The Provocatives for Muslim Mind The spark has initiated this column to bring to debate, ideas, current affairs and questions related to Muslims’ attitudes, understandings, practice of their faith, and challenges posed by a changing world which is advancing on its natural evolutionary path. Hopefully the provocatives for the mind....................

The spark has initiated this column to bring to debate, ideas, current affairs and questions related to Muslims’ attitudes, understandings, practice of their faith, and challenges posed by a changing world which is advancing on its natural evolutionary path. Hopefully the provocatives for the mind given below will stimulate discussions,....................

You are by now familiar with this column that is meant to bring ideas, current affairs and questions related to Muslims’ attitudes, understandings, practice of their faith, and challenges posed by a changing world advancing on its natural evolutionary path, to the table for debate. Hopefully the provocatives for the....................

It is realized that the title of this column may be a little intimidating at the outset. But the intention is indeed contrary. Provocation has two shades of meaning. It could mean to emotionally upset somebody enough to generate a reaction, as what happened in France recently that the editors....................

The Round Table is meant to bring up ideas, current affairs and questions related to Muslims’ attitudes, understandings, practice of their faith, and challenges posed by a changing world advancing on its natural evolutionary path, for debate. Hopefully the provocatives for the mind given below will stimulate discussions, critical analyses....................

AT THE TABLE: Taimur Tareen, Yasin Raja, Quadir Husain Khan, Masood Khan, Azim Beg, Waleed Zoabi, Shaban Abusamak For this issue we will share with you excerpts of a round table discussion with Sh. Bassam Obeid. A baccalaureate in Islamic Law from Islamic University in Medina, Saudi Arabia, he is....................

AT THE TABLE: Taimur Tareen, Dr. Masood Khan, Azim Beg, Shaban Abusamak, Dr. Omar Idlibi, Shamim Tareen, Majda Abusamak, Asra Khan For this issue we will share with you our second round of excerpts from a round table discussion with Sh. Bassam Obeid. A baccalaureate in Islamic Law from Islamic....................

AT THE TABLE: Sheikh Bassma Obeid, Dr. Riad Ibrahim Obeid, Dr. Masood N. Khan, Taimur Tareen, Dr. Yasin Raja, Shaban Abusamak Here are the excerpts of an interactive and frank discussion that took place on the Round Table. with Bassam Obeid, a baccalaureate in Islamic law from Islamic University of....................

AT THE TABLE: Sheikh Bassam Obeid, Dr. Masood N. Khan, Taimur Tareen, Shaban Abusamak, Mirza Azim Beg, Dr. Omar Idlibi, Ashfaq Mehdi, Arshad Shums Here are the excerpts of an interactive discussion that took place on The Round Table with Bassam Obeid, a baccalaureate in Islamic Law from Islamic University....................

AT THE TABLE: Sheikh Bassma Obeid, Dr. Masood N. Khan, Taimur Tareen, Shaban Abusamak, Dr. Yasin Raja, Waleed Zoabi, Aslam Kukda Who should be called Kafir? The word Kufr linguistically means to cover or to deny. In Quran Kufr has, in some verses been used in liguistical sense, for example....................