talk of the hijab in the sense of clothing; rather it uses the word Khimar for that purpose. 3. Khimar is not a dress code, rather an inculcation of modesty whose standards are different for men and women in the Quran. 4. The Khimar or the veil (as it is now known), is not just a religious obligation but also performs important sociological functions. ----- The row over headscarves has sparked countrywide protests (Getty Images, BBC News) ---- One of the most disturbing images in the wake of the Karnataka hijab imbroglio was the forcible removal...

Ideological Crisis in Islam: Al-Qaida, Taliban and ISIS Have Done Islamic World Irreparable Damage

Ideology of Violence Gets Overt and Covert Support of Some Ulema Main Points: 1. Al Qaida could not destroy the US. 2. ISIS could not establish a truly Islamic Caliphate. 3. Afghan civilians are fleeing Afghanistan after Taliban came to power 4. Terrorist organisations thrive on mainstream extremist Islamic exegeses. ---- By New Age Islam Staff Writer 25 February 2022 (File Photo) ------ One major problem of the Muslim world today is that it is facing an ideological crisis. Though generally every Muslim or every Islamic scholar vouches that Islam is a religion of peace, the reality is quite the opposite. The Muslim world at large is in the grip of violence either on the basis of political differences or on the basis of religious differences. Apart from the political...

Traditional Islamic Opinion on the Importance and Necessity of Hijab

By Badruddoja Razvi Misbahi, New Age Islam (Translated from Urdu by Ghulam Ghaus Siddiqi, New Age Islam) 24 February 2022 What is The Meaning and Significance of Hijab or Purdah in Islam? Main Points: 1. The veil is not only a woman's protector, but also a guarantee of her honour, dignity, and chastity. 2. In the Quran, Allah commands the pious wives and other princesses of Islam to cover their bodies and faces with the chador when they leave their homes. 3. Women in Islam should not follow the example of European society and film actresses who display their beauty. 4. If one sees a non-Mahram woman by accident, it is pardoned because it is the first glimpse whereas the second intentional sight is a sin. 5. There is no such thing as extremism in Islam. Islam is a religion...