New Age Islam's Podcast

Why Are Indian Ulema Silent Over Islamic State’s Challenge: Unwillingness Or Inability?

New Age Islam — Sun, 24 Mar 2019 12:27:09 +0000

Islam is a religion of permanent war: Prophet Mohammad himself spent all his life fighting.” An outright lie from ISIS, a monstrous outrage, but no response from the ulema. Contrary to ISIS position, the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, had spent his entire life seeking peace and compromise.

Kashmir: Kashmiriyat vs. Islamic Fanaticism

New Age Islam — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:35:48 +0000

The people of Kashmir have suffered immensely since the Pakistani invasion of their land soon after Partition in 1947. India took the matter to the UN Security Council to persuade Pakistan to stop aggression and make arrangements for returning the territory it had occupied.

Human Rights in Pakistan: Cultural and Ethnic Dimensions

New Age Islam — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:31:45 +0000

We are holding this discussion at a time when cultural and ethnic minorities in Pakistan are in great distress, with suicide bombers routinely killing sectarian minorities like the Shia and the Ahmadi during prayers inside mosques, cross border terrorism once again raising its head after a brief lull, terrorists trained in Pakistan seeking to perpetrate terror even in the West.

Ask New Age Islam Readers

New Age Islam — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 20:02:51 +0000

I am receiving calls from agitated readers of an original NewAgeIslam.com article published on 2 August, 2018, reproduced by Urdu daily Inqilab today, of course, without acknowledgement, as is the custom with Urdu Press in India.

Sultan Shahin - Founder-Editor of New Age Islam

New Age Islam — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 19:54:34 +0000

Founder-Editor of this progressive Islamic website NewAgeIslam.com and President of non-profit NGO New Age Islam Foundation and its subsidiary Education for Peace, a center for preventing radicalization, established in April 2008.

Is God in Islam Just and Rational as Mutazillah believed or Arbitrary and Despotic as Hanbali-Zahiri-Ashari-Maturidi postulate? Does Quran Support Both Positions?

New Age Islam — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:16:37 +0000

I am bringing our discussion to a separate thread as it has gone beyond the scope of the earlier article where we started our conversation. You consider Mutazillah “atheists of their time” who were “more wedded to philosophy than to the Quran.” Also, you think that Asharis have “through their misinterpretations of otherwise very clear Muhkamat verses.