Category: History

  • “Peo­ple of The Book” and The Muslims

    Emin Ergin discusses the historical relations between Muslims and the "People of the Book", and provides evidence on how they are to be treated.

  • Jizya in Islam

    Jizya in Islam

    Monqiz As-Saqqar sheds light on the origins of jizya, its pre-Islamic usage and how it was practised in previous civilisations before the rise of Islam and contrasts it with the Islamic way of imposing jizya.

  • Islam and Oth­er Religions

    Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi lays the groundwork towards understanding the Islamic theory of meta-religion, highlights its important aspects and discusses Islam's historical treatment of non-Muslims.

  • Polit­i­cal Thought In Islam

    Allama Muhammad Iqbal, the well-known poet-philosopher outlines the the main Political Thought in Islam and concludes that the fundamental principle laid down in the Qur'an is the principle of election.

  • The Leg­is­la­tion & The Begin­ning of Jihad

    Akram Diya al 'Umari informs us about the background of the Muslim condition in Madinah that led to the legislation of jihad and its permission.

  • “Jihad” by Sir Thomas W. Arnold

    Sir Thomas W. Arnold defends, with extraordinary talent, the thesis that the basic meaning of "jih?d", is: "the using or exerting one's utmost power, effort, endeavor or ability, in contending with an object of disapprobation", and that primarily the word bears no reference to war or fighting, much less to fighting against unbelievers or forcible…

  • Pre-Islam­ic Ara­bia And Its Socio-Reli­gious Condition

    An exposition of the background of pre-Islamic Arabia and its people, as well as the prevailing socio-religious condition, aptly termed Jahiliyyah, prevalent at the time.

  • Pre-Islam­ic Ara­bi­an Thought

    Shaikh Inayatullah discusses the prevailing pagan Arabian religion and its practices prior to the coming of Islam.

  • Islam, Chris­tian­i­ty and Soci­etal Problems

    Islam­ic Edu­ca­tion Trust, Australia Islam and Chris­tian­i­ty both claim to be not just reli­gions, but com­plete ways of life, to guide and solve man’s prob­lems. Though not com­mon­ly known, there are count­less prob­lems in dai­ly life which Islam solves and which Chris­tian­i­ty (among oth­ers) is inca­pable of real­is­ti­cal­ly solv­ing. We will exam­ine just a few, insha’allah.…