replied, ‘To believe in God and His Messenger.’ When asked what ranked next in order of merit, he said, ‘To perform jihad for the sake of God.’ Asked what came after that, he replied hajj mabrur, that is, performing

fundamental questions, such as: What is man? How did man come into being? Where did man come from? Where does a man go after death? What is the purpose of human life? What is Truth, and what is Falsehood? Existential

What is the scientific method for learning about scientific realities? It is not as if what we want to know comes to the knowledge of the scientist in its total form. If this condition were applied, all

For no reality comes to our knowledge like a mountain which is visible from a distance. Instead, what happens is that during research, the scientist discovers a clue. On giving thought to this, he arrives

so on. Such facts as have become established realities today had not been observed by man. Instead, what happened was that certain indicators came to man’s attention. Then by studying these, man expanded

asked him what he thought was the secret of the West’s progress in many fields. He replied that it was the freedom of dissent, which the West has come to consider as sacrosanct. Undoubtedly, what he said

such matters. It should help bring different minds together to honestly express what they know about issues and also what they feel about each other’s views. This sort of open exchange of views is indispensible

Social Aspect of Islamic Mysticism Mysticism is generally called tasawwuf in India and irfan (realization) in Iran. To me irfan is the most appropriate word for mysticism, in actual fact, it is another

defusing a bomb. With this very purpose in mind. I have published three books, called The True Jihad, Islam and Peace and The Ideology of Peace, which aim at persuading Muslim extremists to accept more peaceful

RELIGIONJihad’. That is why it is very natural that the media reports this violence in the name of Islam. SPIRIT-BASED RELIGION This visit of mine to Switzerland was for around a week. During the trip

well-known incident of Umar who beat his own sister and brother-in-law mercilessly for having accepted Islam. Finally, when his anger had

unimaginable that the gown itself should become a source of attraction.9 He states, morever, that in Islam the displaying of feminine attractions is a habit so important to avoid that it has been bracketed

upon the Quran and to study the Hadith in order to find guidance from the lives of the prophets of Islam. This is the basic source of tazkiyah, and its importance will last for all eternity. Besides this