By Mohsin Ali Akbar
The presence of Islam in Western history is a subject that is rarely discussed. Periods of history in which Islam was flourishing in parts of Europe are termed as the Dark Ages and brushed aside. Islam’s presence in Europe in ‘conventional history’ is limited to a few short decades which began through [...]

by Ghazala Hassan Qadri
On March 2nd 2010 a world renowned Islamic scholar, Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri issued a vast 600 page legal edict, known as a fatwa, providing an absolute condemnation of terrorism.  He declared without any ‘excuses or pretexts’ that suicide bombers and terrorists were out of the ambit of Islam, ‘unbelievers’.  At a press [...]

By Mariam Khalid 
It is a sad reality that along with the virtuous and noble characteristics of a human being, which elevate man from animals, there lies a juxtaposed reality of a selfish, ungrateful and pathetic existence. Having strayed from the true reality of its own existence man has forgotten the very essence of this life; [...]