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Deoband fatwa against women working

            The Deoband muslim seminary is reported to have issued a fatwa that has decreed that it is unlawful for women to work as it involved interaction with men!!!!
(http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Sub-quota-on-mind–Muslim-outfits-ignore-fatwa-on-working-women/618135)
 
        It is immensely irksome that a community’s perceptions and value systems get hijacked like this , whether it be by the Deoband clerics or by the [...]


Of Kafirs and Believers

            Terrorist attacks  being carried out across the world , under the guise of  Islam are purportedly against “Kafirs”, or infidels. Now who are these Kafirs? Looking up for the origin of this Arabic word, one learns that it comes from the root verb “kafara”, which means “cover” and originally denoted , before the advent [...]


Khuda Ke Liye

        One of the most repeated questions that is being asked these days is�.if indeed  there is such a thing as moderate/liberal muslims, why is it that they are so silent�why has a single voice not been raised against the fatwa of this and this maulvi, why has no muslim not objected to M.F.Hussain�s depiction of  [...]