Asghar Ali Engineer
UNTIL yesterday, a woman was considered a man’s property after marriage and gratification with her was considered his absolute right.
Published 08 Mar, 2013 12:20am
IT is believed by millions of Muslims across the world that Sharia laws are immutable and represent divine will. This is based on serious misunderstanding. Sharia is not and cannot be immutable.
Published 01 Feb, 2013 12:20am
RECENTLY we read with great pain that extremists in Pakistan killed several women who were active in administering anti-polio drops to children.
Published 04 Jan, 2013 12:20am
RECENTLY a women’s organisation in Mumbai, the Akhil Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Association, conducted a survey and found that in 18 Sufi mausoleums women are prohibited from entering the astana, or sanctum sanctorum, in which they were previously allowed.
Published 07 Dec, 2012 12:20am
THE recent attack on Malala Yousufzai has shocked not only Pakistan but the whole world. There was near unanimity among the people of Pakistan that the attack was unjustified.
Published 02 Nov, 2012 12:20am
RECENTLY, disturbances erupted throughout the Muslim world against the film Innocence of Muslims which was deliberately made to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims.
Published 05 Oct, 2012 12:20am
SOME friends often ask why I so strongly support Sufi Islam when many Muslims not only disapprove of it but even call it deviation from Islam.
Published 07 Sep, 2012 03:53am
RECENTLY, the Legal Affairs Committee of the Majles (the Iranian parliament) has told the press that they regard the law that prohibits girls below the age of 10 from being married off as ‘un-Islamic and illegal.’
Published 03 Aug, 2012 02:00am
A FEW days ago we had organised a discussion on codification of Muslim personal law in a way that could be acceptable to all the sects of Islam in India. We did so in consultation with the ulema, Muslim
Published 05 Jul, 2012 10:00pm
LAST year, I had gone to Afghanistan for a series of lectures on women’s rights. I also spoke on this subject in a gathering of distinguished ulema and one of the issues which came up for discussion was
Published 31 May, 2012 09:00pm
RECENTLY a conference of the Muslim Personal Law Board in India saw a huge crowd of 200,000 Muslims from all over Maharashtra.
Published 04 May, 2012 12:04am
LAST month in Vienna there was a seminar on multiculturalism and religious pluralism. Among other issues a discussion was held on the concept of justice. What is justice, it was asked, and participants gave their
Published 05 Apr, 2012 10:29pm
THE world is highly diverse. There is not a country which is without diversity. Though in the past too diversity existed but colonisation, scientific progress and communications have increased diversity in the
Published 02 Mar, 2012 12:31am
HOW to understand the Quran is an important question. Generally we pick and choose a verse to prove our point. Thus, many Muslims have different positions in understanding the verses of the Quran.
Published 09 Feb, 2012 11:50pm
JUSTICE is one of the central values in Islam, and any economic system not based on justice is unacceptable.
Published 05 Jan, 2012 08:45pm
TRADITIONAL Muslim set-ups place many restrictions on women. They cannot even venture out of their homes; most are required to restrict
Published 01 Dec, 2011 08:30pm
THE Arab world has seen great political turmoil since the beginning of 2011. The Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine...
Published 03 Nov, 2011 09:16pm
THERE are different approaches to worshipping God: out of fear, greed or sheer love and devotion. Most of us ...
Published 08 Oct, 2010 12:00am
ISLAM brought about a great revolution in the field of knowledge in Arabia where literacy was almost unknown and...
Published 27 Aug, 2010 12:00am
IN the debate on partition started by Jaswant Singh`s book every one has been talking about the role of Jinnah, ...
Published 15 Aug, 2010 12:00am
