Author Archive: Infoeditor
Banana Racism: Alves Calls Spain “Backward”
Racial taunts against Barcelona defender Dani Alves drew widespread criticism with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and FIFA president Sepp Blatter joining the outrage along with millions of fans worldwide. He slammed back calling Spain “backward” as far as racism was concerned. The spectator has been banned for life, reports said. Alves, a 30 year old […]
683 MB Supporters Sentenced To Death
An Egyptian court in the southern city of Minya has issued a death sentence on Monday for 683 supporters of the ousted Islamic President Morsi including Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie. The verdict came one month after 529 people were sentenced to death in a mass trial in the same court room. The defendants faced […]
Deadly Tornadoes Hit Southern US
At least sixteen people were killed after a destructive tornado struck Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas on Sunday night. More storms are expected in the central and southern US in the days following. The largest tornado struck on Sunday around 7pm about 10 miles west of Little Rock, Arkansas, continuing for 80 miles and growing to […]
Praveen Swami and Tuhfat al Mujahidin
On the day of fools this year, I woke up in expectation of pranks. But none seemed to be aware of the relevance of the day. I took hold of the paper. It’s election gala. Politicians are out on the streets, with all the pranks up in their sleeve to make us all fools or, […]
Imam Sarqasi: Volumes Penned In a Well!
Many celebrated books were born in prison, which include novels, autobiographies, political and religious books. ‘A bunch of letters’ by Nehru, Tharjumanul Quran by Azad, manuscript of some parts of the Quran translation written by Gubare Katwir, Moududi and Sayyid Qutub, the biography of the prophet titled Hayate Thayyiba by Abdul Saleem Abdul Hayy can […]
Homosexuality: Editorial Clarification
As expected, our post on Muslim Homosexuals elicited rousing reactions. To read the article, please go to http://www.interactive.net.in/content/muslim-homosexuals-why-there-much-…. Most replies and messages in the inbox of our social media platforms were not meant for publishing, they said, for three basic reasons: Replies are short reactions and hence least fit for public reading; our platform is […]
Muslim Homosexuals: Why is There Much Fuss Around?
We are carrying discourses about homosexuality and Islam. It goes without saying that it’s one of the most volcanic topics now (whose eruption here was caused by the recent verdict of Supreme Court of India upholding a 150 year old Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalizes same-sex sexual intercourse, thereby striking down the Delhi High […]
Response: ‘Muslim Homosexual!? Why Not Muslim Polytheist’
A response to http://www.interactive.net.in/content/muslim-homosexuals-why-there-much-fuss-around This article seems to be promoting homosexuality to the youth 1. It explains through some quotes how to be a gay and what actions could be done to be a gay 2. If your parents or your society objects to it, this article gives you a complete textual argument how to […]
Moulid: Beyond Rashid Rida’s Tolerance
As children we did not know the meaning of the moulid we used to recite and sing. Nor did we try. When we pestered our elders for a little bit of glosses on those sonorous, full-bodied verses, they discouraged: ‘You don’t know the meaning of the Qur’an either.’ Piety stayed well outside all meanings. So […]
Can I date my fiancé
This question is sort of motivated by the Q and A you have carried last time about the age for marriage. The problem we face today is that issues regarding the violation of women’s rights and injustice against women are debated only after they became controversial. After they are hotly discussed by the media, we […]
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