India Today | March 11, 2011  The Arabic equivalent of blasphemy is shatm. Blasphemy finds no mention in the dictionary of Islam. It is only an innovated term. According to Hadith (saying of the…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | India Today | 11 Jan. 2005 There is a common misconception that Islam is a religion of Violence. There is no basis for this in Islam. Islam is a religion of peace. The…

The Speaking Tree | August 22, 2017 As an Islamic scholar, I would say that the Supreme Court's judgment delivered on August 22 - striking down instant triple talaq as being unconstitutional - is…

Farida Khanam | The Speaking Tree | November 05, 2016 | New Age Islam At a meeting in New Delhi, Danial A Latifi shared with us a noteworthy experience with reference to the issue of talaq or…

The first thing we have to take into consideration is why do misconceptions occur in Islam in the first place. We will be able to understand this taking into consideration the following incident.…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan I Islam Today I 10 Feb. 2007 Contrary to common belief Islam does not teach fanaticism. What is fanaticism? It is defined by Webster as "excessive and unreasonable…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan | Islam Today | 10 Dec. 2007 Contrary to common belief, Islam does not promote war with their enemies. Under the scheme of the divine trial of human beings, God has granted…

If you want to know what is Islam you must look to its original sources: The Quran and the Sunnah. This presents Islam as it is, drawing on its original sources rather than judging it by the later…

A Muslim once gave a non-Muslim a copy of the Quran to read. With great enthusiasm and deference, the non-Muslim took the Quran, and read it from beginning to end. When the two next met, the non-…