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Would you believe it if I were to tell you that Islam laid the very foundations for modern science as we know it today. The Qur’an which we Muslims take to the very Word of God incessantly called upon its readers to meditate on the marvels of creation and to …

There is no faith on the face of the earth that cares so much for nature as Islam. In our faith, caring for the environment is not just a passing fad to save the future; it’s a religious duty we live and practice in our day to day lives.    …

God’s Mercy embraces not just humans, but the rest of His creation as well. Kind treatment to animals is part of Islam and has always been so. Animals are after all God’s Creation. Like us they have a similar origin from the Divine Will and have to be respected as …

True, Islam is a missionary faith that, like Christianity, obliges its followers to carry its message to all humanity till what it believes to be true is accepted as such by all mankind. But there’s a hitch. It stops short of propagating the faith by force. God is very clear …

It is in the nature of man to be clean. Like it or not, humans are the only creatures on earth who need proper grooming to keep themselves clean. Take for instance fingernails or superfluous body hair which continues to grow until it is deliberately removed through human intervention. Other …

It’s not that Islamic laws are harsh. It’s just that modern day laws with its concern for the rights of criminals and disregard for the rights of victims make it seem that way. Many people today have lost sight of why punishments for serious offences need to be in place. …

Ever stopped to think of it, that physically man is what he eats. Plant is absorbed by animal and animal by man. The beauty of it all is that despite one feeding on the other, each organism retains its own nature. Man eats both plant and animal and all the …

Let’s look at it this way. Man is the only creature on earth who wears clothes. Why, because he needs them. Animals have coats and fur to clothe them, but man alone has bare skin all over. This is because God created man as such – weak and vulnerable in …

Would you believe it if I were to tell you that in Islam a woman opens the gates of paradise to her father, fulfills half the faith of her husband and has the paradise of her son under her feet. Yes, because the Prophet said of daughters: Whoever has three …

There is no faith on the face of the earth that has preached so much about the equality of humanity as Islam. Islam did not stop at just preaching about equality, it made it a requirement of every true believer, so that it had to be practiced in deed as …