Whenever I reflect on the condition of the Muslim Ummah today, one question repeatedly arises in my heart: Why are Muslims so troubled? What is the real cause of their plight, and what is its genuine ...

Had the peerless Sir Garfield Sobers been alive, he'd have turned 90 on July 28. He breathed his last on July 17. Though so much has been written about the incredible cricketing exploits of the ...

Recently, Khairul Hassan Jahin of 'The Daily Star' (Bangladesh) interviewed philosopher and historian of science, Dr Meera Nanda: " Why secularism is losing ground in South Asia " I urge the readers ...

Menstruation is a natural biological process experienced by half of humanity for much of their lives. Yet in many societies, including certain communities among Indian Muslims, it remains shrouded in ...

The idea of a free media is one that we at NewAgeIslam.com hold in the highest regard. We believe in bringing our site visitors, readers and audio listeners or video viewers the widest possible array ...

Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan (603-680 CE), the founder of the Umayyad dynasty, remains one of the most polarizing and consequential figures in the annals of Islamic history. His transition from the ...

This study on the spread of Islam in Kerala examines the arrival and growth of Islam in Kerala and other reasons that drove it. The spread and growth of Islam in Kerala from the advent of Islam to the ...

Variations of the meaning of ‘Fitna’ can be found throughout the Quran. I have collected several verses which have used the word ‘fitna’ to indicate several meanings, such as the verses 2:102, 2:191, ...

In the latter half of the 20th century, cosmology, the study of the universe's origin and evolution, stumbled upon a profound and unsettling mystery. As physicists refined their measurements of the ...

The Muslim world’s scientific glory peaked during the Islamic Golden Age, but declined due to political instability and a lack of economic integration. A ban on import of printing presses for close to ...

From the dawn of civilization, humans have looked to the heavens in search of meaning. Whether through prayer, ritual, or myth, religion has guided societies and shaped moral understanding. From the ...

The Big Bang Theory is the most widely accepted explanation for the origin of the universe. In 1965, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson’s ground-breaking discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) ...