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Modern Classics on Kashmir
For the complete list of Modern Classics Click Here. [1st Draft – Published as on 21st August, 2022]
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Modern Classics on Islam
For the complete list of Modern Classics Click Here. [1st Draft – Published on 21st August, 2022; Updated: 03 November, 2022] Hadith Misquoting Muhammad – Jonathan AC Brown Hadith – Muhammad’s Legacy – Jonathan AC Brown Hadith and Sunnah – Ideals and Realities Narrative Social Structure: Anatomy of hadith Transmission – Recep Senturk Hadith Literature: Its Origin and Development – Muhamad Zubayr Siddiqi Studies in Early Hadith Literature – Mustapha Azami Hadith Methodology and Literature – Mustapha Azami History After the Prophet Lezley Hazleton Islam – A Short History by Karen Armstron No God but God Reza Aslan Oxford History of Islam by John L Esposito Administrative and Cultural History…
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The Depp Verdict and Extremist Feminism
The Depp verdict doesn’t become more important because of the contents of the case or the parties involved, it becomes important because of the publicity it garnered. Many cases like these are fought everyday in courts across the world, not many are able to capture the attention of millions like this case did. It becomes important that we understand what we learn from this case and what we do not. The Depp Verdict is another moment in the story of the fall of extremist Feminism and its offshoot of “cancel-culture”. This verdict would go a long way in placing the legal and ethical maxim of “innocent till proven guilty” back…
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Proclaim! All of you who care, Proclaim!
Proclaim! You the reader, Proclaim! “In what capacity do I proclaim? In whose name do I proclaim?” “Proclaim, in the name of your Lord who created man from (what you could never imagine it could be made from. A thing nothing in its essence, then what is it that fills you with arrogance.)” “Proclaim, the fact that your Lord is the most Bounteous (for it is he who has given all that he has given to anyone who has anything. There is nothing to be proud about).” Proclaim! You who has lost courage, Proclaim! “What do I tell them who it is that taught me what to proclaim?” “(Proclaim that…
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Kaashif and Baatin on Love
What does it mean to say that if there is a tinge of attachment it is not real Love? Kaashif Real Love is selfless. There is no attachment, you don’t need the person anymore. Baatin How can “no attachment” be possible? Kaashif At the “real” level of Love, you are not attached to the person but the person’s “being”. And that is how “no attachment” is possible. Baatin Separation from the beloved shouldn’t hurt then. Kaashif The “being” of the person never goes. The beloved always “is” once she “has been”, she cannot “not be”, for a person who has “been” will always “be”, he can never “not be”. Baatin…
