Dr. Abdullah's Blog

A review of Dr. Hasanuddin Hashmi's work on Islamic Jurisprudence. The book is available at Islamic Center, Momin Lodge, 1918 Artesia...

He was a contender for Prime ministership twice, but he imprisoned him both times, assassinated his character, and tried to oust him from...

Millions of people around the world benefit from interest-free baking. But, not many know that the scholar who made it possible within...

The author had the opportunity to spend two days with Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi when he visited in India in the 70s. The Jamat e Islami...

In this picture, you can see India's former Prime Minister meeting with Yasin Malik for his commitment to nonviolence. The Hindu...

Courtesy Muhammad Ghazali Khan: Hashir Faruqi working on an old typewriter in his London office in 1980 With the demise of Mohammed...

Scott Michael Boland (born April 11, 1989), an Australian cricketer in headlines, recently discovered that his grandfather, John Edward,...

Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Islahi was born in 1932 in the village of Formulli, Attock District, on the Pothohar Plateau in present-day...

It was after the Friday prayer at the Jamaat-e-Islami compound in Delhi when I last caught sight of him. He sat quietly in one corner of...

The last time I saw him was January 2020. When I was in India and attended his lecture in the basement of his home, he delivered via...

Dr. Abidullah Ansari Ghazi: A Pioneer of Modern Islamic Education In the annals of modern Islamic education, few figures have cast as...

At the age of 95, Professor Muhammad Hamidullah breathed last on December 17, 2002, in Jacksonville, Fl. He woke up for Fajr (Dawn)...

Marghoob Quraishi was born in India and moved to Pakistan soon after the partition of the subcontinent. After obtaining his undergraduate...

She had a voice, and she amplified it, had a logic, and used it. She had a passion for justice and equality, and she displayed it. She...

It was the winter of December 1992, the deadliest winter of India. On the sixth day of this unforgettable month, Hindu nationalists...

Alas! We will miss Dr. Maher Hathout's opinions and guidance on matters that are often beyond our intellectual confines. But, the...

He was always smiling, optimistic, cheerful, humble, first to greet and seek Allah's blessings for whomever he met, and ready to serve...

On September 11, 2010, a date laden with its own complex modern history, the Muslim world lost one of its most profound and...

Millions languish in India's prison for bailable offense or no offense. Seventy percent of these inmates are Muslims and Dalits (People...

A South Asian Muslim woman became one of the first female physicians and part of the first wave of immigrants from Asia to the US in...