Viewpoints

Ibn Taymiyyah is one of the most quoted personalities of ISIS, Al Qaeda and Boko Haram. In this article we will learn about him, his ideas and why so many Muslims of the salafi sect go on to join terrorist groups or...

In Islamic thought, “unity” has a high status in continuation of the holy Prophet (S) and Imams’ (A) mission. Thus, a thorough research of the conduct and speech of Imam Ali (A), who was the herald of unity, would show the status of unity and its various dimensions in...

All the major terrorist outfits that use Islam to justify their violence in fact take cues from Wahhabism. Even though Saudi Arabia is taking some measures to curb extremism, Wahhabism is still being supported by...

“If a hunger strike of this scale was taking place almost anyplace else in the world, there would be daily in-depth media coverage of developments as they unfolded and a detailed public dissection of the prisoners’ complaints about their treatment and the...

The following translated passages come from a larger work in Arabic by Sayyid Muḥammad Saeed al-Ḥakim in which he...

In the bygone period under the influence of religious training, social system and etiquettes when youths were had sexual...

It is important to mention a basic thing that blindly following the views and manners of anyone completely is...

Every year in the ninth lunar month of the Islamic calendar, Muslims around the world abstain from food, drink, vain talk and certain other actions from before sunrise until after sunset...

The reason for the failure of Islamic countries to reclaim the right of the Palestinians is the lack of unity and the lack of Islamic identity. Many of so-called Muslim rulers don’t follow Islam in...

Allowing birth control would mean allowing sex for pleasure. On the other hand, if you consider sex to be a natural act whose purpose is two-fold: procreation and/or fulfillment of sexual desire, then you...