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The West’s vociferous partisans of Women’s Lib. have no idea of the revolutionary leap forward in women’s position which Islam brought about. In the days of Islam’s first appearance the position of women was that of chattels of the men—little above the domesticated animals. Yet the West, for all their …

Ayatullah al-`Uzma al-Hajj ash-Shaykh Nasir Makarim ShiraziIs it possible to alter individuals’ morality and mentality through training?This is the question, which clarifies the position of ethics, because if we accept that morality and mentality of individuals depend on the structure of their body and soul, ethics will be vain and …

Translator: Sayyed Zainul Abideen Razavi, Tehran, IranForewordSalman e Farsi was from Fars i.e. Persia or Iran; but the Grand Ayatullah Khamenaie, the venerable Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution in Iran has said: “Fars is from Salman” because the Persians gave up Zoroastrianism and fire worship and became Muslims through Salman …

Man is an addressee concerning jurisprudence, while his diverse activities are fields in which Islamic laws and legislation are practised. And Islam did not come but to coincide between man’s activities with his dimensions in life, between the will of good and the will of mercy in this existence. Therefore, …

PhD in History, Osmania University, Hyderabad, IndiaResearch FellowIslamic Research FoundationHoly Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.)Mashhad, IranEmail: [email protected] is a land of the great diversities and infinite varieties. It is a country where Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism emerged. It is the home to the world’s second largest Muslim population. It …

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulI had been on a spiritual quest for a very long time in my life. It started early in my childhood as far back as I can remember. However, to put it down in a figurative way, the last twenty …

Life is for Westerners “machine-made”. It has lost spirit and warmth. True, many material discomforts, deficiencies and difficulties have been overcome and banished by “civilized” devices. But the social life that results shows no evidence of the glory of the spirit of man.The glaring divisions and dissatisfactions of modern civilization …

• What are the common rights of men and women?Reply: Islam does not regard women and men any different in their humanness and it considers this principle so obvious that it does not feel the need to openly stress this issue in the Quran or Hadith. Hence, whenever a Quranic …

The Solution to Social ProblemsThe greatest difficulty that one encounters while solving social problems is that one is bound to be influenced by factors like local customs, traditions, habits, emotions, blind imitation and so on. Subsequently, one is very likely to deviate from the path of truth, and fail to …

After a long experience of living under the colonialistic yoke of capitalism and communism, Muslims have already begun to awaken themselves towards rediscovering Islam. This awakening has not been of the same quality everywhere. Nevertheless, it has been prompted by the increasing sense of inadequacy and disenchantment that all Muslims …