Category Archives: The Heirs of Prophets and Others

Dr Muhammad Farooq Khan (RIP)

Posted on October 2, 2010 by

The news is just coming in that Dr. Muhammad Farooq Khan, a renowned writer, columnist, religious scholar and Vice Chancellor of Swat Islamic University, has been murdered (along with his assistant) by unknown gunmen as he was coming out of … Continue reading →

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Ghamidi’s interpretation of Islam: Is it a fad that will fizzle out with time?

Posted on June 26, 2007 by

I have stopped believing strongly since long that Javed Ahmed Ghamidi’s exposition of Islam, more or less like Mutizilite Islam in medieval times and Progressive Islam in modernity, is a fad that will fizzle out automatically with time; however, I … Continue reading →

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Basit Bilal Koshul: Lenin in the Presence of God

Posted on May 25, 2007 by

In a three day event organised at LUMS by the university’s literary and religious societies, Basit Bilal Koshul eloquently interprets Iqbal’s poem, Lenin in the Presence of God (Lenin Khuda key huzoor mein). The poem is not only unique in … Continue reading →

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Prophetic Experience of Revelation: Iqbal, Fazlur Rahman and Malik Bennabi

Posted on May 13, 2007 by

Can we become aware of God as we are aware of other objects? As I contemplate more about the answer of this question, it occurs to me that the question is perhaps more important than the answer. Over the years, … Continue reading →

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Is Javed Ghamidi a True Scholar?

Posted on April 7, 2007 by

Respectfully to a seeker who stumbled upon my blog through the search string: “Is Javed Ahmed Ghamdi a true Islamic scholar”. It has been narrated that Awzai (the Syrian jurist), who was a contemporary of Abu Hanifa, once asked Abdullah … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Fazlur Rahman’s Ordeal

Posted on November 10, 2006 by

An anonymous commentator has inquired about the ‘backstory’ of banning of Fazlur Rahman’s ‘Islam‘ and forced me to terminate my prolonged hiatus from blogging. Anyone examining the newspapers of second half of 68′ would know with ease that the whole … Continue reading →

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Pope should not waste time reading all the people who wrote about Ibn Hazm; he should instead read Ibn Hazm.

Posted on September 24, 2006 by

If Pope’s evidence (the famous 14th century dialogue) to beef up his argument against Islam being a violent religion was fragile, flimsier was this allusion that Islamic teachings defy all the inherent reason in the universe. In fact, his remarks … Continue reading →

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