Why the West craves materialism & why the East sticks to religion

By Imran Khan and originally published on ArabNews.

My generation grew up at a time when colonial hang up was at its peak. Our older generation had been slaves and had a huge inferiority…

Non Ahmadis: Muslims or Heretics? Qadianis hide their real beliefs

One of the reasons for the split in the Ahmadiyya Movement was that the founder of the Qadiani jamaat, Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad sahib, declared that all those Muslims who have not taken the baiat (oath of…

The Age of Hazrat Ayesha

The most controversial issue circling around the Holy Prophet (saw) is the age of Ayesha (ra) at the time of her marriage with the Holy Prophet (saw).

Detractors of Islam have blown this out of proportion and used it as much as they can to tarnish the image of…

Britain’s Most Influential Muslim

The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISSC) has named Timothy Winter, the lesser known brother of the sports writer Henry Winter, as one of the top 60 most influential Muslims in the World.

It’s All Allah’s Fault

Human beings always blame Allah when things go wrong.

However what has gone wrong is usually the result of their own actions but they fail to acknowledge this. If you smoke and then get lung cancer then its not Allah who is making you suffer but the result of…

Fasting has to be Sincere

It was shown from the Holy Quran that fasting takes man closer to Allah such that man will find it as close to himself as his life-vein. But fasting has to be sincere.

This speech discusses this in more detail.

Seek ye, Allah

Allah has provided us with Guidance about how to seek and find Him. If we choose to ignore His Guidance then the fault lies with us and not with Allah.

An example of this is the sight granted to man. But to be able to see we need to have our eyes open and for there to be…

Links to terrorism and corrupt Government hurting Pakistan

There have been constant reports in the Press of sluggish support for the people of Pakistan, despite the natural disaster being worse than Haiti and the tsunami of 2004 combined.

Character — The Real Propagator

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam ahmad explains how ones character has an impact on others. From an example from the life of the Holy Prophet (saw) he shows how a Christain embraced Islam because of the way the Holy Prophet treated him.

This extract is from ‘Malfuzat’ Volume 10 page 198.