يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَقُولُوا رَاعِنَا وَقُولُوا انظُرْنَا وَاسْمَعُوا وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ * مَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَلاَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ أَنْ يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَخْتَصُّ بِرَحْمَتِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ "O you who believe! Say not (to the Messenger) Ra`ina رَاعِنَا an insult in Hebrew which in Arabic means hear us) but say Unzurna (انظُرْنَا) (make us understand) and hear. And…

Allah (swt) alone can incite within the soul the desire for Jannah, propelling His servant to cast his gaze beyond the fleeting pleasures of this life, to the life with no end,in pleasure with no end. Allah (swt) strikes an example that compels any mind to think and the heart to fill with yearning, and eyes to fill with tears, when He says, ((وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلاً لّلَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ امْرَأَةَ فِرْعَوْنَ…

On 18th December 2013, a married couple originating from Malaysia, Azizul Raheem and his wife Shalwati Norshal, were arrested by Swedish police on suspicion for beating their children due to not praying. Azizul Raheem, director of Tourism Malaysia in Sweden, has been remanded for two months while waiting for the trial of this case. Due to the married couple's arrest, their four children were taken by Sweden Welfare Organisation and…

To the political mind, armed conflict is not just a clash of material resources rather of political wills. Whether the armed conflict was for ideological reasons or imperial or economic objectives material resources alone are not the only determinant of winners and losers. Moreover a conflict may be lost materially and won politically and vice versa. It is therefore not surprising that states, when entering in to conflicts, do not…