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Bad thoughts
I am a practicing Muslim, but I am not as such in my thinking. Every time, I imagine myself to be doing things that Islam has not permitted-like smoking marijuana, having sex, drinking etc. Alas, sometimes I have these thoughts while I am inside a mosque and, worst, praying. Am I a normal Muslim? By […]
Shorten Prayer
I am a nurse working in the surgical unit of a multi-specialty hospital. Owing to a tight schedule and on account of my professional commitments, i am not able to perform prayers duly. A scholar, whom i have approached for a solution, told me to quit my job, since in my case i am not […]
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Prophet: An Account Against the European Grain
None may be unaware of the widely popular animosity and ignorance of European writers about Prophet Muhammad. There are, however, several Europeans who have looked on and written about the Prophet as well as about the history of Islam without the baggage of having to share popular claims and narratives. In spite of being far […]
Between Patriarchy & Civilizing Mission of ‘Feminism’
This starts the series about contemporary scholars and debates on Women and Islam. Profiles, major discourses, debates and controversies on the issue will be featured in the section. We want our readers to write to us your contributions and feedback. Feel free to write to shauqimizaj@gmail.com “Women and Islam” is an alluring topic for debate […]
A Vision That Does not Rust Away
A hot topic for discussion in the Doha Debate, brilliantly anchored by Tim Sebastian, was: ‘Dubai is a Bad Idea’. The debate has been aired by YouTube and is accessible at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kORAjIrT3b4. As soon as Nasser Ibn Ghaith, famed Emirati economist, countered the title motion, Tim quipped: ‘Is there a structure of good governance in […]
In An Antique Land: The Ironies of History
After reading In an Antique Land, a cynic might say that Amitav Ghosh has contrived a novel. The novel, of course, attempts to create a landscape which shelters many mindscapes and social spaces using the building blocks of memory, history and an anthropologist’s dairy notes. Though a novelist needs to have raw materials to work […]
I Have Read a Pope
On ‘Pope Francis: His life in his own words’ is valuable read for many reasons. Through his own words we come to know a man whose actions and words reflect his deeply rooted humility. This is the first time in two thousand years that a rabbi has written the forward for a book on the […]
Nelson Mandela: The Captain Of His Soul
This is a belated remembrance of Nelson Mandela-the first, objective obit in Interactive. This attempts to see Mandela’s illustrious life without any reference to streams of thought and ideologies that influenced him-like multiculturalism, Islam and Gandhism (articles on each of these were already carried). This is part of our project to initiate continuous discourses on […]
Is Israel all set to remove ‘the African Cancer?’
At a rally last year, lawmaker Miri Regev called the migrants “a cancer in the body” of the nation. She apologized later. But in a poll by the Israel Democracy Institute found that 52 percent Israelis agreed with her. African migrants in Israel have recently staged demonstration in front of the Parliament draw attention […]
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