The delicate balance of life on earth
It is difficult, on first reading, to divine the great scientific message imparted by this verse. The scientific…
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A New Nuisance in the Post-Cold War Era: Ethnic Conflicts
With the collapse of the USSR, the concept of a New World Order began to be heard more…
Transfer of technology from the Islamic world to the West
INTRODUCTION Technology is the tool of civilization, and for Islamic civilization to have been such a leading force…
Genetic Engineering: Quo Vadis?
It was only after Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park had become the most watched movie of all time that…
Fighting Terrorism
The principal players involved in terrorism and counter-terrorism are the state, the terrorists and the public. By the…
Scientific Discoveries: A Novel Perspective
What do penicillin, Teflon, X-rays and insulin have in common? A prominent thinker of our age, while explaining…
Decline and Fall: The Loss of Spiritual Energy
We used to have a magnificent civilization founded on faith, resolution, altruism and valour. The dark world of…
The mystery of hibernation
Hibernation or ‘winter sleep’ how and why it happens is one of the mysteries of nature that has…
What will become in the Hereafter of those who were born and live non-Islamic countries?
Those who put this question imply: ‘Since we believe in God and His Prophet, we will go to…
Human Rights Abuses and Islam
The ideology of Western civilization claims the concept of human rights as its invention. In fact, Islamic Law…
Last and Found
The long corridor with a hole at the end of it-a doorway, of course-made him feel uneasy. The…
Outer space: Mankind’s new frontier
It is barely three and a half decades since the Soviet Sputnik entered orbit in 1957. It was…
Lovers of the Light
One a clear night having fixed their hearts upon the Light they set out for eternity. And wherever…
The Good, and the bad and ugly: Western Cinema Images
The image (rather than the word) has come into power as a result of technological possibilities not available…
The Main Factors in the Spread of Islam
Islam, in the tenth century, was the main religion, or at least, the religion of the majority of…