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Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward Aftab H. Wahla Political, educational, religious and economic decline of Muslim Ummah continues unabated, unchecked and unaddressed. Politically nationalist, religiously sectarianist, economically dependent, militarily vulnerable, socially polarized and academically backward, the Ummah is facing multiple crises, and has failed miserably to respond to those effectively and collectively despite their …

Need of Ijtihad in Modern Times Abdul Rasool syed “[I]f we contemplate on the present situation we will come to the conclusion that as, in order to support the fundamentals of re­ligion, we need a new theology, similarly we need great jurists for the reinterpretation of Islamic law. The jurist must be able not only to codify Islamic law on …

The Group of Seven limps on “G-group, in its current formulation, no longer has a reason to exist, and it should be replaced with a more representative group of countries.” — Jim O‘Neill and Alessio Te It is becoming increasingly clear that the Group of Seven (G7) no longer serves as the coordinator centre for the world’s leading industrial democracies. …

The Brexit Saga Leader: No deal is the worst of all outcomes British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in the midst of a major parliamentary showdown over his bid to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union by an October 31 deadline, with or without a divorce deal. Rebel and opposition MPs voted on September 04 in favour …

5 Largest Man-Made Waterfalls Magazine Desk Waterfalls are some of the most beautiful and impressive things in nature. However, not all waterfalls are natural. Some of the most impressive ones are actually the result of human intervention. Here, we uncover five examples of man-made waterfalls from around the world: Liebian International Building One of the world’s largest man-made waterfalls can …

INSTANT TRIPLE TALAQ IS CRIMINAL IN INDIA Rajya Sabha, on July 30, passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, outlawing Triple Talaq. The bill was tabled in the upper house for debate and passage by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. The bill, which criminalises the practice of instant divorce the Muslim community, has already been passed by …

Who Will Win the Twenty-First Century? The first two decades of the twenty-first century have cast a long shadow over the Western world. We have come a long way since the turn of the century, when people everywhere, particularly in Europe, indulgently embraced the “end of history.” According to that illusory notion, the West’s victory in the Cold War had …

How Can Developing Countries Pay for the SDGs? Magazine Desk With objectives as far-reaching as ending poverty in all its forms and delivering quality education to all by 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are highly ambitious – much more ambitious than their predecessor, the Millennium Development Goals. Whether the world achieves these goals or not will depend crucially on …

The Boiling Cauldron of Kashmir From a Legal Perspective “Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it’s against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it’s against the oppressor. You don’t need anything else.”  ― Malcolm X A zealous Hindutva follower Narendra Damodardas Modi has shown his true face: a usurper of rights, an …

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