Allama Iqbal on equitable taxation
In this article, we are highlighting the ideas of the great thinker, philosopher and poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, on economics and taxation. He is popularly praised and acknowledged as Musawwir-e-Pakistan…
Constitutionalism in Islam
Islam enjoins upon its followers to integrate their spiritual and mundane life. It founded a political system which guaranteed freedoms and liberties. It controls the state authority by laying down…
Support on Kashmir
Prime Minister Imran Khan forcefully exposed Indian atrocities in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) at the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly last year. He informed the world…
Work ethics & Islam
MOHAMMED Abduh, the famous Egyptian Islamic scholar and jurist had once said: “I went to the West and saw Islam but there were no Muslims. I came to the East…
Intellect & Islam
GIVEN the lack of analytical thought, deep reflection and serious scholarship in many Muslim societies today, the fact that intellect was cited by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) as the most…
Rational choices
A few years ago, I was teaching ‘rational choice theory’ in international relations to a class of students. The theory, in the interest of brevity, claims that the actions of…
A scholar of peace (Part – I)
When, as a young man looking for guidance, Wahiduddin moved from one source of knowledge to another, he realised that the books of the time were not sufficient. So he…
Shades of fascism
ONE of the latest charges against Donald Trump is that as president of the United States he has been inclined towards fascism. The evidence presented to justify this qualification includes…
Our flawed attitude
MUSLIMS throughout the world profess their faith through verbal declaration of the unity of God and the prophethood of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). The message brought by the latter has become…
Jihad for ijtihad
MANY non-Muslims in the West and Muslims who perpetrate violence to achieve their aims equate jihad with holy war. The West expands it to imply terrorism. This connotation is often…
