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Islam between East and West
No full textThe publication of the Bengali translation of Alija Ali lzetbegovec‟s (the former president of Bosnia, before and during the first Balkan war of the 90‟s) book „Islam between East and West‟ by Ifteker Iqbal titled „Pracya Pashchatya O Islam‟, is one of those events which has gone largely unnoticed by most people to whom Islam and the Islamic heritage in Bangladesh is a concern. The book is thematically divided into three parts, viz (1) on the relevance of religion (2) The metareligious phenomenon of Islam and (3) the Anglo-Saxon approximation of the Islamic middle path
Ideology of the Faraizi Movement of Bengal
No full textThe Faraizi movement of Bengal was the first organized Islamic revivalist movement in British India. It was not merely a religious movement but its activities also extended to socio-economic, political, cultural, dawah and agrarian spheres. Its genesis could be traced to local factors such as religious, socio-economic and political conditions prevailing at that time in Bengal. But it was also influenced by the general awakening in the Muslim world and the rise of Islamic revivalist movements during the 19th century throughout the Muslim world. This movement was launched by Haji Shariatullah (1781-1840) in the first quarter of nineteen century in British Bengal. The basic aims and objectives of the movement were related to the religious reform and restoration of the true Islamic spirit but gradually its activities were extended to the spheres of politics, economy and culture as without all round upliftment of the Muslims no real change could be expected to take place. Moreover, as Islam does not countenance a division among the various spheres of human society, the Faraizis could not have legitimately looked over these aspects
Recommendations of the anti-terrorism "Dhaka Declaration" adopted at the U lama Conference
No full textPeople of all faiths are practicing respective religions peacefully in Bangladesh. This Ulama Conference is adopting the following recommendations in response to those who are destroying the peace and order of the country through bomb blasts, terrorism and killings, disrupting the daily lives of the people by creating panic and fear
Business and Accounting Ethics in Islam
No full textThe present book represents the first serious attempt to explore Islamic business and accounting ethics. After placing their subject in a broad Islamic framework, which they have documented quite ably, they then compare the distinctive features of Islamic business and accounting principles with Western theory and practice. While the book has several strong points and breaks new ground in a number of areas, it also lacks clarity and specific authority from Islamic sources on quite a few points
AMAN 3rd Assembly, Indonesia
Get PDFThe Asian Muslim Action Network (AMAN) was established in October 1990 in Thailand aiming at bringing together individuals, groups and associations of Muslims in Asia and beyond. AMAN emphasizes on progressive and enlightened approach to Islam rather than mere rituals. Initially AMAN’S main focus was on the affairs of South and South East Asia. But recently it has extended its activities into West and Central Asia. Memberships are open to all Muslims, non-Muslims are also welcome as Associate Members
Workshop on Research Methodology An Islamic perspective
No full textWorkshop in “Research Methodology: An Islamic Perspective” organized by BIIT was held in Dhaka in two phases. First one was held on 19 May 2006 in BIAM Auditorium and the second one on 25 and 26 August 2006
Islamic Ideology & Extremism: Bangladesh Perspective
Get PDFThe relationship between Islamic ideology, extremism and terrorism has been the source of much controversy and dispute between western scholars, policy makers and defenders of the faith who have all contested the subject on diametrically opposed grounds and perspectives more precisely after the events of 9/11. Some trace this new interest in Islam in the West to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon in 2001 but this ignores the long and often dogmatic history that has preceded between these two great but ‗antagonistic‘ civilizations that largely fell short of an outbreak of open hostility precisely due to economic development observed with the new phase of 21st Century millennium order
Importance, Needs and Impact of Culture: Proposed for 4th Basic Organ of Government
Get PDFCulture is one of the most important aspects of human life. It is to direct and consolidate the activities of life and behavior of human being. It is a guide for molding human activities too. For this reason a cultural revolution is a precondition to be taken place prior to the occurrence of any political revolution in a country. It shows the importance of culture in state or political life. There are people who are of the opinion that culture has no religious or ideological boundaries. In other words, the people living in a particular land are guided by the same culture and civilization, irrespective of their creed, color, gender and religious affiliation. It suggests that the people of a particular geographical area would follow the same art, same education, same music, same life style, etc. Though this connotation is not acceptable to Islam, yet by considering the needs and importance of culture each and every government of the world sets up its own cultural department, both at home and mission in abroad. Such as, American cultural centre, Russian cultural centre, Iranian cultural centre and so on. Through this department, the concerned government intends to express and explain the way of lie of its own people to the host nations abroad. The Islamic government, being an ideological one, should also be committed to maintain, expose, explain and expedite the way of life of its own people to others. Because, a state that follows Islam in its socio-political field can not afford to follow the way of life and life style of others as model to suit its needs. For this reasons, an Islamic government should have adopted culture and civilization affairs as one of the basic organs of its state machinery - which is not materialized yet. This paper aims at clarifying the true and real meaning, definition, importance, needs and impact of culture in a state life and it would also highlight the importance and needs as to why it should be the fourth basic organ of a government. By doing so the article intends to remove the misunderstanding about culture and at the same time to explain the needs of its placement as one of basic organ of a state
Issues in Contemporary Islamic Though
Get PDFDr. Taha Jabir Al-Alwani, former President of International Institute of Islamic Thought, U.S.A., is an eminent Islamic scholar, jurist and specialist in Usul. He is also founder-member of the Council of the Muslim World League, a member of the International Fiqh Academy, and the president of the Fiqh Council of North America. Born in Iraq in 1935, Dr. Al-Alwani studied in Al Azhar University and obtained doctorate in Usul al Fiqh in 1973. He served as a Professor of Usil al Fiqh at the Imam Muhammad bin Saud University in Riyadh
Role of Turkey in the Leadership of Muslim World
Get PDFAfter the demise of the Prophet (S) in 632, the Muslim community failed to reach consensus on who should succeed him as the caliph. A majority of Muhammad\u27s (S) close followers supported the idea of an elected caliph, but a minority believed that leadership, or the imamate, should remain within the Prophet\u27s family, passing first to Muhammad\u27s (S) cousin, son-in-law, and principal deputy, Ali ibn Abu Talib (R), and subsequently to Ali\u27s sons and their male descendants. The majority, who believed they were following the sunna of the Prophet, became known as Sunni Muslims. To them, the caliph was the symbolic religious head of the community, so he should be chosen by the scale of Takwa and competence of taking the responsibility of Muslim Ummah. It is not necessary that he must be a member of the Prophet’s family. To follow this criteria by the Muhammad\u27s close followers, they select Hazrat AbuBakr (R) the first caliph of Islam and Muslim democracy has started in practice.The partisans of Ali--the Shiat Ali--evolved into a separate Islamic denomination that became known as the Shia. However, caliphs would also rule as the leaders of a major empire for six centuries. The first four caliphs-- Hazrat Abu Bakr (R), Hazrat Omar (R), Hazrat Osman (R), and Hazrat Ali (R)--were chosen by a consensus of Muslim leaders. Subsequently, however, the caliphate was converted by its holders into a hereditary office, the first two dynasties being the Umayyad, which ruled from Damascus, and the second being the Abbasid, which ruled from Baghdad. After the Mongols captured Baghdad and executed the Abbasid caliph in 1258, a period of more than 250 years followed when no one was recognized as caliph by all Sunni Muslims. During the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Dynasty resurrected the title, and gradually even Muslims outside the Ottoman Empire came to accept the Ottoman sultan as the symbolic leader--caliph--of Sunni Islam