Fazlur Rahman (September 21, 1919 – July 26, 1988), Pakistani philosopher and educator and prominent liberal reformer of Islam. Born in what is now Pakistan […]
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Muhammad Iqbal Allama
Sir Muhammad Iqbal (Urdu: محمد اقبال ) (November 9, 1877 – April 21, 1938), widely known as Allama Iqbal (علامہ اقبال), was a poet, philosopher, […]
RADIO AND TELEVISION
RADIO AND TELEVISION. Communication patterns in the Islamic world have undergone considerable change since the advent of broadcasting in the twentieth century. When broadcasting systems […]
Rabitat al-Alam al-Islami (Rabta al)
The Muslim World League (Rabitat al-Alam al-Islami, Arabic: رابطة العالم الاسلامي, is Pan-Islamic religious charitable organization based in Makkah, Saudi Arabia that propagates Islamic teachings. […]
QUTB, SAYYID
QUTB, SAYYID (9 October 1906–29 August 1966), more fully, Sayyid Qutb Ibrahim Husayn Shadhili, literary critic, novelist, poet, Islamic thinker, and Egypt’s most famous Islamic […]
QUR’ANIC RECITATION
QUR’ANIC RECITATION. The name for the Islamic revealed scripture, al-Qur’an, means “the recitation,” in both informative and performative senses. With respect to the first, the […]
The Qur’an in Muslim Thought and Practice
The Qur’an in Muslim Thought and Practice Because Muslims view the Qur’an as the very word of God, it naturally occupies the central place in […]
The Qur’an as Scripture
The Qur’an as Scripture The term Qur’an, most often translated as “reading” or “recital,” has been linked etymologically to Syriac qeryana (“scripture reading, lection”) and […]
QOM
QOM. A small provincial town south of Tehran, Qom (or Qum) is the site of Hazrat-i Ma’sumah, the shrine of Fatimah, sister of the eight […]