Every year Christians all over the world celebrate a memory dear to them, which is the birth of our Lord Essah the Messiah, so would you please answer my question?
Christ was not merely an ordinary person like others, but...
WHAT IS TRUTH?
To find the answer to the "mother of all questions" we have to define what we are actually looking for. Arguably the most famous passage in literature where the question, "What is truth?" has been asked is ...
Did our Lord Essah Christ come for the salvation of a group of people, or for all people?
This question is vital for all people. And through the answer, all our respected readers will know something about the unique perso...
Introduction
Woman's status in Islam is one of the most controversial and serious issues of our time, not only among Muslim women and those who represent them in the area of women's rights in the Islamic world, but also among fundamentalist Muslims. The reader may find himself confused owing to the large number of books that treat this subject, for the most part, superficially and partially. Some cover Islam's achievements for the woman,(1) maintaining that it was Islam that gave the woman her rights and honour,(2) while others blame all the disadvantages in the position of Muslim women on Islam.(3)
Since in this book we mean by Islam wh...
What is religion? This question has puzzled theologians throughout human history. But how did religion start in the first place? Why did it start? In order to understand some of these issues, let us have a look at the etymology of the word “religion” itself, and see that when and where this word was used for the very first time in the human history.
The word religion was used for the very first time in the Latin language. The actual word used in Latin was “religio”, which changed into religion when came into English. The roots of the Arabic word “Mazhab” or “Deen” can also be traced back to “religio”. In the Latin language, the word “religio” had three basic meanings; which are Faith, Trust & Belief.
If you further analyse these three words, faith, trust and belief; then you realize that there are actually three different characteristics
I grew up with my grandparents in a devout Muslim home. From a very early age I practiced fasting in Ramadan and on the Islamic holy days, read namaaz daily and read my Quran, even memorizing large parts. Because we lived in South Africa which was under apartheid in those years, we were “non-white” and classed as Indians/Asians. As a result of apartheid we were not allowed to go to a school or college of our choice and were forced to attend school with sub-standard education. As non-whites we were not allowed to go into restaurants, hotels, cinemas or even sit on benches in the public parks. These were exclusively for whites only. Howeve...