by Farhat Lal

Hijab is a very important aspect of a Muslim women's life. The word, as generally understood nowadays refers to the women's Islamic dress.

The impression of Hijab is that only the head should be covered by a scarf or other suitable garment. The fact that there is more to Hijab then clothes is over looked, the Islamic dress code should be accompanied by the correct Islamic behavior.

There are two types of Hijab, External Hijab and Internal Hijab. The external Hijab is clothes and the internal Hijab is attitude of behavior.

Many of us at some point or another in our lives start to question: where did we come from? Why are we here? What happens to us after we die? Is death the grim end, or is it but a gate that leads into a different kind of existence? We often wonder how did it all come to be? Is there some kind of power responsible for the creation of the vast universe and all that's in it, or did everything around us just happen to be?

The purpose of this section is to argue how modern science testifies to the existence of a sole creator, a supreme force far superior to anything we know, a power responsible for the creation of the universe and of sustaining it. Moreover, at that moment of creation, it can demonstrate how all the various laws that govern the behaviour of everything in the universe were initiated. In order to arrive at these conclusions three sets of possibilities are debated:

First debate

Did the universe have a beginning or has it always been there?

Here we refer to the laws of 'thermal dynamics' which govern the movement of heat between different bodies.

Prof.Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri

[From: 'Jashan-e-Mîlâd-un-Nabî sall-Allâhu `alayhi wa sallam A'imma o Muhaddithîn ki nazar mae' (Translated by Azhar Baghdadi, Masjid at-Tawheed, Mountain View, California, USA, Edited by Allama Ghulam Rabbani al-Afghani , Raffiq Ahmed)]

IN THE EYES OF THE SCHOLARS OF ISLÂM

The commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet peace and blessings of Allâh be upon him (Mawlid or Mîlâd) is received by some people with doubts, suspicion and aspersions.

SalmanAsif

" For far too long we have been teaching English in a white, middle-class, racist, sexist fashion. If we want to encourage immigrants to assimilate into our society we must help them learn our language. For this reason, the Government has decided to scrap the old A is for Apple, B is for Ball, C is for Cat method and introduce a new alphabet tailored for Muslim pupils. For next term, all schools will be required to use the following system.

From Reliance of the Traveller

by Nuh Ha Mim Keller

Tawassul (definition)

Supplicating Allah by means of an intermediary, whether it be a living person, dead person, a good deed, or a name or Attribute of Allah Most High.

by Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

The following quotations of the scholars of Shariah regarding the precedence of the knowledge and science of Tasawwuf, (Purification of the Self) are excerpted from the book The Naqshbandi Sufi Way: History and Guidebook of the Saints of the Golden Chain, Shaykh Muhammad Kabbani, KAZI, 1995.

WHAT THE SCHOLARS OF ISLAM SAY ABOUT TASAWWUF:

Ibn Taymiyya (661 - 728 AH)

In the name of God Most Gracious Most Merciful

36:1 Ya Sin.

36:2 By the Qur'an full of Wisdom -

36:3 Thou art indeed one of the apostles

36:4 On a Straight Way.

36:5 It is a Revelation sent down by (Him) the Exalted in Might Most Merciful.

36:6 In order that thou mayest admonish a people whose fathers had received no admonition and who therefore remain heedless (of the Signs of God).

36:7 The Word is proved true against the greater part of them: for they do not believe.

36:8 We have put yokes round their necks right up to their chins so that their heads are forced up (and they cannot see).

By Nuh Ha Mim Keller

This essay developed from a lecture given in the United States, Canada, and England in 1994 and 1995. On each occasion, questions were taken, some of the most frequent of which have been answered in the subsequent chapters.

Only in recent years has modern science been able to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the workings of the universe.