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A selection of the best of Maulana Ali Nadwi's papers on Islam and contemporary issues. Edited and reviewed by Sayyid Abdul Majid Ghouri.
Contemporary Islamic resurgence can be understood in its historical perspective and ideological connotations only by having a deeper understanding of the thoughts and contributions of its chief architects, among whom Iqbal, one of the most illustrious poet-philosophers of Islam occupies a very distinct position.
Most people outside Iran may not know that the government that came into power in Iran after the Khomeini revolution heavily promoted mut'a or temporary marriage. Here is a close look at this institution. Who are the people involved in it? what are their motivation? (Men seek sex without responsibility and women seek money but there are other motivations as well, including the religious motivation to earn merits by disobeying Syedna Umar radi-Allahu unhu). How is it arranged? What are the areas of concentration of this practice? (Qum, Mashhad, and Isfahan). And Why? Is the practice, declared haram by a consensus of ahl Sunna wal Jamma, simply legalized prostitution? Get answers to these and many other questions based on interviews with those involved in the practice.
How the practice of giving Jahaiz (dowry) to the bride by her parents came into being in India and why it is so wrong.
Islamic Philosophy from Its Origin to the Present offers a comprehensive overview of Islamic philosophy from the ninth century to the present day. As Seyyed Hossein Nasr attests, within this tradition, philosophizing is done in a world in which prophecy is the central reality of life—a reality related not only to the realms of action and ethics but also to the realm of knowledge.
This collection of essays by this renowned Muslim author which appeared over the years in various journals brings together studies dealing with practical as well as intellectual aspects of Islam in both their historical and contemporary reality. The author devotes himself to the contemporary significance of such themes as religion and secularism, freedom, Islamic science and philosophy.This book was originally published in 1981.
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