Category: Islam

  • Sec­tar­i­an­ism In Islam

    1. It is impor­tant to real­ize that, unfor­tu­nate as it may be, it is a divi­sion that has already been made and accept­ed by the Mus­lims and by the adher­ents of these sec­tions. It would, under the cir­cum­stances, be unre­al­is­tic to refute the exis­tence of these sects. These sec­tions do exist, even if their exis­tence is…

  • 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.…

  • Non-Mus­lim Obser­va­tion About The Real­i­ty of The Spread of Islam

    It is of no sur­prise to us to see the Chris­t­ian mis­sion­ar­ies play­ing on the myth of the so-called Islam­ic ​“vio­lence” dur­ing its rapid rise. Some non-Mus­lims do rec­og­nize that the claim that ​“Islam is the reli­gion of the sword” is more based on biased pro­pa­gan­da rather than on fact. As ear­ly as 1923 when…

  • Was Islam Spread By The Sword ? A Brief Analy­sis and Respons­es to Critics

    Was Islam Spread By The Sword ? A Brief Analy­sis and Respons­es to Critics

    Pro­fes­sor Thomas W. Arnold was a poly­glot and a schol­ar of mas­sive eru­di­tion. His mag­num opusT.W. Arnold, The Spread of Islam in the World offers an unbi­ased and author­i­ta­tive his­to­ry of the expan­sion of Islam. It expos­es the delib­er­ate ham­per­ings of some his­to­ri­ans and goes direct­ly to the records ear­ly sources to exam­ine numer­ous claims. It also…

  • Dar Al-Islam And Dar Al-Harb : Its Def­i­n­i­tion and Significance

    Ahmed Khalil In his book, The Clash of Civ­i­liza­tions and the Remak­ing of World Order, Samuel Hunt­ing­ton says : Peo­ple are always tempt­ed to divide peo­ple into us and them, the in-group and the oth­er, our civ­i­liza­tion and those bar­bar­ians. Schol­ars have ana­lyzed the world in terms of the Ori­ent and the Occi­dent, North and South, cen­ter…