The Round Table
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…
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“To acquire knowledge is noble, but to translate it into action is nobler. Yet there is another, more elevated state of being and that is when you are able to…
AN ELEGY ON OUR ORNAMENTAL HOMAGE TO IQBAL
You are unable to embrace the human; Why do you search for the Divine Azher Quader M.D It has become traditional for us to celebrate the thought and poetry of…
The Heart and Soul of Iqbal
You are neither for the earth nor for the heaven: The world is for you, and not you for the world. The Mind and the Heart are the sparks of…
MUSLIMS SHOULD BE BOLDLY VOCAL AGAINST HYPOCRISY!
You might recall in 2010, Helen Thomas a renowned journalist of Lebanese decent , often seen sitting in the front row in almost every news conference given by the President,…
COFFEE DID NOT WAKE UP MUSLIMS!
Mohammad Owais Khan, PhD CandidateDepartment of Religion, Syracuse University, NY Gönül ne kahve ister ne kahvehâneGönül dost ister, kahve bahâne The heart neither longs for coffee nor coffeehouses, The heart…
PERSONAL FINANCE/CAREER
Zahir Shaikh "The horse is symbolic of energetic and financial volatility and impulsiveness, including taking on various new projects with variable success, and borrowing and spending money." - Wikipedia As…
True Sufism Vs PseudoSufism
Ashfag S Mahdi A great dispute and debate is on the rise among Muslims on the subject of Tasawwuf, the Arabic name for Sufism. This is a modern phenomenon, and…
HEALTH WISE
Masood N. Khan M.D. Metabolic Syndrome Based upon the data obtained through numerous studies relating to cardiovascular disease focusing specially on the risk factors, the medical science has now clearly…
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But what about the western convert to Islam, who is far removed from the cultures, traditions and languages that this scripture helped to shape and preserve? What does he or…