(above pic : Palestinian refugees near Haifa in 1948) This is a radio phone-in conversation conducted back in October 2014, by the then TalkRadio
Category: History
Women in the Jahiliyyah (Pre-Islamic Arabia)
(above image : Depiction of the costumes of Arab women in the 4th-6th centuries. Under the customary tribal law existing in Arabia before the rise
Women in Islam : An Historical and Theological Perspective
(above image : Depiction of the costumes of Arab women in the 4th-6th centuries) By Amina Abdullah Abu Shehab At the center of any
The Beginnings of Islam
Mr. Pahary S. M. Y. (Educator Islamic Studies) Pre Islamic Arabia Introduction The time before the coming of the holy prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) in Arabia for
Malcolm X : “I’m against any form of segregation and racism” on CBC-TV’s ‘Front Page Challenge 1965
In this (transcribed) clip from 1965, after leaving the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X appears on CBC-TV’s ‘Front Page Challenge’ weeks before his assassination. He
Brief Sketch of the Origins of Islamic Theology
Shaykh Dr. Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera The earlier generations had little need for a codified form of theology. Most of the time, Surat al- Ikhlas
A Concise Summary of the Evolution of Islamic Law (Sharia) – From its Inception to the Present
Image : Arabic handwritten manuscript leaf, consisting of the Arabic treatise entitled “al Furad al Wajibah (“The Necessary Religious Duties” or “The Obligatory Religious Duties.”)
Seyyed Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi’s رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ Approach to Western Civilization
Muhammad Ali Zafar – Head of Islamic Studies Dept. Chand Bagh School Muriedke, Pakistan. Introduction: Seyyed Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ was one
Abu ’Abdallah ibn Battuta رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ – the greatest traveler of premodern times
A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century by ROSS E. DUNN Westerners have singularly narrowed the history of the world in grouping the little
The Era of Muslim Glory
Maulana Sayyid Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ Characteristics Once the Muslims were inspired, they quickly burst the bounds of Arabia and threw themselves zealously
5 Ways the British Empire Ruthlessly Exploited India
Pic: A British man gets a pedicure from an Indian servant. It’s a myth that British imperialism benefited one of its richest colony, India, when in
Islamic Code of life and Uniform Civil Code
by Maulana Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi ( رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ) ALL INDIA MUSLIM PERSONAL LAW BOARD Camp Office: Nadwatul Ulama. LUCKNOW. INTRODUCTION We have
What is Kharijite and when it emerged?
Dr Hussein Muhammed Saleh Rahim In Arabic language, the term “Kharijite” is a plural word to mean the “leaver” or “outsiders”. They say the person
Poem in praise of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Emperor Zhu Yuan Zhang (1328-1398)
The Hundred-word Eulogy (百字讃 bǎizìzàn) is a 100-character praise of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ written by the Hongwu Emperor of China – Emperor
Burying the Nakba: How Israel systematically hides evidence of 1948 expulsion of Arabs
Since early last decade, Defense Ministry teams have scoured local archives and removed troves of historic documents to conceal proof of the Nakba Hagar Shezaf
Sayyiduna Umar and the Plague of Amawas
Shaykh Suhail Motala Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas (radiyallahu ‘anhuma) says that ‘Umar ibn Khattab set out for Syria. When he got as far as ‘Sargh’, the
Muslim Historians
Ibn Ishaq (d.768) and Ibn Hisham (d. 218/833) Early Muslim historical writing was primarily concerned with the biography of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (Sirat Rasul Allah)
Chronological List of Relevant Muslim and Christian Scholars Who Wrote on Contagion in the Premodern Period
Ibn Sahl b. Rabbān al-Ṭabarī (d. after 240/ 855), Christian doctor who converted to Islam; lived in Sāmarrā’. Ibn Qutayba (d. 276 / 889), theologian,
Ibn Sina: An Exemplary Scientist
Ibn Sina (known as Avicenna in Latin and in the West) in his masterpiece The Canon of Medicine (United States National Library of Medicine, MS
Avicenna The Scientist Responsible For Quarantine
The Persian scholar of medicine, Ibn Sina (980-1037) suspected that some diseases were spread by microorganisms. To prevent human-to-human contamination, he came up with the
The Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918
During the pandemic of 1918/19, over 50 million people died worldwide and a quarter of the British population were affected. The death toll was 228,000
Four historical lockdowns of the holy city of Mecca
1 April 2020 As Hajj pilgrimage is under risk of cancellation for this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, people ask: is it the first
How Reliable is “The History of at-Tabari”?
Question: I noticed a few troubling quotes in Tabari, such as a narration about Abu Bakr ordering Fatima’s house to be attacked. Can you please
The heartless way in which the British dealt with the widows of Indian soldiers
Pensions were allowed only to women in strained circumstances, and to those whose husbands had ‘performed really good service’. Indian soldiers forming the escort
Why did Mu‘aawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) appoint his son Yazeed as his successor to the caliphate?
By Shaykh Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Firstly: The noble Sahaabi Mu‘aawiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) was one
Deoband and resistance to the Raj
By Shahid Siddiqui The 1857 war of freedom brought together different strata of society to liberate India from foreign rule. A number of religious leaders,
Adventurer’s photos capture a bygone Mecca (Makkah in 1885)
He was an adventurer, a scholar, and possibly a spy — but as Dutchman Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje proved with his rare 1885 photographs and sound
When England Admired Islam
Without Muslims there would be no sugar or Shakespeare in England. Jerry Brotton’s “The Sultan and the Queen” traces Islam’s profound influence over English culture
How Churchill ‘starved’ 3 million Indians
Some three million Indians died in the famine of 1943. The majority of the deaths were in Bengal. In a shocking new book, Churchill’s
The Battle Of Tabuk
The Battle Of Tabuk [1] Some of the tribes were still trapped in the delusion that the rise of Islam was transient like a cloudburst,